03103oam 2200661I 450 991077847480332120230725041204.01-135-21925-71-135-21926-51-282-31808-X0-203-87422-610.4324/9780203874226(CKB)1000000000799947(EBL)453731(OCoLC)466909636(SSID)ssj0000334952(PQKBManifestationID)11215126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334952(PQKBWorkID)10270715(PQKB)10539467(MiAaPQ)EBC453731(Au-PeEL)EBL453731(CaPaEBR)ebr10341904(CaONFJC)MIL231808(OCoLC)466909636(OCoLC)466909636 (EXLCZ)99100000000079994720180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAuditorium acoustics and architectural design /Michael Barron2nd ed.London ;New York :Spon Press/Taylor & Francis,2010.1 online resource (504 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-419-24510-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Preface to the first edition; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Sound and rooms; 3 Acoustics for the symphony concert hall; 4 The development of the concert hall; 5 British concert halls and conclusions for concert hall acoustics; 6 Chamber music and recital halls; 7 Acoustics for speech; 8 Theatre acoustics; 9 Acoustics for opera; 10 Acoustics for multi-purpose use; 11 Multi-purpose halls in Britain; 12 The art and science of acoustics; Appendix A: Sound reflection and reverberation calculation; Appendix B: Objective measures for music auditoriaAppendix C: Further objective results in concert hallsAppendix D: Objective measures for speech auditoria; Name index; Subject indexModern concert halls and opera houses are now very specialized buildings with special acoustical characteristics. With new contemporary case-studies, this updated book explores these characteristics as an important resource for architects, engineers and auditorium technicians.Supported by over 40 detailed case studies and architectural drawings of 75 auditoria at a scale of 1:500, the survey of each auditorium type is completed with a discussion of current best practice to achieve optimum acoustics.Architectural acousticsMusic-hallsGreat BritainMusic-hallsArchitectural acoustics.Music-hallsMusic-halls.725/.81Barron Michael1945-,283083MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778474803321Auditorium acoustics and architectural design668759UNINA