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245 0 0 _aModern theatres, 1950-2020 /
_cedited by David Staples ; drawings by David Hamer.
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264 1 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2021.
300 _apages cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aPart 1.00 Aspects of Modern Theatres -- 1.00. Introduction David Staples -- 1.01. Edwin O. Sachs - A British Theatrical Enigma David Wilmore -- 1.02. Cities, global and regenerating David Staples -- 1.03. Theatres and publicness Bostjan Vuga -- 1.04. Prevailing Themes in 20th Century Theatre Architecture Joshua Dachs -- 1.05. Towards a new theatre architecture: developments in Britain after 1950 Alistair Fair -- 1.06. Front of House moves to the forefront Robert Shook -- 1.07. Concert Halls, Music, and Audiences Chris Blair -- 1.08. The Modern Opera House Nicholas Payne -- 1.09. Playhouses and spaces for drama Tim Foster -- 1.10. Stage Engineering Systems Mark Ager -- 1.11. Stage Lighting Mark White -- 1.12. Sound, and Opera's Dirty Little Secret Chris Full -- 1.13. New Technologies and Performance Raj Patel -- 1.14. Acoustics and the Modern Theatre Sebastien Jouan Chapter -- Part 2.00: Thirty Significant Theatres 1950 to 2010 -- 2.00 Introduction David Staples -- The Fifties -- 3.01. Royal Festival Hall, 1951, London, UK Miles Glendinning and Sebastien Jouan -- 3.02. Festival Theatre, 1957, Stratford, Ontario, Canada Gary McCluskie -- 3.03. Kalita Humphreys Theater, 1959, Dallas, Texas David Staples -- 3.04. Musiktheater im Revier, 1959, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Elain Harwood -- The Sixties -- 4.01. Arena Stage, Washington, DC, USA Joshua Dachs -- 4.02. Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 1961, Tokyo, Japan Shozo Motosugi -- 4.03. Philharmonie Berlin, 1963, Berlin, Germany Karin Winkelsesser -- The Seventies -- 5.01. Finlandia Hall, 1971, Helsinki, Finland David Staples -- 5.02. Sydney Opera House, 1973, Sydney, Australia David Staples -- 5.03. Teatro Regio Torino, 1973, Torino, Italy David Staples and Simone Solinas -- 5.04. National Theatre, 1976, London, UK Patrick Dillon -- 5.05. Royal Exchange Theatre, 1976, Manchester, UK Andy Hayles -- The Eighties -- 6.01. Schaubuhne at Lehniner Platz, 1981, Berlin, Germany Reinhold Daberto -- 6.02. Arts Centre Melbourne, 1982, Melbourne, Australia Tim Brinkman -- 6.03. Joyce Theater, 1982, New York, NY, USA Elizabeth Bradley -- 6.04. Derngate, 1983, Northampton, UK Roger Hopwood -- 6.05. Lucent Danstheater, 1987, The Hague, Netherlands Eric Blom and Lian The -- 6.06. Opera Bastille, 1989, Paris, France Michel da Costa Goncalves -- The Nineties -- 7.01. Sadler's Wells Theatre, 1998, London, UK Richard York -- The New Millennium -- 8.01. The Lowry, 2000, Salford, UK Alistair Fair -- 8.02. Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, 2002, Singapore Gaurav Kripalani -- 8.03. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA Carl Giegold -- 8.04. KA Theater, 2004, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, AZ, USA David Barbour -- 8.05. Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, 2004, Matsumoto, Japan Shozo Motosugi -- 8.06. Casa da Musica, 2005, Porto, Portugal Maria Rita Liberal Arnaut -- 8.07. Auditorio Ibirapuera 'Oscar Niemeyer', 2005, Sao Paulo, Brazil Claudia Toni -- 8.08. National Center for the Performing Arts, 2007, Beijing, China Joerg Kummel -- 8.09. Operahuset, 2008, Oslo, Norway David Turnbull -- 8.10. National Opera House, 2008, Wexford, Ireland David Staples -- 8.11. Guangzhou Opera, 2010, Guangzhou, China David Staples -- Part 3.00 Snapshots of twenty recent theatres - 2009 to 2020 9.00. Introduction David Staples -- 9.01. Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, 2009, Dallas, Texas, USA Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.02. Onassis Cultural Centre, 2010, Athens, Greece Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.03. New World Center, 2011, Miami, FL, USA Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.04. Royal Opera House, 2011, Muscat, Oman Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.05. Harpa, 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland David Staples -- 9.06. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 2011, Stratford-upon-Avon UK Alistair Fair -- 9.07. Heydar Aliyev Center, 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan David Staples -- 9.08. 'A'ali'ikuhonua Creative Arts Center, 2012, Seabury Hall, Makawao, Hawaii, USA David Staples -- 9.09. Musiktheater am Volksgarten, 2013, Linz, Austria Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.10. Everyman Theatre, 2014, Liverpool, UK Alistair Fair -- 9.11. Han Show Theatre, 2014, Wuhan, China Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.12. Harbin Opera House, 2015, Harbin, China David Staples -- 9.13. Dubai Opera, 2016, Dubai, UAE Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.14. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, 2017, Athens, Greece Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.15. Boulez Saal, 2017, Berlin, Germany Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.16. Elbphilharmonie, 2017, Hamburg, Germany Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.17. Bridge Theatre, 2017, London, UK David Staples -- 9.18. National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, 2018, Taiwan Karin Winkelsesser -- 9.19. The Shed, The Bloomberg Building, 2019, New York David Staples -- 9.20. Xiqu Centre, 2019, Hong Kong David Staples -- 10.00. Conclusions David Staples -- 10.01. Postscript - "The Ghost Light" David Staples --
520 _a"Modern Theatres 1950 - 2020 is an investigation of theatres, concert halls, and opera houses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America. The book explores in detail thirty of the most significant theatres, concert halls, opera houses, and dance spaces that opened between 1950 and 2010. Each theatre is reviewed and assessed by experts in theatre buildings, such as architects, acousticians, consultants, and theatre practitioners, and illustrated with full-colour photographs and comparative plans and sections. A further twenty theatres that opened between 2011 and 2020 are concisely reviewed and illustrated. An excellent resource for students of Theatre Planning, Theatre Architecture, and Architectural Design, Modern Theatres 1950 - 2020 discusses the role of performing arts buildings in cities, explores their public and performances spaces, and examines the acoustics and technologies needed in a great building"--
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650 0 _aTheater architecture.
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650 0 _aTheater History
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650 0 _aStructure, Materials and Detailing
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650 0 _aPerforming arts building
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650 0 _aBuilding Types
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650 0 _aBuilding Techniques
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650 0 _aDesign
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650 0 _aArchitectural History.
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650 0 _aAuditorium design
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650 0 _aTheater construction
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650 0 _aTheater buildings
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650 0 _aSustainable architecture
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650 0 _aDesign, history
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650 0 _aPlanning
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650 0 _aInterior design
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650 0 _aAcoustical engineering.
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650 0 _aTheaters, design and plans.
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700 1 _aStaples, David,
700 1 _aHamer, David
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