LEADER 04247oam 2200565I 450 001 9910154594403321 005 20240505162634.0 010 $a1-315-25445-X 010 $a1-351-93410-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315254456 035 $a(CKB)4340000000019471 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758892 035 $a(OCoLC)973027086 035 $a(BIP)59786672 035 $a(BIP)20284616 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000019471 100 $a20180706e20162011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aGeometry and Atmosphere $eTheatre Buildings from Vision to Reality /$fC. Alan Short, Peter Barrett, Alistair Fair with Monty Sutrisna, Giorgos Artopoulos 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (295 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aFirst published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a0-7546-7404-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 'Almost as important as jobs, housing and education' : the context of the publicly funded arts in Britain / Alistair Fair -- 2. 'A means of unlocking future opportunity' : the Lowry, Salford / Alan Short -- 3. 'Defining the essences of the organization through architecture' : Contact Theatre, Manchester / Alan Short -- 4. 'An excuse in knowing abtemiousness' : Poole Arts Centre - 'The lighthouse' / Alan Short and Peter Barrett -- 5. 'Making something extraordinary' : Belgrade II, Coventry / Alistair Fair -- 6. 'Turn the theatre inside out' : Curve, Leicester / Alan Short -- 7. 'So fabulously theatrical you can almost chew on it' : Hackney Empire / Alan Short and Alistair Fair -- 8. 'Many a theatrical scheme has come to grief because it put bricks and mortar before drama' : some familiar issues, 1926-1996 / Alistair Fair -- 9. An architect's photographic view : the design and life of the theatres / Giorgos Artopoulos -- 10. Emerging themes / Peter Barrett and Monty Sutrisna -- 11. The internal dynamics of the projects / Peter Barrett and Monty Sutrisna -- 12. Conclusions / The research team. 330 $aDrawing on detailed design, construction and financial histories of six prominent Performing Arts buildings with budgets ranging from A?£3.4 million to over A?£100 million, Geometry and Atmosphere presents unique and valuable insights into the complex process of building for the arts. Each theatre project, from tailor-made spaces for avant-garde companies to iconic and innovative receiving houses, yields surprising and counter-intuitive findings. For each of the six projects, the authors have interviewed all those involved. Combining these interviews with exhaustive archival research, the authors then provide cross-case analysis which is distilled into guidance for all stakeholders as they transform their initial vision into built reality. In particular, the book challenges the technical focus of existing design guides for the Performing Arts by suggesting that current practice in briefing and design does not serve the Arts community especially well. It shows that there is a need for an approach in which the focus is firmly rooted in the delivery of the driving artistic vision. As well as being of interest to architects, urban designers and those involved in theatre studies, this book will be useful to other sectors where public money is spent on major building projects. 606 $aTheaters$zEngland$xDesign and construction 606 $aTheaters$zEngland$xDesign and construction$vCase studies 606 $aTheater architecture$zEngland 615 0$aTheaters$xDesign and construction. 615 0$aTheaters$xDesign and construction 615 0$aTheater architecture 676 $a725.8220942 700 $aShort$b C. Alan$g(Charles Alan),$f1955-,$0972300 701 $aArtopoulos$b Giorgos$0972301 701 $aFair$b Alistair$0972302 701 $aSutrisna$b Monty$0972303 702 $aBarrett$b Peter$g(Peter Stephen),$f1957- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154594403321 996 $aGeometry and Atmosphere$92210824 997 $aUNINA