Building for the Arts - The Strategic Design of Cultural Facilities

Over the years, the arts in America have experienced an unprecedented building boom. Drawing on case studies and in-depth interviews, this book explores how artistic vision, funding partnerships, and institutional culture work together - or fail to - throughout the process of major cultural construction projects.

About the author

Peter Frumkin is professor of social policy and faculty director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Strategic Giving and The Essence of Strategic Giving, both also published by the University of Chicago Press. Ana Kolendo is a research fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summary

Over the years, the arts in America have experienced an unprecedented building boom. Drawing on case studies and in-depth interviews, this book explores how artistic vision, funding partnerships, and institutional culture work together - or fail to - throughout the process of major cultural construction projects.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Frumkin, Peter Kolendo Frumkin, Frumkin Peter, Ana Kolendo, Kolendo Ana
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2014
• EAN: 9780226099613
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09961-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; USA, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, ART / Museum Studies, United States of America, USA, Non-profitmaking organizations, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings