MUMUTH: Haus für Musik und Musiktheater der Kunstuniversität Graz, Austria / UNStudio -- Helmut-List-Halle, Graz, Austria / Architekt Markus Pernthaler -- Franz Liszt Concert Hall, Raiding, Austria / Atelier Kempe Thill Architects and Planners -- Extension Musikverein, Vienna, Austria / Holzbauer and Partner, Wilhelm Holzbauer, Dieter Irresberger -- National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China / Paul Andreu Architecte Paris -- Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China / Zaha Hadid Architects -- Zhuhai Opera House, Zhuhai, China / SPF:Architects -- Royal Playhouse, Copenhagen, Denmark / Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter -- Performers House Folk High School, Silkeborg, Denmark / Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects -- Le Quai, Angers, France / AS.Architect-Studio -- Le Prisme, Aurillac, France / Brisac Gonzalez Architects -- Dijon Performing Arts Center, Dijon, France / Arquitectonica -- Limoges Concert Hall, Limoges, France / Bernard Tschumi Architects -- Philharmonic Hall, Paris, France / Atelier Jean Nouvel -- Concert hall & exhibition complex, Rouen, France / Bernard Tschumi Architects -- Zenith Music Venue, Saint-Etienne, France / Foster & Partners -- Zenith Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France / Studio Fuksas -- Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany / Stephan Braunfels Architekten BDA -- Bochum Concert Hall, Bochum, Germany ; Beethoven Festival Theater, Bonn, Germany / Van Den Valentyn Architektur -- Stages of the City of Cologne, Cologne, Germany / JSWD Architekten, Chaix & Morel et Associès -- Hessisches Staatstheater, Darmstadt, Germany / Lederer+Ragnarsdóttir+Oei -- Restructuring Palace of Culture, Dresden, Germany / GMP, Von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects -- Carl Maria von Weber College of Music, Dresden, Germany / Hammeskrause Architekten -- Interior design Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dusseldorf, Germany / RKW Architektur + Städtebau -- Academy of Music and Theater Concert Hall "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy", Leipzig, Germany / Gerber Architekten -- Halle Muensterland, Muenster/Westphalia, Germany / Kresing Architekten -- Nature theater auditorium, Reutlingen, Germany / 4A Architekten -- VISUAL: Centre for Contemporary Art & George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow, Ireland / Terry Pawson Architects -- Wexford Opera House, Wexford, Ireland / Office of Public Works in Ireland with Keith Williams Architects -- Renovation of the Theatre alla Scala, Milan, Italy / Studio Architetto Mario Botta -- Za-Koenji Public Theater, Suginami-Ku, Tokyo, Japan / Toyo Ito & Associates -- Giant Amber Concert Hall, Liepaja, Latvia / Volker Giencke & Company -- Gota de Plata Auditorium Theater, Pachuca, Mexico / Migdal Arquitectos -- Bijlmer Park Theater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter BV --

New auditorium Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Jonkman Klinkhamer Architectuur Interieur Stedenbouw -- Conservatorium of Amsterdam, The Netherlands / DE Architekten Cie./Frits Van Dongen -- DeLaMar, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / ACCA: Jo Coenen and Arno Meijs, AMA Group -- Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / 3XN -- Popstage Mezz Breda, Breda, The Netherlands / Erick van Egeraat -- Schouwburg Amphion, Doetinchem, The Netherlands / Mecanoo Architecten -- Philharmonic orchestra and concert hall, Haarlem, The Netherlands / DE Architekten Cie./Frits van Dongen -- City Theater Haarlem, Haarlem, The Netherlands / Erick van Egeraat -- Pop podium de Vorstin, Hilversum, The Netherlands / DE Architekten Cie./Frits van Dongen -- Theater Agora, Lelystad, The Netherlands / UNStudio -- Theater Sneek, Sneek, The Netherlands / Alberts & Van Huut -- Music Palace, Utrecht, The Netherlands / Architectuurstudio HH -- Cartaxo Cultural Center, Cartaxo, Portugal / CVDB Arquitectos -- Municipal Theater, Guarda, Portugal / Carlos Veloso -- Auditorium and conference center, Mérida, Spain / Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos -- Baluarte: Congress center and auditorium of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain / Francisco Mangado -- Tenerife opera house, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain / Santiago Calatrava -- Tenerife School of Dramatic Arts, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain / GPY Arquitectos SL -- Valencia opera house (Palau de les Arts), Valencia, Spain / Santiago Calatrava -- Mondial Cultural Music Theater, Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland / Holzer Kobler Architekturen -- Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Performing Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan / Mecanoo Architecten -- Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan / Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) -- Curve, Leicester, UK / Rafael Viñoly Architects -- Royal Shakespeare Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK / Bennetts Associates Architects -- The Arbour: Yorkshire Forward Renaissance Pavilion, various sites, Yorkshire, UK / Lock Rennie LLP -- Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY / Gehry Partners, LLP -- Dee and Charles Wyly Theater, Dallas, TX / Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) -- Winspear Opera House, Dallas, TX / Foster + Partners -- Irvine Valley College Performing Arts Center, Irvine, CA / Arquitectonica -- Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AR / Boora Architects, DWL Architects + Planners -- Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN / Atelier Jean Nouvel -- The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA / Renzo Zecchetto Architects -- Westminster Rose Center, Westminster, CA / CO Architects -- Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA / Rios Clementi Hale Studios.

Theatres, concert halls & opera houses belong to the main building tasks of our times. Numerous cities as well as communities are adding stage buildings for performing arts to their cultural infrastructure and are renewing historical buildings. 60 outstanding projects from around the world are presented in this volume.