{"product_id":"modern-theatres-19502020-9781138484382","title":"Modern Theatres 19502020","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eModern Theatres 19502020\u003c\/em\u003e is an investigation of theatres, concert halls and opera houses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explores in detail 30 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 20 theatres that opened from 2009 to 2020 are concisely reviewed and illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excellent resource for students of theatre planning, theatre architecture and architectural design, \u003cem\u003eModern Theatres 1950  2020\u003c\/em\u003e 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. This beautiful\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.00: Aspects of Modern Theatres\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.01. Edwin O. Sachs – A British Theatrical Enigma \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Wilmore \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.02. Cities, global and regenerating \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.03. Theatres and publicness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBostjan Vuga \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.04. Prevailing Themes in 20th Century Theatre Architecture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Dachs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.05. Towards a new theatre architecture: developments in Britain after 1950 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlistair Fair \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.06. Front of House moves to the forefront \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Shook \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.07. Concert Halls, Music, and Audiences \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Blair \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.08. The Modern Opera House \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Payne \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.09. Playhouses and spaces for drama \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Foster \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.10. Stage Engineering Systems \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Ager \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.11. Stage Lighting \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark White \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.12. Sound, and Opera’s Dirty Little Secret \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Full \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.13. New Technologies and Performance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaj Patel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.14. Acoustics and the Modern Theatre \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSebastien Jouan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2.00: Thirty Significant Theatres 1950 to 2010 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3.00: Fifties \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.01. Royal Festival Hall, 1951, London, UK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiles Glendinning and Sebastien Jouan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.02. Festival Theatre, 1957, Stratford, Ontario, Canada \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary McCluskie \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.03. Kalita Humphreys Theater, 1959, Dallas, Texas \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.04. Musiktheater im Revier, 1959, Gelsenkirchen, Germany \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElain Harwood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4.00: Sixties \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.01. Arena Stage, Washington, DC, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Dachs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.02. Bunka Kaikan, 1961, Tokyo, Japan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShozo Motosugi \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.03. Philharmonie, 1963, Berlin, Germany \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5.00: Seventies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.01. Finlandia Hall, 1971, Helsinki, Finland \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.02. Sydney Opera House, 1973, Sydney, Australia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.03. Teatro Regio, 1971, Torino, Italy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples and Simone Solinas \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.04. Royal National Theatre, 1976, London, UK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Dillon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.05. Royal Exchange Theatre, 1976, Manchester, England \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Hayles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6.00: Eighties \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.01. Schaubühne at Lehniner Platz, 1981, Berlin, Germany \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReinhold Daberto \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.02. Arts Centre Melbourne, 1982, Melbourne, Australia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Brinkman \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.03. Joyce Theater, 1982, New York, NY, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Bradley \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.04. Derngate, 1983, Northampton, England \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Hopwood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.05. Lucent Danstheater, 1987, The Hague, Netherlands \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Blom and Lian The \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.06. Opéra Bastille, 1989, Paris, France \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichel da Costa Gonçalves \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7.00: Nineties \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.01. Sadler’s Wells Theatre, 1998, London, UK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard York \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8.00: New Millennium \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.01. The Lowry, 2000, Salford, United Kingdom \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlistair Fair \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.02. Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, 2002, Singapore \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaurav Kripalani \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.03. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Giegold \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.04. KÀ Theater, 2004, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, AZ, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Barbour \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.05. Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, 2004, Matsumoto, Japan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShozo Motosugi \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.06. Casa da Música, 2005, Porto, Portugal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Rita Liberal Arnaut \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.07. Auditório Ibirapuera ‘Oscar Niemeyer’, 2005, São Paulo, Brazil \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia Toni \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.08. National Center for the Performing Arts, 2007, Beijing, China \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJörg Kümmel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.09. Operahuset, 2008, Oslo, Norway \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Turnbull \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.10. National Opera House, 2008, Wexford, Ireland \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.11. DR Koncerthuset, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllan Xenius Grige \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.12. Guangzhou Opera, 2010, Guangzhou, China \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9.00: Snapshots of twenty theatres – 2011 to 2020 - David Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.01. Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, 2009, Dallas, Texas, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.02. Onassis Cultural Centre, 2010, Athens, Greece \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.03. New World Center, 2011, Miami, FL, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.04. Royal Opera House, 2011, Muscat, Oman \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.05. Harpa, 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.06. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 2011, Stratford-upon-Avon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlistair Fair \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.07. Heydar Aliyev Center, 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.08. `A`ali`ikūhonua Creative Arts Center, 2012, Seabury Hall, Maui, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.09. Musiktheater am Volksgarten, 2013, Linz, Austria \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.10. Everyman Theatre, 2014, Liverpool, UK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlistair Fair \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.11. Han Show Theatre, 2014, Wuhan, China \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.12. Harbin Opera House, 2015, Harbin, China \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.13. Dubai Opera, 2016, Dubai, UAE \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.14. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, 2017, Athens, Greece \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.15. Boulez Saal, 2017, Berlin, Germany \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.16. Elbphilharmonie, 2017, Hamburg, Germany \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.17. Bridge Theatre, 2017, London, UK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.18. National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, 2018, Taiwan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Winkelsesser \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.19. The Shed, The Bloomberg Building, 2019, New York \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Staples \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.20. Xiqu Centre, 2019, Hong Kong \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Staples\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10.00: Conclusions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.01. 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