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Architectural acoustics : a guide to integrated thinking / Raj Patel.
Fine Arts Library NA2800 .P38 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patel, Raj, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architectural acoustics.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 296 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : RIBA Publishing, [2020]
- Biography/History:
- Raj Patel is a leading international acoustics, audio-visual, and multimedia consultant and designer. He has over 25 years of experience working on a wide range of projects with architects, designers and artists around the world. He is Arup's global leader for Acoustics, Audio-Visual and Theatre Consulting, and Arts and Culture Business in the Americas region.
- Summary:
- This book is an authoritative but uniquely accessible and highly illustrated guide to good acoustic design practice for architects, interior designers and acoustic professionals. It provides a user-friendly introduction to architectural acoustics and acoustics technology where the market is crowded with dense and technical texts. It will go through each typology in turn explaining the key acoustic concepts with highly illustrated and international case studies that demonstrate cutting-edge practice and technology, innovative design techniques and common challenges and solutions.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.0. Acoustics And Architecture
- 2.0. Soundscapes
- 3.0. Sound And Architecture
- The Future?
- 4.0. I And We In Acoustics / Craig Dykers
- 5.0. Acoustics Terminology
- 6.0. Case Studies
- 6.1. Arenas
- Velodrom, Berlin (velodrome and swimming pool)
- Pala Alpitour
- First Direct Arena
- Barclays Center
- 6.2. Stadia
- City of Manchester Stadium (Etihad Stadium)
- Allianz Arena
- National Stadium
- 6.3. Concert Halls
- Grofie Musikvereinssaal (Great Hall)
- Boston Symphony Hall
- Bridgewater Hall
- Snape Makings
- Sage Gateshead
- National Forum of Music
- Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music
- National Sawdust
- Milton Court, London
- Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
- Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
- 6.4. Theatres
- Epidaurus
- Hackney Empire
- Bord Gais Energy Theatre (Grand Canal Theatre)
- Kilden Performing Arts Centre
- Richard Burton Theatre
- 6.5. Opera
- Semperoper
- Glyndebourne Opera House
- Oslo Opera House
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
- 6.6. Dance
- Sadler's Wells Theatre
- Jerome Robbins Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center
- 6.7. Multi-Use Halls
- Prudential Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Centre
- Harpa
- Storesal Stormen Culture Centre
- Tempe Center for the Arts
- 6.8. Amplified Sound
- Ministry of Sound
- Brooklyn Steel
- Public Records
- 6.9. Immersive Spaces
- Arup Facilities
- The Cube, Moss Arts Center
- 6.10. Health And Wellness
- Immersive Spaces
- Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, San Diego
- 6.11. Workplace
- E-ON HQ
- Light House for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- R/GA HQ
- 6.12. Education
- Evelyn Grace Academy
- Kroon Hall
- 6.13. Civic And Courthouses
- GLA Building, London City Hall
- Senedd, National Assembly
- United States Courthouse for the District of Utah
- 6.14. Hotel And Residential
- Television Centre
- Bosco Verticale
- Pacific Place
- 6.15. Labs And Research
- Frick Chemistry Laboratory
- World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre
- 6.16. Libraries
- The British Library, St Pancras
- Dlr Lexicon
- Seattle Central Library
- 6.17. Cinema
- Sky Cinema
- 6.18. Museums And Galleries
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- New Museum of Contemporary Art
- High Museum of Art
- Met Breuer
- St Louis Art Museum Expansion
- SFMOMA
- 6.19. Recording And Broadcast
- Danish Broadcasting Corporation Headguarters
- Air Studios, Lyndhurst
- BBC Pacific Quay
- Sky Studios, Osterley
- BBC Hoddinott Hall
- 6.20. Restaurants
- Marina Bay Sands
- Stack at the Mirage
- Colonie Restaurant
- 6.21. Retail
- Sony Flagship Store
- Comme des Garcons
- MOKO
- 6.22. Aviation
- Changi Airport, Terminal 4
- JFK Terminal 4
- 6.23. Rail
- Jubilee Line Extension
- St Pancras International
- 2nd Ave Subway Stations
- Washington Metro
- 6.24. Worship
- St Mary's Cathedral
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
- Kericho Cathedral.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9781859466360
- 1859466362
- OCLC:
- 1223046035
- Publisher Number:
- 99991088908
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