LEADER 03103oam 2200661I 450 001 9910799958103321 005 20230725041204.0 010 $a1-135-21925-7 010 $a1-135-21926-5 010 $a1-282-31808-X 010 $a0-203-87422-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203874226 035 $a(CKB)1000000000799947 035 $a(EBL)453731 035 $a(OCoLC)466909636 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000334952 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215126 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334952 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10270715 035 $a(PQKB)10539467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453731 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453731 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10341904 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL231808 035 $a(OCoLC)466909636 035 $a(OCoLC)466909636 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000799947 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAuditorium acoustics and architectural design /$fMichael Barron 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cSpon Press/Taylor & Francis,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (504 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-419-24510-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 auditoria 327 $aAppendix C: Further objective results in concert hallsAppendix D: Objective measures for speech auditoria; Name index; Subject index 330 $aModern 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. 606 $aArchitectural acoustics 606 $aMusic-halls$zGreat Britain 606 $aMusic-halls 615 0$aArchitectural acoustics. 615 0$aMusic-halls 615 0$aMusic-halls. 676 $a725/.81 700 $aBarron$b Michael$f1945-,$0283083 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910799958103321 996 $aAuditorium acoustics and architectural design$9668759 997 $aUNINA