Building Type Basics for Performing Arts Facilities
Hugh Hardy, New York, NY
WHY TO BUY
Another in a successful series of books on specific building types, this is an
authoritative book on the design of performing arts facilities including
theaters and concert halls.
Author biography
INFORMATION
HUGH HARDY, FAIA, is a founding partner of New York firm H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture (formerly Hardy Holzman Pfeifer Associates), which is recognized for its performing arts projects, including theaters and concert halls. The firm won the 1981 AIA national Firm of the Year Award, and has designed the Minneapolis Orchestra Hall, and Radio City Music Hall renovation, among other projects.
STEPHEN A. KLIMENT, FAIA, (Series Founder and Editor) is an architectural journalist and an adjunct professor at the City College of New York. He was chief editor of Architectural Record from 1990 to 1996.
ISBN10: 0-471-68438-4
ISBN13: 978-0-471-68438-1
In Store Date: February 17, 2006
Publication Date: January 20, 2006
Price: US$ 70.00 CAN$ 90.99 £ 40.50
Pages: 208 (estimated)
Season: Winter 2006
Trim Size: 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 in.
Format: Cloth
Number of Illustrations: • Photos: B&W: 100 Color:25
• Drawings: B&W: 125 Color:0
Subject: (AR20) Building Design
Field: ARGD00 (Architecture and Design)
Discipline: ARX000 (Architecture)
Subdiscipline: ARX100 (Architecture)
Course: AR0050 (Building Design & Technology)
Product Line: (Z1) Architecture/Engineering
Discount Group: (4P) Professional(PL: BFHKRUZ,ISY3)
Bookstore Category: (ARC011000) ARCHITECTURE/Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings
Editor: (031) Czarnecki, J.
Marketing Manager: (44) Mayhew, Justin
Publisher: (Z1) Amanda Miller
EAN: 9780471684381
UPC: 723812703562
Market Restrictions: World Rights
Rights: Incomplete Rights
Sales handles
• Offers nuts and bolts design guidance for a large variety of performing arts facilities including concert halls and theaters.
• Authored by an architect who has designed a number of performing arts facilities. • Includes case examples of some of the best performing arts facilities with lessons for architects and clients alike.
• A-level list of contributors who are experts on acoustics, lighting, and other technical theater issues.
About the topic/technology
This new volume of the Building Type Basics series covers the essentials of designing
performing arts facilities. Authored by an architect who is an expert with this building type, the book provides need-to-know information on design renovation, and technical aspects such as lighting, acoustics, and materials. The text is heavily illustrated with descriptive floor plans, diagrams, and photographs.
Market description
(Please include secondary markets) architectsperforming arts clients
Building Type Basics for Performing Arts Facilities
Hugh Hardy
About the book
Another in the Building Type Basics series, the book will be an authoritative primer on the design of theater and performing arts buildings by an architect that has designed a number of structures, both new and renovation.
Previous works by author/editor
(Title; Author; ISBN; Price; Pub Date; Net Sales; Publisher; Comments)Steven Kliment has served as series editor for the Building Types Basics series (see related titles).
- Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. "Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates: Theaters," Images, 1864700270, June 2001, 224 pages hardcover, $60.
- Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. "Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates: Buildings and Projects, 1992-1998," Rizzoli, 0847822176, December 1999, 224 pages paper, $40.
- Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. "Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates: Buildings and Projects, 1967-1992," Rizzoli, 0847814831, May 1992, 288 pages paper, $40.
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Building Type Basics for Performing Arts Facilities
Hugh Hardy
Table of contents
Preface (Stephen A. Kilment). Acknowledgments.
Introduction (Hugh Hardy).
1. Planning the Theater (Hugh Hardy).
2. A Place Designed for Performance (Joshua Dachs). 3. An Auditorium Design Guide (Richard Pilbrow).
4. Stage Design: Technology and Flexibility (Leonard Auerbach, Steve Pollock and Steven Friedlander). 5. Road House Backstage Essentials (Keith Gerchak).
6. Incorporating Building Codes (Jack Martin).
7. Principles of Acoustic Design (Lawrence Kirkegaard and Dawn Schuette). 8. Flexibility in Acoustic Design (Christopher Jaffe).
9. Lighting Public Spaces (Paul Marantz).
10. Bringing the New to Old Theaters (Hugh Hardy). 11. Organization: Process and Team (Hugh Hardy).
12. The Business and Art of Theater Management (Duncan Webb). Contributor Profiles.
Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
