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Direct linkSpitzer, Greg; Ogurek, Douglas J. – American School & University, 2009
Performing-arts centers can provide benefits at the high school and collegiate levels, and administrators can take steps now to get the show started. When a new performing-arts center comes to town, local businesses profit. Events and performances draw visitors to the community. Ideally, a performing-arts center will play many roles: entertainment…
Descriptors: Theaters, Building Design, Design Requirements, Facility Planning
Progressive Architecture, 1970
Problems in re-orienting architectural thinking to meet the economic pinch on the performing arts. (RA)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Economic Factors, Theater Arts
Klepper, David L. – Theatre Design and Technology, 1973
Describes technical specifications required in designing theatre spaces for high intelligibility of speech. (CH)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Architecture, Building Design
Schechner, Richard – Educational Theatre Journal, 1971
Paper presented at the Second Congress of the International Organization of Sceneographers and Theatre Technicians in Prague, June 1971. (RY)
Descriptors: Audiences, Building Design, Environment, Sensory Experience
Download full textEducational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, NY. – 1976
This catalogue of facilities and centers built specifically for the arts within the last decade dramatizes the commitment to facilities made by arts organizations and agencies all over the country--a commitment that is having a significant impact on the quality of life and the physical environment of many neighborhoods and urban centers. The…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Building Design, Catalogs, Construction Costs
Coll Univ Bus, 1969
Descriptors: Building Design, College Buildings, Design, Theaters
Progressive Architecture, 1970
Building design for a three-quarter round theater addition to the Arena Theater in Washington, D.C. (RA)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Facility Improvement, Theaters
American School and University, 1972
AS&U interviews architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, who discusses two basic mistakes made by high schools and colleges in planning performing arts facilities. He explains that (1) they try to build flexibility into formal theaters and (2) they emphasize loads of seating, but leave little space for experimental work. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Design, Colleges, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design
Schneider, Jay W. – School Construction News, 2003
Describes the design of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Davis. (EV)
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, College Buildings, Theaters
Hildy, Frank – Humanities, 1996
Discusses the efforts, problems, and controversies involved in the full-scale reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Critics question the cost and necessity while supporters proclaim its value as a monument to western civilization. The theater opens to a full season of plays in 1997. (MJP)
Descriptors: Authors, Building Design, Buildings, Construction (Process)
Modern Schools, 1974
Planning for specific music requirements at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois; Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, led to three quite different solutions. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Arts Centers, Building Design, Higher Education
School Progress, 1971
An innovative open space area derived from proper facilities planning, provides diverse educational benefits. (RA)
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities, Open Plan Schools, Planning
Noelle, Louise – AIA Journal, 1982
Describes a cultural center in Mexico City's University City that includes a concert hall, two theaters, a library, two cinemas, a ballet hall, and an opera hall. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Cultural Centers, Foreign Countries
Gilliland, John W. – 1964
Development of a design for a new elementary school facility is traced through evaluation of various innovative facilities. Significant features include--(1) the spiral plan form, (2) centralized core levels including teacher work center, "perception" core, and interior stream aquariam, (3) the learning laboratory classroom suites, (4) a unique…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Schools
Architectural Forum, 1974
The Power Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Michigan; The Center for the Arts at Wesleyan; and the Fine Arts Center at the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts -- are temples to the performing arts. (Arthor)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Arts Centers, Building Design, Fine Arts
