Main entry:

Set pieces (Birkhäuser)

Title & Author:

Set pieces : architecture for the performing arts in fifteen fragments : Diamond Schmitt Architects / executive editors, Brian Sholis and Jennifer Sigler.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2024]
©2024

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Foreword: the space of appearance / Don Schmitt -- Backstage, photo essay -- Introduction: a way in / Matthew Lella -- Why do concert halls still matter? / Justin Davidson -- Timber cascade, National Arts Center, Ottawa -- Sine Wave, David Geffen Hall, New York -- Room for everyone, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto -- Why acoustics matter / Kate Wagner -- Tornado staircase, Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences, Lubbock, Texas -- La Chasse Galerie, La Maison Symphonique, Montreal -- Spiral Lobby, London Symphony Orchestra Competition -- Fireflies and reflectors, David Geffin Hall, New York -- Robert Lepage / Interviewed by Matthew Lella -- City Room, Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts, Toronto -- Sound Cloud, Memorial Hall, Marlborough, England -- English and Western, Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences, Lubbock, Texas -- Chameleon Canvas, Meridian Arts Centre, Toronto -- Midnight Sun, Mariinsky II Theatre, Saint Petersburg -- Continuous Hall, Teater aan de Parade, Den Bosch, The Netherlands -- Timber Swell, National Arts Centre, Ottawa -- Kirigami Ceiling, David Geffin Hall, New York -- Performing Spaces / Robert Gerard Pietrusko -- Eleven Halls, line drawings -- Afterword: thresholds / Gary McCluskie.

Summary:

Why does live performance continue to engage us? In a world saturated with recorded entertainment, we seek out the intimacy and immediacy of live music and theater. What is the relationship between design and the experiences, perceptions, and memories it engenders? At its best, architecture, a collection of elements - some apparent, some hidden - shapes and intensifies the process and experience of performance. Set Pieces pairs the words of leading artists and critics with details showcasing the design and inner workings from projects by Diamond Schmitt Architects for some of the world?s most remarkable performing-arts buildings. The book provides an immersive study of sixteen design elements that enhance and transform the perception of performance - and evoke experiences that surpass visual understanding.

ISBN:

9783035627237 paperback
3035627231

Subject:

Diamond Schmitt Architects (Toronto, Ontario)
Theater architecture.
Architecture des théâtres.

Added entries:

Sholis, Brian, editor.
Sigler, Jennifer, editor.
Diamond Schmitt Architects (Toronto, Ontario)

architecture for the performing arts in fifteen fragments : Diamond Schmitt Architects

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320059
Call No.: 320059
Copy: 1
Status: Available