Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design

This may be the most comprehensive single volume published to date on acoustical and architectural design for listening spaces.Barron provides in one book some of the historical perspective of Michael Forsyth's Buildings for Music and George Izenour's Theatre Design, some of the technical discussion of Beranek's Music, Acoustics and Architecture; and some of the fundamentals and practical details of Egan's Architectural Acoustics.This book is written primarily for acousticians, and there is more detail here thah the average architect or musician will be interested in.This is also one of the most technical books on the subject, but there is a wealth of information for readers at all levels of ekpertise.The strength of this book is its separate chapters on acoustical design for recital halls, theaters, concert halls, opera houses, and multipurpose auditoriums.For each of these types there are separate chapters providing a discussion of the acoustical design objectives, historical development of the form, and examples of existing halls.