Table of Contents: “…Harper -- Italian environmental policies in the post-war period / Simonetta Tunesi -- The church in post-war Italy / Patrick McCarthy -- The mafia / Salvatore Lupo -- Sport / Stefano Pivato -- Memory and identity, popular culture in post-war Italy / Stephen Gundle -- Impegno and the encounter with modernity, 'high' culture in post-war Italy / Robert S.C. Gordon -- Conclusion / Patrick McCarthy.…”

Table of Contents: “…A stage for architects / Christian Schittich -- Space to play - development and trends in theatre architecture / Roman Hollenstein -- High culture - Buildings for the arts in the 21st century / Barbara Söldner, Tobias Söldner -- Poetry in concrete, wood, light and nature : detail prize of honour awarded to Sverre Fehn / Christian Marquart -- Auditoriums for the arts - a typology of the theatre buildings with examples / Franz Wimmer, Barbara Schelle -- Pentorama Festival Hut in Amriswil, Müller Sigrist, Zurich -- L'Autre Canal Concert Hall in Nancy, Périphériques, Paris -- Theatre in Nijar, MGM Morales+Giles+Mariscal arquitectos, Sevilla -- Opera house in wexford, OPW mit Keith Williams Architekten, London -- Agora Theatre and Congress Centre in Lelystad, UNStudio, Amsterdam, mit B+M, Den Haag -- Theater and Arts Centre De Kunstlinie in Almere, SANAA / Kasuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa, Tokio -- Guthrie-Theatre in Minneapolis, ASteliers Jean Nouvel, Paris -- Opera House in Oslo : Snohetta, Oslo -- Oslo's New Opera House : Roofscape and an element of urban rewal / Ulf Gronvold -- Wave wall, factory and Carpet : the design idea underlying the opera house / Snohetta -- Like the bark of a tree an interview with Tarald Lundevall -- Art and Architecture : the collaboration with artists in the design of facades and Marble Surfaces / Snohetta -- Acoustiic planning of the main hall -- More than just a buildings : users opinions of the new opera house -- Concert Hall in raiding : Atelier Kempe Thill, Rotterdam -- Anyone who doesn't like this hall must want a Baroque auditorium / Walter Reicher -- Synthetics externally, wood internally : the architects'design / Sabine Drey -- Spatial acoustic : the complexity of sound / Karlheinz Müller, Michael Wahl -- Now we don't have to explain to people any more where raiding is ... / Artist' and visitors' comments.…”