Performance spaces for music and drama demand excellent clarity of sound resulting from exact control of beneficial sound reflections, elimination of compromising echoes and spurious noise from external sources and building services not only for the audience but also, and equally importantly, for the performers.
The firm's experience includes many landmark facilities including:
Surrey Arts Centre Addition - Surrey, BC - Full acoustical design services for addition of a studio/rehearsal theatre, gallery space and visual arts studios to the existing Arts Centre. Critical aspects of the work were noise isolation, ventilation noise control and room acoustics.
Bell Centre for the Performing Arts - Surrey, BC - Full acoustical design for a 1100 seat community theatre, including exterior noise isolation, HVAC system noise and vibration control, and variable room acoustics for music and drama. Opened to critical acclaim in 2002.
Maple Ridge Performing Arts Centre - Maple Ridge, BC - Design for room acoustics, noise isolation and mechanical system noise control for a 500 seat community theatre, a multi-purpose studio theatre and associated back and front of house facilities.
Rotary Centre for the Arts - Kelowna, BC - Comprehensive acoustical design services for a 500 seat community theatre, multi-purpose dance studio and associated spaces, including noise isolation, room acoustics for music and drama and HVAC noise control.
Terry Fox Community Theatre - Coquitlam, BC - Full acoustical design services for a 350 seat multi-function community theatre. Features include an orchestra pit, sculptured side walls and the ability to divide the theatre into three acoustically isolated teaching areas.
Timms Centre for the Arts - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB - Comprehensive design and recommendations for room acoustics, noise isolation, HVAC systems noise and vibration control for the 250 seat theatre, studio theatre, rehearsal hall and back stage workshops.
Rolston Recital Hall, Banff Centre for the Arts - Banff, AB - Comprehensive acoustical design for 250 seat recital hall and recording studio with variable acoustics, 70 seat chamber music hall and 16 teaching/practice studios in a very cost effective wood frame building.
Yukon Place Arts Centre - Whitehorse, Yukon - Design of room acoustics for main performing arts theatre, studio theatre, and art galleries. HVAC system noise control and isolation between adjacent critical spaces.
University of Victoria Theatre Building - Victoria, BC - Room acoustics and noise control for the Drama Faculty, including a 200 seat proscenium theatre, a 200 seat thrust theatre, a studio theatre and associated support and back of house facilities.
Michael J. Fox Theatre, Burnaby South Secondary School - Burnaby, BC - Acoustics and noise isolation design for a 700 seat community theatre forming part of a secondary school complex.
Victoria Conference Centre - Victoria, BC - Room acoustics, noise isolation and HVAC noise control and audio-video systems design for multipurpose conference centre including 450 seat theatre/recital hall and 1800 seat meeting hall.
Grande Prairie Regional College Auditorium - Grande Prairie, AB - Noise isolation, mechanical noise control and room acoustics for this 600 seat auditorium.
Douglas College - New Westminster, BC - Acoustics of 500 seat theatre, lecture halls and music performance spaces, mechanical system noise and vibration control.
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