Site and Sound: The Architecture and Acoustics of New Opera Houses and Concert Halls

by Victoria Newhouse

Victoria Newhouse, noted author and architectural historian, addresses the aesthetics and acoustics in concert halls and opera houses of the past, present, and future in this stunning companion to the highly regarded Towards a New Museum.

Site and Sound explores the daunting, perennial question: Does the music serve the space, or the other way around? Heavily illustrated throughout - with historic images, spectacular color photographs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580932819
• ISBN13: 9781580932813
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Monacelli Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 10.9"