document.writeln("<table><tr><!-- Building Story INTRO --><td align=left valign=top width=25%><a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/building_1-1.html><img src=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/images/13152_image_2.150.jpg width=150 height=150 border=0 alt='ArchWeek Image'></a></td><td align=left valign=top width=75%><p style='text-align: left'><a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/building_1-1.html><font size=+0 face=Helvetica,Arial color=#000000>BACKSTAGE MATTERS</font></a></p><p style='text-align: left'>I have noticed as a professional actor — an observation reinforced in my work as a registered architect, specializing in theater design consulting — that the same shortcomings in backstage design occur time and again. Creating inefficient and sometimes barely workable spaces, these chronic problems in layout and provisions may be attributed in large part to design efforts that disproportionately concentrate on the lobby and the auditorium.</p><p style='text-align: right'><a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/0809/building_1-1.html><img src=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/images/continue.gif width=96 height=22 border=0 alt=Continue...></a></p></td></tr></table>");

