This visually stunning and data rich text catalogs the design of 32 concert halls by world-renowned acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota and his team at Nagata Acoustics, the firm behind the celebrated Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and numerous others. Alongside architectural drawings and photographs, commentary on the design process and challenges of each hall provides insight for the dedicated listener to appreciate a wide range of internationally beloved concert venues. Summarized acoustical and architectural data for each of the halls will provide valuable reference information to architects and acousticians alike.
Following the project anthology is an overview of the history, development, and acoustical features of vineyard- and surround-style concert halls. A broader discussion of design philosophy reveals the methods by which Toyota has guided architects to create world renowned halls. These technical and general discussions give architects the foundation to design for the performing arts, and provide audiences a new insight and perspective to consider the next time they attend a concert.
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Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics is the most important work on performing arts design since Leo Beraneks seminal Concert Halls and Opera House (2004). This book can be enjoyed as a coffee table book or reference companion for architects and acousticians. It cements Nagata Acoustics title as the heavyweight champion of vineyard-style halls. (Brandon Cudequest, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 69 (6), 2021)
Part1. Project Anthology.
Chapter1. Suntory Hall.
Chapter2. Kyoto
Concert Hall.
Chapter3. Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara.
Chapter4. Richard B.
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.
Chapter5. Walt Disney Concert Hall.-
Chapter6. Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall.
Chapter7. Mariinsky Concert Hall.-
Chapter8. Danish Radio Concert House.
Chapter9. New World Symphony.-
Chapter10. Helsinki Music Centre Concert Hall.
Chapter11. Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts: Muriel Kauffman Theatre.
Chapter12. Kauffman Center
for the Performing Arts: Helzberg Hall.
Chapter13. Soka Performing Arts
Center.
Chapter14. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Chapter15. USC Brain
and Creativity Institute.
Chapter16. Bing Concert Hall.
Chapter17. Charles
Bronfman Auditorium.
Chapter18. Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi.
Chapter19.
Shanghai Symphony Hall.
Chapter20. NOSPR Katowice.
Chapter21. Auditorium,
Fondation Louis Vuitton.
Chapter22. Radio France Concert Hall.
Chapter23.
Philharmonie de Paris.
Chapter24. Musco Center for the Arts.
Chapter25.
Lotte Concert Hall.
Chapter26. Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.
Chapter27. Pierre
Boulez Saal.
Chapter28. La Seine Musicale.
Chapter29. Repino Hall.-
Chapter30. Jinji Lake Concert Hall.
Chapter31. Zaryadye Concert Hall.-
Chapter32. The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.- Part2. Topics on
Acoustics and Acoustical Design.
Chapter33. Vienna Musikvereinssaal as the
Starting Point of Discussion.
Chapter34. Berlin Philharmonie and the Birth
of the Vineyard-style Concept.
Chapter35. Surround Seating Paradigm.-
Chapter36. Foundational Projects of Nagata Acoustics.
Chapter37.
Reverberation Time, Other Metrics, and Underlying Goals.
Chapter38. Computer
Simulation.
Chapter39. Scale Model Testing.
Chapter40. The Importance of
Stage Acoustics.
Chapter41. Ceiling Height, Ensemble Reflectors, and
Soffits.
Chapter42. Acclimation to a New Hall.
Chapter43. Orchestral
Balance.
Chapter44. Orchestra Layout.
Chapter45. Excessive Sound Exposure
on Stage.
Chapter46. Stage Risers.
Chapter47. Stage Structure.
Chapter48.
Adjustable vs. Fixed Acoustics.
Chapter49. Sound System Design in Concert
Halls.
Chapter50. Semi-staged Productions in Concert Halls.
Chapter51.
Concert Hall Organ Design.
Chapter52. A New Direction of Concert Hall Design.
Hailed by The New Yorker as the engineer of "a string of triumphs," Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics has established himself as the authority in the successful creation of the increasingly popular vineyard style concert hall. From well-known concert halls like Walt Disney Concert Hall and Suntory Hall to lesser known gems, Toyota and his colleagues at Nagata Acoustics have discovered an approach to tailor the vineyard design to a variety of scales and uses, all while achieving acoustic excellence. Motoo Komoda, Daniel Beckmann, Marc Quiquerez, and Erik Bergal work at Nagata Acoustics. Nagata Acoustics has been involved in the acoustic design of nearly every vineyard style concert hall of note to be constructed across the globe in the last 30 years.
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