To better serve their growing student body, the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) underwent a renovation and expansion. The new building features a state of the art Theatre with orchestra pit while also housing three new Dance Studios to fill…
Valley City State University (VCSU) has a small but beautiful campus on the National Register of Historic Places. The new Fine Arts Building is the first significant addition to the campus since the 1960s and houses the Music and Art…
The University of Central Florida Performing Arts Complex serves as UCF's primary home for the Theater and Music departments. Phase I includes a full complement of music, theater and dance rehearsal rooms, teaching studios, practice rooms and administrative spaces, and…
The building offers nine dance studios, ranging in size from 1800 sf to 3600 sf including flexible 140 seat performance space along with new administration area. Ballet's size increased by more than 60% compared to their previous building. As the…
To better serve their growing student body, the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) underwent a renovation and expansion. The new building features a state of the art Theatre with orchestra pit while also housing three new Dance Studios to fill the needs of their ever expanding community classes and summer camps. The scope of the renovation of the 1950 Eric Medelsohn B'nai Amoona Synagogue has been created to restore the interior to more closely match the original architecture. Under the high arching roof will be a new flexible Performance Lab with retractable seating for a dance rehearsal and informal presentation/event space. The renovation also transformed the expanded congregation portion of the original sanctuary into two new dance studios. Other features of the project include a new lobby/pre-function space, office, green room and a new scene shop.
Hendrie Hall was originally built in 1895 for the Law School, and for several decades has been one of several buildings occupied by the School of Music. Kirkegaard has provided acoustics, isolation, noise control, and AV design services for a…
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 are a characteristic gesture of the original acoustician, Paul Veneklasen, and more…
The acoustic design challenges were a central concern when the project was designed. The wide range of uses required the design of acoustic curtains and banners to reduce reverberation and reflections and offer different acoustic Environments. At the same time,…
In the Fall of 2008, an international design competition was held to redevelop the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland at its current Earlsfort Terrace location. The project objective was to provide three performance auditoria with the highest international standards [...]
The historic Studio Towers above Carnegie Hall has undergone a full renovation to support the educational missions of the Weill Music Institute and The Academy, which is a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute's…
The Overture Project is remarkable in many ways. The construction cost of $205 million was a gift from a single donor, local businessman Jerry Frautschi. His extraordinary generosity provided Madison, Wisconsin, with a beautiful new performing arts center designed by [...]
Jacoby Symphony Hall was built as a new concert hall incorporated into the renovation project of the Jacksonville City Auditorium complex. The new concert hall was inserted within the existing building, replacing the underutilized exhibition hall. Extensive areas of the [...]
Damaged by an electrical fire in 2003, the newly restored Gozo’s Teatru Astra sprang into life just in time for the October 2005 Festival Mediterranea. Built in the 1960s, the theatre now boasts new backstage facilities, a modified stage and [...]
The acoustic renovation of the Tennessee Theatre was integrated into the historic fabric of the building so carefully that most observers would be unaware that any of the work was “acoustical.” The wide oval room was challenging because it produced [...]
The Boston Symphony Orchestra wanted a 1200-seat concert hall at Tanglewood for several purposes: A rehearsal space for the Tanglewood Music Center student orchestra; a recital space for guest artists and members of the BSO during their summer residency; a [...]
Room acoustics, mechanical noise, and audiovisual systems consulting services for the new 1300-seat proscenium theater. The Sandler Center for the Performing Arts is located at the center of Virginia Beach's new Town Center and is part of an innovative urban…
Meymandi Concert Hall is a new facility located beside the existing 2,000+ seat multi-purpose Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, North Carolina. The primary purpose of the hall is to serve the North Carolina Symphony as a space for rehearsal as well [...]
The Portland Center for the Performing Arts was built in downtown Portland as part of a successful urban renewal effort. Occupying nearly a city block across from a 1929 movie palace, the project included the renovation of the movie palace [...]
Acoustics design for full range of improvements for the 2,900-seat historic home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. The project provided backstage improvements, improved seating, a new stage floor, a new orchestra pit, and new audio [...]
The Peace Center for the Performing Arts consists of two newly constructed, free-standing multi-purpose theaters built on the site of an old textile mill in downtown Greenville, SC. Several mill buildings were renovated as support, administrative, and retail spaces, while [...]
Although the Ordway Music Theatre, with its rich finishes and its obvious debt to the European opera house resembles many other recent theaters, at the time it was built it was a radical departure from the aesthetic of the 'democratic [...]
The Centre East Theatre is an 848-seat multi-purpose proscenium theater that is part of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. The space is designed to support a wide range of productions including local symphony orchestras, drama productions, musicals, [...]
Acoustics design and mechanical systems noise control for this 2,100-seat concert hall/music theatre and 450-seat playhouse within a $300 million mixed-use complex including retail and office spaces. The Belk Theater serves as the primary venue for the Charlotte Symphony, the…
Recommendations for improvement of symphonic acoustics in the 2,325-seat Southam Hall, including the installation of a reverberation enhancement system.
Renovation of historic auditorium to serve as 2,000-seat concert hall for the Portland Symphony Orchestra and multi-purpose performance facility for natural acoustic and amplified performances including work by PORTopera (formerly known as the Portland Opera Repertory Theatre).
Acoustics and AV systems design for 1,200-seat proscenium theatre to serve a variety of Hawaiian artists groups.
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.
Room acoustics, mechanical systems, and audio systems design for this new 2000-seat multi-use concert hall. The project also incorporates a separate 450-seat chamber music hall that serves as an orchestra rehearsal space, multi-purpose lobby, and renovation of Omaha's Orpheum Theatre,…
Comprehensive program of acoustics, audio and noise control recommendations including a new stage and shell design for the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Remodeling of this original, opulent movie palace was completed in 1972 by acoustician Heinrich Keilholz.
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…
The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is a multi-use performing arts venue located Northwest of downtown Atlanta serving Broadway productions, concerts, opera, ballet, family shows, and corporate meetings. The project is comprised of a 2,750-seat theatre, rehearsal rooms, and a…
Room acoustics, noise control, and audio/video system design for the home of Chicago's Lyric Opera. While extensive renovation took place backstage, work also included the creation of three large rehearsal halls and practice rooms. Renovation to the 3,600 seat house…
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 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. Following a 1986…
The Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennesee contains a 350-seat multiple use theatre, planetarium, video and audio recording studio, music and dance rehearsal rooms, and classroom space. Kirkegaard's scope of work included room acoustics, sound isolation, and building systems noise control.
The Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center is a new structure built adjacent to the 1960s music building at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. The PAC complements the existing facilities by focusing on performance halls. It includes the 1300-seat Jemison [...]
Acoustical and mechanical systems noise and vibration control for this 49,000 sf, 600-seat proscenium theater and office building. The two-story structure also contains rehearsal and support spaces for the theater, and houses the Institute's office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Room acoustics, noise and vibration control, and audio/video systems design for this dynamic new facility which presents opera, popular music, Broadway musicals and is home to the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Phase 1 included a new 440-seat theatre, studio theatre, music…
Acoustical design services for the multi-use 1,289-seat Sidney Harman Hall, the 180-seat classroom Philips Hall, and the multi-purpose Pavilion that holds various capacities up to 400. Also included were support spaces throughout the facility. The Christopher Cohan Center and the [...]
