This work introduces the 50 best theatres and concert halls built in Europein recent years. Outstanding architecture from Pritzker award winners, ZahaHadid, Jean Nouvel, Herzog & de Meuron, Christian de Portzamparc and RemKoolhaas are represented. Also exceptional buildings by such distinguishedinternational architects as UNStudio/Ben van Berkel, Dominique Perrault andSantiago Calatrava. Destined to become the standard book on contemporarytheatre architecture, it includes comprehensive drawings and theoreticalcontributions on design.