Auditorium acoustics and architectural design [

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barron, Michael , 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ;New York : Spon Press , c2010
Edition:2nd ed
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sound and rooms
  • 2. Acoustics for the symphony concert hall
  • 3. The development of the concert hall
  • 4. British concert halls and conclusions for concert hall acoustics
  • 5. Chamber music and recital halls
  • 6. Acoustics for speech
  • 7. Theatre acoustics
  • 8. Acoustics for opera
  • 9. Acoustics for multi-purpose use
  • 10. Multi-purpose halls in Britain
  • 11. The art and science of acoustics
  • 12. Sound reflection and reverberation calculation
  • 13. Objective measures for music auditoria
  • 14. Further objective results in concert halls
  • 15. Objective measures for speech auditoria