Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics: Thirty Years of Acoustical Design for Music Venues and Vineyard-Style Auditoria

Offers an inside look at the design process and unique considerations behind each of 25-30 internationally recognized vineyard style performance venues, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie
Features acoustical metrics along with a meta-analysis on the usefulness of such metrics in the design process
Illustrates how Toyota's particular design philosophy influences the completed building through photographs and architectural drawings


About the Author
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.