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Concert Halls • Theaters • Opera Houses • Convention Centers • Cinemas • Arenas
Annual 2015
Inside:
Culture injection: Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Greek revival: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Arts funding:The quest for alternative financing models
Las Vegas Arena: Sin City’s next entertainment mecca
Baku masterpiece
Heydar Aliyev Center: Zaha Hadid’s
most radical creation yet
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Concert Halls • Theaters • Opera Houses • Convent
L-ACOUSTICS WST® technology is now packaged in tw
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Where architecture embraces public realm. Creati
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In a time of post-war recession, what thrives? Ba
ARTS FUNDING Above/center: The
First, Vinken reduced the workforce by 20%,
DESIGN THEATRE PROJECTS CONSULTANTS Designing for
DESIGN
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DESIGN Brad Feinknopf Brad Fein
in ways that are unbridled by conventional con gu
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production centers for public broadcasting. It is
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discovery, arts and community while honoring its
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artists, students and educators. e cultural cen
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TECHNOLOGY BOSCH REXROTH Safe and sound The lates
TECHNOLOGY AUDITORIA
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FOR FLEXIBLE, CUSTOM SOLUTIONS TO EVERY RIG
STAGE TECHNOLOGY WENGER Flurry of sound Acou
The new wood veneer acoustical shell incorporates
STAGE TECHNOLOGY
ENHANCE THE ACOUSTICS AND AESTHETICS OF ANY VENUE
STAGE TECHNOLOGY STEELDECK Made to measure A cust
programming and the resulting constant need for d
STAGE TECHNOLOGY for the creation of seat
ORIGINAL DELIVERING PERFORMANCE
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Above: The Gulbenkian Foundation concert hall in
STAGE TECHNOLOGY Above: 1
Customised stage elements are our specialty. Sinc
STAGE TECHNOLOGY WAAGNER-BIRO STAGE SYSTEMS Far E
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Main: The Jinan concert hall with its vineyard te
ACOUSTICS Above: The ope
foyers were carefully designed and coordinated wi
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System upgrade An innovative and contempo
ACOUSTICS grown was very organic
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ACOUSTICS AKUKON Wuxi Grand Theatre’s hor
ACOUSTICS Natural selection Advances in bamboo p
ACOUSTICS the color of the wal
Logomo Hall in Turku, Finland is a exible venue
TECHNOLOGY UNGERBOECK SOFTWARE
quality of customer service. In addition, cloud-
TECHNOLOGY Above: Arts
Think you can't afford Ungerboeck Software? Think
DESIGN ANNE MINORS PERFORMANCE CONSULTANTS Shapin
hotel and apartments. Seven months a er opening,
ACOUSTICS GERRIETS Noise control Sound-absorbing
installed to lower the reverberation time of the
SOFTWARE FIGARO SYSTEMS On sight Able to trans
SOFTWARE web page
STAGE TECHNOLOGY MAYR POWER TRANSMISSION Safety
It is possible to design the contactless re
STAGE TECHNOLOGY STAGE ELECTRICS Back to school O
Guildhall School, e Barbican Centre and the BBC
ACOUSTICS SOUND SPACE DESIGN Musical connections
practitioners has been extremely important. Durin
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SEATING Requiring the ability to cha
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BACKSTAGE &A JOHN THORNTON Lucy Noble, head of
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