Theatre Buildings: A Design Guide Book

Written and illustrated by a highly experienced team of international theatre designers and practitioners it retains the practical approach of the original while extending the scope to take account of the development of new technologies new forms of presentation changing expectations and the economic and social pressures which require every part of the theatre to be as productive as possible.

The book takes the reader through the whole process of planning and designing a theatre. It looks in detail at each area of the building: front of house auditorium backstage and administrative offices. It gives specific guidance on sightlines acoustics stage engineering lighting sound and video auditorium and stage formats. Aspects such as catering conference and education use are also covered.

The information is supplemented by twenty-eight case studies selected to provide examples which range in size style and format and to cover new buildings renovations conversions temporary and found space. The studies include Den Norsk Oslo The Guthrie Theatre Minneapolis The Liceu Barcelona Les Bouffes du Nord Paris The RSC&rsquos Courtyard Theatre in Stratford on Avon and the MTC Theatre in Melbourne. All have plans and sections drawn to 1:500 scale.

The book contains around 100 high quality full colour images as well as over 60 specially drawn charts and diagrams explaining formats relationships and technical details.