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Acoustics.
Audio Video.
Sound Isolation.
Noise and Vibration Control.
Completed August 2011
Lenfest Hall is a new multi-use music education and student residence building for the renowned Curtis Institute of Music. The expansion, on a historic block of Philadelphia’s Locust Street, provides Gould Rehearsal Hall for the Curtis Symphony Orchestra; 32 additional…
Completed August 2011
The Jim Fausett Theater is a 482-seat Auditorium with proscenium stage and orchestra pit designed for multipurpose use. Local arts groups will use the space for a variety of program types, including Broadway performances, jazz and chamber music concerts, dance,…
First phase completed September 2011
The Thornton School of Music At University of California is halfway to a new Rehearsal Room. In fall 2010, the School took over the 1982 Harold Lloyd Sound Stage, and for nine months the orchestra and wind ensemble have done…
Completed October 2010
A four story addition to Boston Conservatory’s 1940’s Hemenway Building, along with a thorough renovation, has transformed the facility. The addition creates four large rehearsal spaces for dance, theater, and music, and a lobby for the 325 seat theater, while…
The new Virtua Health Voorhees Hospital is a 368-bed, 680,000 sq. ft. regional medical center that provides specialized, high-level care in a family centered atmosphere. The building design was based around the 3 unique entrances to the hospital including main…
This new home for Plum Productions is situated in a turn-of-the-century Chicago firehouse. The architectural design was tailored to reflect historic detailing of the building, while simultaneously incorporating acoustical detailing to facilitate audio and video production. The main fire engine…
In January of 2010, the Joint Venture Team of Ian Simpson Architects, Kirkegaard Associates and Bureau Bouwtechniek was awarded the project in the international architectural competition for the redesign Queen Elizabeth Hall in Antwerp, Belgium. The new design will provide…
The new Reva and David Logan Arts Center will be a catalyst for creativity, using innovative design to foster inter-disciplinary communication and artistic experimentation. The tower will offer unparalleled views of the Chicago skyline, while the public spaces will include…
This new music building will be located just south of the School’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall and Regenstein Hall of Music on the southern end of Northwestern’s lakefront campus. The new 6 level building will house academic faculty offices, classrooms, keyboard…
FEMA-funded replacement for a beloved and busy 1972 auditorium, badly damaged in 2008 flooding. New Hancher will be built nearby on higher ground, overlooking the river. Like the original, it will serve as the largest performances space for the music,…
Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values is a new landmark on the University of Tampa campus. The dramatic architecture of the Chapel, by TVS Design, Atlanta, combines wood, glass and stone to create a warm but strikingly modern…
This new program, a joint effort between the Economics, Business, and Law Schools at the University, was established to preserve and foster the vibrant research environment that characterizes economics at the University of Chicago. The MFI provides multilayered support for…
The new Corporate Headquarters for Mesirow Financial is located at 353 N. Clark Avenue in Chicago. The building is an elegant 45-story office building designed by Dirk Lohan of Lohan Anderson. The fourth through seventeenth floors have been designed as…
This new synagogue features an intimate 400-seat sanctuary which expands to accommodate up to 1100 during High Holy Days. Situated on a wooded hillside in Wellesley, the design uses an extensive curtain wall system to visually connect the congregation with…
The new building for The Theatre School at DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus will provide much-needed performance, office and rehearsal facilities for this top-ranked program. The complex will include extensive scene and costume shops, multimedia computer labs, a lighting laboratory,…
This renovation focuses on transforming nearly 80-year-old, neoclassical spaces into functional rehearsal, performance and support spaces as well as offices for use by the San Francisco Opera. Kirkegaard Associates design services will encompass room acoustics and sound isolation design as…
The Rockport Music Festival began performances in their new home in June, 2010. Previous performances were held in a gallery space that was limited with a small stage, moderate ventilation, and less than perfect acoustics. Their new space, the Shalin…
Carnegie Hall’s Studio Towers Renovation Project is a comprehensive undertaking that will create new inspirational spaces for music education on the building’s upper floors and fully refurbish backstage areas. Twenty-four new music rooms will be added to the building –…
Renovation of the existing Mundelein College located at Loyola University. Scope of work includes a 200 seat theater, practice rooms, and ensemble room scene shop. Kirkegaard Associates contribution includes Room Acoustics and Noise Control design. Substantial Completion is scheduled to…
Audio and Video systems consulting services for the new construction of Northwestern Memorial Prentice Women’s Hospital. Design services included systems for the first and third floors of the building in auditoriums, classrooms, and an administrative conference center. This LEED silver-rated…
Built to coincide with the Festival of Britain and opened in May 1951, Royal Festival Hall began as a large rectangular concert hall with a seating capacity of 2,900. The first building to be erected in the United Kingdom after…