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Author Frumkin, Peter.

Title Building for the arts : the strategic design of cultural facilities / Peter Frumkin & Ana Kolendo.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 276 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Over the past two decades, the arts in America have experienced an unprecedented building boom, with more than sixteen billion dollars directed to the building, expansion, and renovation of museums, theaters, symphony halls, opera houses, and centers for the visual and performing arts. Among the projects that emerged from the boom were many brilliant successes. Others, like the striking addition of the Quadracci Pavilion to the Milwaukee Art Museum, brought international renown but also tens of millions of dollars of off-budget debt while offering scarce additional benefit to the arts and.
Contents Acknowledgments; 1. The Idea of Strategic Design; 2. Elements of Building Decisions; 3. Seeking Funding; 4. Connecting to Community; 5. Growing Operational Capacity; 6. Refining Mission; 7. Seeking Strategic Alignment; 8. Better Building for the Arts; Notes; Index.
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Subject Arts facilities -- Planning.
Arts facilities -- Planning.
Arts facilities.
Arts facilities -- Design and construction.
Arts facilities -- United States -- Design and construction.
United States.
Strategic planning.
Strategic planning.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kolendo, Ana.
Other Form: Print version: Frumkin, Peter. Building for the Arts. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014 9780226099613
ISBN 9780226099750 (electronic book)
022609975X (electronic book)
9780226099613 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
022609961X (cloth ; alkaline paper)