Construction and Design Manual - Theatres and Concert Halls

This new volume in our series Construction and Design Manual introduces the building typologies Theatres and Concert Halls. Expert contributors provide a brief summary of the history of theatre architecture in Europe, an overview of theatre interiors and of theatre design in general. Featured are 32 projects, each illustrated with full colour photographs, scale plans and sketches and accompanied by explanatory text. Imposing structures by Pritzker Prize winners Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Gottfried Böhm and Christian de Portzamparc as well as signature buildings by internationally acclaimed architects such as UN Studio, Dominique Perrault and Santiago Calatrava are all showcased here. 

• This work introduces the 32 best theatre buildings and concert houses which have been built in Europe in the very recent past
• The standard work on contemporary theatre architecture with comprehensive drawings and theoretical contributions on design
• Knowledgeably written essays by respected co-authors

Architects: 3XN Architects, 4a Architekten, Architekturbüro Böhm, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, BOLLES+WILSON, Busmann+Haberer, Santiago Calatrava, de Architecten Cie., Dinse Feest Zurl Architekten, Estudio Barozzi Veiga, Juri Petrowitsch Gnedowski, hammeskrause architekten, Henning Larsen Architects, Hermann & Valentiny et Associes, Herzog & de Meuron, HPP Hentrich–Petschnigg & Partner, Karl & Probst, Keith Williams Architects, Lundgaard & Tranberg, Michael Wilford & Partners, Meuser Architekten, no w here Architekten, Dominique Perrault, pfp architekten, Christian de Portzamparc, Prof. Arno Lederer+Jorunn Ragnarsdottir+Marc Oei, Snohetta, the next ENTERprise