Auditorium acoustics and architectural design

• Main Author: Barron, Michael, 1945-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Spon Press, 2010.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Architectural acoustics.; Music-halls > Great Britain.; Music-halls.; ARCHITECTURE > Public, Commercial & Industrial. > Buildings; Electronic books.
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Modern concert halls and opera houses are specialized buildings with special acoustical characteristics. This title offers an important resource for architects, engineers and auditorium technicians.

Table of Contents:

• Book 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.