Performing Architecture: Opera Houses, Theatres and Concert Halls for the Twenty-First Century, written by Michael Hammond, features 50 of today's finest performance spaces both newly opened and under construction.

The book, published in November 2006, features eleven TPC projects:

• The Lowry
• Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
• Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay
• Bard College, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
• The Sage Gateshead
• Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Unicorn Theatre for Children
• National Opera House, Norway
• Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
• Dallas Center for the Performing Arts
• National Theatre of Cyprus

For more information about the book or to order visit the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architecture) Bookshop or Amazon.com.