Geometry and Atmosphere : Theatre Buildings from Vision to Reality (Hardcover)

Contents: Foreword; Introduction, Alan Short and Alistair Fair; 'Almost as important as jobs, housing and education': the context of the publicly funded arts in Britain, Alistair Fair; 'A means of unlocking future opportunity': The Lowry, Salford, Alan Short; 'Defining the essence of the organization through architecture' Contact Theatre, Manchester, Alan Short; 'An exercise in knowing abstemiousness': Poole Arts Centre - 'The Lighthouse', Alan Short and Peter Barrett; 'Making something extraordinary'; Belgrade II, Coventry, Alistair Fair; 'Turn the theatre inside out': Curve, Leicester, Alan Short; 'So fabulously theatrical you can almost chew on it': Hackney Empire, Alan Short and Alistair Fair; 'Many a theatrical scheme has come to grief because it put bricks and mortar before drama': some familiar issues, 1926-1996, Alistair Fair; An architect's photographic view: the design and life of the theatres, Giorgos Artopoulos; Emerging themes, Peter Barrett and Monty Sutrisna; The internal dynamics of the projects, Peter Barrett and Monty Sutrisna; Conclusions, The Research Team; Select bibliography; Index.