Access for Disabled People to Arts Premises

The Journey Sequence

Geoffrey Lord, C Wycliffe Noble, Earl of Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon

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Architectural Press
12 November 2003

Architectural structure & design; Concert halls, arenas, stadia; Disability: social aspects; Urban & municipal planning

Illustrating actual building design solutions that have been created to improve accessibility for disabled patrons and performers, the 'Journey Sequence' outlines the best examples of design innovation produced in response to new and upcoming legislation.

A knowledge of how to design for the disabled can be crucial in winning contracts and having designs accepted. This book shows how the practical implications have already been successfully approached.

Covering the whole sequence from parking, to entry, and including details of facilities for the visually and hearing impaired users, advice is given on the methods designers should use in assessing the requirements of disabled people. This is not a publication giving theoretical prescription but rather an illustrated record of achievements in buildings of all sizes where proper access to the disabled has been created. It includes 14 case studies and examples that illustrate the diverse ways that accessibility has been incorporated into arts buildings throughout the UK. This includes Cinemas, Theatres, Concert Halls, Opera Houses, Museums and Libraries. The author team highlights specific design details that are particularly unique, to stimulate the reader and show that creating better accessibility for the disabled both demands and creates innovative design.

By: Geoffrey Lord, C Wycliffe Noble
Introduction by: Earl of Antony Armstrong-Jones Snowdon
Imprint: Architectural Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 657g
ISBN: 9780750657792
ISBN 10: 0750657790
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 12 November 2003
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

C. Wycliffe Noble, Geoffrey Lordpson

Reviews for Access for Disabled People to Arts Premises: The Journey Sequence

A heavily embroidered coming-of-age tale.With its unstoppable word flow, footnotes, classical shadowing and dual narrators, Dixon's debut is an energetic, self-absorbed bag of tricks. Its preoccupation is a curious book group, the Lacuna Cabal Montreal Young Women's Book Club, which aims to live out, as far as possible, the story of the book under consideration. Currently it is meeting on the top floor of a disused warehouse owned by Anna, whose lover Dumuzi and his roommate Coby - who recently fell in love with book-group member Emmy - are co-opted into the group to help act out the book its members are currently reading. The book is one of the world's earliest, the Epic of Gilgamesh, introduced in the form of ten stone tablets engraved with cuneiform lettering which Runner, another member, reads aloud in translation. When Runner dies suddenly, her younger brother Neil takes the tablets and stows away on a ship, unknowingly tracing Gilgamesh's steps to Bahrain. Also woven into the fitful story line are themes of sexuality (Anna is experimenting with prostitution), surrealism (Emmy is striped) and politics (it's 2003 and the Iraq war is under way), all adding to the sense that this diffuse first novel would benefit from greater focus and less indulgence.Full of sound and fury, yet inconsequential. (Kirkus Reviews)