Theatre Buildings: A Design Guide

ISBN-13: 9781032355290 / Angielski

Association Of British Theatre Technicians (Abtt); Margaret Shewring

Opis

With thirty-two new reference projects, this new edition provides essential guidance for all those engaged in the design of theatre buildings. It focuses on the need for sustainability in the theatre industry in response to the climate emergency, inclusivity, diversity of access, placemaking and concerns for health and wellbeing.

Spis treści

1. Design principles  2. Developing the brief  3. Social principles for the twenty-first century  4. Front-of-house and other public spaces  5. Auditorium design principles  6. Auditorium: sensory and practical imperatives  7. Backstage creative environment  8. The stage and stage machinery  9. Lighting, sound and video  10. Restoration and conversion of existing buildings  11. Moving forwards: a call to action  12. Reference projects

O autorze

Margaret Shewring is Emeritus Reader in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick and former Director of the Diploma and MA in Theatre Consultancy. Much of her research and publication is concerned with spaces for performance from the Renaissance to the present.

Robin Townley is Chief Executive of the Association of British Theatre Technicians, with over thirty years' experience in the arts and entertainment industry. He is a director of Skillscene and a member of the Standing Committee for Technical Standards for Places of Entertainment.

Tim Foster is the founding partner in Foster Wilson Architects, now Foster Wilson Size. He is currently chairman of the ABTT Theatre Planning Committee and the International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT) Architecture Commission. He is Fellow of the ABTT and, from 2009–2015, was a trustee of The Theatres Trust.

David Hamer, a theatre architect working on the design of both new build and refurbished performing arts venues, works for Theatre Projects consultants. He created the drawings for the ABTT book Modern Theatres 1950—2020, published by Routledge in 2021.