Located in Detroit, Michigan, the new Samuel C. Mumford High School is a LEED Silver Certified state-of-the-art facility. Designed by Hamilton Anderson Associates, with a construction cost of approximately $53 million, the 239,900 square foot building features a bright open…
The Christ Presbyterian Academy Arts Building includes a new 570-seat multipurpose auditorium, an 1800 square foot flexible Blackbox theatre, and ancillary spaces. The auditorium is primarily designed to support amplified theatre and student assemblies while providing a natural acoustic environment…
Kirkegaard worked closely on extensive additions to Downers Grove South High School. Three phases of work across three years added a tall, open Commons with controlled reverberation. A new performing arts wing includes a 1200-seat Auditorium and Black Box theater…
The Montgomery Bell Academy new Burkholder Wellness Center features a 1,588-seat Event Center, 21,700 square foot three court Practice Gym, 11,500 square foot Wrestling Gym, and 22 000 square foot Practice Field. The Event Center is designed to function as…
The Bowld supports a full symphony orchestra in rehearsal and a full choir, chamber musicians or soloists in performance. With fixed seating for 190 and room for adding loose chairs, the room can accommodate an audience as large as 300.…
The Davenport Central High School addition included a new 892-seat multipurpose auditorium and 8-lane, 300-seat pool. The auditorium is designed to be used for drama performances, a wide range of music and choir ensembles, musicals, lectures and presentations. It features…
Parkway North High School is a premier public school located in the western suburbs of St. Louis with a growing music department. The music department was in real need of updated and more acoustically minded rehearsal and practices spaces. The…
Kirkegaard provided room acoustics, noise control and audio systems design for this 900-seat auditorium and associated band and choral rooms. A unique woven wave split face wall provides diffusion for the upper rear walls of the auditorium. This project was [...]
Thornapple-Kellogg High School is a large 1960s building in the small western Michigan town of Middleville. Architect TowerPinkster mapped out a $20 million, four-phase reconstruction of the school that kept the best parts of the building and replaced the rest [...]
At the heart of the 320,000 square foot redevelopment of the Sydney Conservatorium lies Verbrugghen Hall. Originally constructed in 1915 within the central courtyard of a nineteenth-century stables building, Verbrugghen has undergone a thorough acoustical renovation in accordance with heritage [...]
The Gary Comer Youth Center, located on the South Side of Chicago, holds an activity, performance and education center for area youth. At its core, lies a gymnasium where the South Shore Drill Team practices and performs. Flexible, the gym [...]
