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Performing Architecture: Opera Houses, Theatres and Concert Halls for the Twenty-first Century

Performing Architecture: Opera Houses, Theatres and Concert Halls for the Twenty-first Century
By Michael Hammond

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Even in this age of varied home entertainment and fast-paced mass media, immense creative energy is being directed towards new space for live performance. Profusely illustrated with photographs, computer renderings and architectural drawings, Performing Architecture explores fifty of today’s finest performance spaces, as well as recently refurbished, restored and transformed buildings. A brief introduction traces the post-war development of theatre and concert hall design, and sets out the circumstances today that have led to such a rich provision for performance. Buildings featured range from Frank Gehry’s landmark Disney Opera House in Los Angeles to the quieter Unicorn Theatre for Children in London; and from the Tenerife Opera House by Santiago Calatrava to the Guangzhou Opera House, China, by Zaha Hadid. A celebratory study, this book showcases some of the most exhilarating buildings of our time.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #344572 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-11-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 239 pages

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About the Author
Michael Hammond, co-founder of World Architecture News, a global news channel for architecture, is also a freelance writer and journalist specializing in architecture and urban design.

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Great photo collection5
All the new halls and cultural spaces intended for public performance. Text is informal but pictures talk for themselves. This is not a technical text but rather an artistical aproach to expose the beauty of a very specialized field .

Good Book4
This book goes around various projects showing the main features in their design. It includes images of both built and non built projects. I found the book interesting but also think it could have been way better if it had shwon more technical information and details of some of the built examples. If you just want to have a sort of reference about theater designs then I recommend it to you, but, if you are looking for more technical and problem solving details then this book falls short, that is why I gave it 4 stars