Starting in 2012, Kirkegaard helped to undertake a thorough renovation, combining it with the building next door to create a versatile home for the Augusta Symphony. The venue now hosts a wide variety of performance, ranging from unamplified symphonic music,…
Elisabeth Hall Antwerp brings a new world-class concert hall and conference space to life within the shell of an existing historically significant building. This new concert venue seats 1,900 in a flexible music, theatre and lecture space serving the KMDA…
Chapin Hall’s concert hall is the largest gathering space at Williams College, used for graduation and baccalaureate services and as the principal performance space for the department of music and the Berkshire Symphony. This gorgeous building by Cram, Goodhue and…
The Des Moines Civic Center is a unique multi-purpose performing arts hall with 2,800 seats on one strongly raked level. The inward-leaning curved pylons of the side walls, a characteristic gesture of the original acoustician, Paul Veneklasen, dominate the hall’s…
Kirkegaard designed the acoustics of a 1,500-seat concert hall for the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, the oldest continuous orchestra in Mexico, comprised of 100 musicians from across the globe. This new home for the orchestra is located on the campus of…
The renovation of Hamer Hall provided improved acoustics for both musicians and audience, and cutting-edge staging systems and rigging capability. Key features include new sidewalls at the stage and audience chamber and a stage canopy that can be configured for…
We were invited by the Danish architectural firm 3XN to participate in a design competition for the National Concert Hall. The project was extensive, involving a number of other performance venues as well as social, educational, and artist support spaces.…
Acoustics consulting services for improvement of symphonic acoustics, and the installation of a reverberation enhancement system for this 2,500-seat hall. The engagement included the design of a new orchestra shell for improved onstage communication and projection to the audience.
The Collin County Center for the Arts is an innovative public-private collaboration among the cities of Allen, Frisco, and Plano, Texas - three neighbors north of Dallas. The centrally located phased development aims to create a comprehensive arts and education…
Designed for the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, this 2,250-seat hall boasts a new acoustic shell above the stage and musicians and side "cheek" walls in the auditorium. The new shell replaces a relatively thin 1960's shell which tended to dilute…
Honored by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) for project uniqueness, innovation in construction techniques and owner satisfaction, the renovation of Fort Myer Conmy Hall has met with considerable success. Originally built in 1934 as an indoor equestrian facility,…
The Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach’s Town Center is the heart of an innovative urban development business district. It has helped defined the new downtown by the addition of a first-rate cultural arts attraction for Virginia…
Royal Festival Hall was based on an unprecedented design approach at a time when Londoners were still dealing with post World War II rationing. It was intended to be a favorite gathering place for the people of London and beyond,…
The Rhinehart Music Center serves a wide range of university groups, musical ensembles, and community performance events, including a community band and youth orchestra. It offers large rehearsal rooms for band and chorus, recording room, practice rooms, classrooms, teaching studios…
The Overture Center for the Arts created a beautiful new home for the major arts organizations of Madison. The centerpiece of the project is the 2,250-seat Overture Hall, a stunning new room for symphony, opera, dance, and musical theater. A…
The Music Center at Strathmore, in the suburbs of Washington DC, boasts a beautiful building in a peaceful wooded setting accessible by Metro. The 2,000-seat concert hall is the second home for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra while also offering a…
This 2,000-seat hall is the home for the Omaha Symphony. The space serves the orchestra’s classical series and pops performances, as well as chamber music and popular events. The narrow shoebox shape of the Peter Kiewit Concert Hall creates an…
The Overture Center for the Arts created a beautiful new home for the major arts organizations of Madison, including Madison Opera. The centerpiece of the project is the 2,250-seat Overture Hall, a stunning new room for opera, dance, and musical…
Built in 1732 and repeatedly underpinned and shored up over the course of two centuries, St. Luke’s Church on London’s Old Street finally succumbed to bad soil conditions in 1959, when the roof and interior structure were removed to prevent…
The legendary quality of Carnegie Hall’s acoustics were the result of numerous progressive architectural modifications to the room, including the removal of part of the stage ceiling in a pre-1900 effort to stage opera in the space. Generations of performances…
A generous donation was the impetus for the Howard Performing Arts Center at Andrews University. When dreams inevitably outstripped the budget, Kirkegaard worked with the client to develop strategies for maximizing what their dollars could buy. The client chose to…
Beginning in 2007 Kirkegaard began the process of working with Carnegie Hall to determine the best loudspeaker design for the iconic Stern Auditorium, known to most people simply as Carnegie Hall. The existing loudspeaker system had been identified in [...]
Room acoustics and sound isolation with mechanical noise and vibration control for the Paul Porter Center for Performing Arts. The new building includes the 700-seat Scott Concert Hall which can be used equally well for full orchestra concerts and intimate…
Currently the home of the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Barbican Concert Hall was originally planned as a conference facility for 2000 people, with a design that emphasized audience proximity to the stage. Its reconception as…
This new performing arts facility complex contains the 1,747-seat Meymandi Concert Hall, home to the North Carolina Symphony and the 604-seat A. J. Fletcher Opera Theater, a proscenium lyric theatre that also serves as an intimate chamber music and recital…
Recommendations for improvement of symphonic acoustics in the 2,325-seat Southam Hall, including the installation of a reverberation enhancement system.
Meyerhoff opened in 1982 and was designed as a 2,400-seat concert hall for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, with pops and other musical performance activities rounding-out their performance calendar. Kirkegaard was retained for an acoustics improvement renovation that took place in…
Built in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, Symphony Center will be a cornerstone of the Woodruff Arts Center's Village of the Arts. Involved with the initial site analysis and evaluation, Kirkegaard has provided programming, room acoustics and mechanical noise control…
Room acoustics and mechanical noise consulting services for the renovation of a 1930's era 500-seat lecture hall to serve as a dedicated concert hall facility with upgraded lobby, backstage rehearsal rooms, and faculty offices. The hall's raked floor and new…
As construction was starting on their twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, the Petronas oil company decided that the 400-seat meeting room nestled between the towers should be changed to a concert hall, the first such room in Malaysia. Because of…
Acoustics, noise control, and audio/video systems design for the new 1,800-seat Robert E. Jacoby Concert Hall with organ, and renovation of the 600-seat Herman & Mary Virginia Terry Theater and 3,000-seat proscenium Jim and Jan Moran Theater.
Design for extensive acoustics, HVAC, and architectural renovation of historic 2,600-seat hall, which included mechanical noise and vibration control, audio/video system design, organ integration, stage reshaping and enlarged acoustic volume. Design for a new annex included the Buntrock Hall rehearsal…
Acoustics remodeling of the historic art deco 1,950-seat concert hall for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Acoustics modifications included a new performance platform and riser system, mechanical systems rerouting, auditorium reseating and balcony modifications, and the addition of wall and…
Acoustics and AV systems design for 1,200-seat proscenium theatre to serve a variety of Hawaiian artists groups.
Acoustical Design of this multi-faceted space. The room can be re-configured to adjust from a 900-seat intimate drama theater, to a 1,500-seat lyric theater, to an 1,800+ seat European-style concert hall, to a 1,900-seat arena space. The auditorium physically adapts…
The Mary Baker Russell Music Center provides a new home for the strong choral and instrumental music programs at Pacific Lutheran University, with Lagerquist Concert Hall at its heart. The 535-seat hall has a stage sized for full orchestra or…
Kirkegaard was engaged to implement an acoustics remodeling program to correct longstanding acoustics challenges in this 2,900-seat concert hall. Interconnected problems created challenging conditions for both musicians and audience. During a pre-engagement assessment of the hall, a San Francisco Symphony…
In 1987 Rice University hired Ricardo Bofill to create a new music building that would draw together their scattered music program under one roof. The resulting grandly-scaled neoclassical building includes a 1000-seat concert hall, a 250-seat recital hall, a black…
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) and The Minnesota Opera were the two strongest sources of inspiration for the idea that became the Music Theater at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. The architect, Benjamin Thompson, was a native…
