Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design

2. New Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-419-24510-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 195 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 1229 g

Modern concert halls and opera houses are now very specialized buildings with special acoustical characteristics. With new contemporary case-studies, this updated book explores these characteristics as an important resource for architects, engineers and auditorium technicians.

Supported by over 40 detailed case studies and architectural drawings of 75 auditoria at a scale of 1:500, the survey of each auditorium type is completed with a discussion of current best practice to achieve optimum acoustics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barron, Michael (Fleming and Barron, UK)

Barron, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Gebäudeausbau
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Akustik, Schwingungsanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Appendix C: Further Objective Results in Concert Halls Appendix D: Objective Measures for Speech Auditoria

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Barron was a Senior Lecturer for 21 years at the University of Bath Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Partner of Fleming & Barron acoustic consultants. He has been involved over many years in acoustic consultancy and research, of which a key project was an Acoustic Survey of British Auditoria. In 2006 he received the Rayleigh medal, the premier award of the (British) Institute of Acoustics.