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Artec Consultants Inc, formerly Russell Johnson & Associates, is an acoustic design and theater planning firm located in New York City. The company was founded by the late world renown architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and acoustician Frederick Russell Johnson
Russell Johnson (acoustician)
Frederick Russell Johnson , a world renown architect and acoustical expert. Johnson was the founder of Artec Consultants Incorporated in 1970...
in 1970. The firm is currently led by managing directors Damian Doria, Tateo Nakajima
Tateo Nakajima
Tateo Nakajima is a former orchestra conductor, a partner and acoustical expert for the concert hall consulting firm Artec Consultants. In the past he has worked as lead consultant for conductors, orchestras and opera companies that include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago...
and Edward Arenius.
Artec has done the acoustic designs for over 2,000 projects worldwide including the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Salle Pleyel
Salle Pleyel
The Salle Pleyel is a concert hall in Paris, France. The resident ensembles are the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.-History and Design:...
renovation in Paris, France, the Mariinsky II Opera House Basic Design for Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.- Early life :Gergiev,...
, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. JALC's performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at West 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly adjacent to Columbus Circle. Frederick P....
, New Jersey Performing Arts Center
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center , in downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States...
, Pikes Peak Center
Pikes Peak Center
The Pikes Peak Center is the concert auditorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It serves as an entertainment, cultural, educational, and assembly center for the citizens of El Paso County, the Pikes Peak region, and the surrounding area.- History :...
, the Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Centre in the Square
Centre In The Square
Centre In The Square is a live theatre and performing arts centre located on Queen Street in downtown Kitchener, Ontario.The Centre is home to the Raffi Armenian Theatre. This 2,047 seat hall is the largest in Waterloo Region as well as the main venue for Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony performances....
, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is situated within the natural landscape of the campus and is surrounded by evergreens and rhododendrons...
and acoustical upgrade of the Roy Thomson Hall
Roy Thomson Hall
Roy Thomson Hall is a concert hall located at 60 Simcoe Street in Toronto, Ontario. It is the home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Opened in 1982, its circular architectural design exhibits a sloping and curvilinear glass exterior. It was designed by Canadian...
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The New York firm has been referred to as the field-leader in acoustic design and Time Magazine called their design of the Esplanade complex in Singapore "one of the best anywhere". The Artec design team has also worked with such architectural firms as Coop Himmelb(l)au, Foreign Office Architects, Herzog de Meuron, Andy Bromberg of AEDAS, and Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid, CBE is an Iraqi-British architect.-Life and career:Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.After graduating she worked...
. The firm has been mentioned for decades in the New York Times for their many concert hall designs. They also received attention in many publications that included the Wall Street Journal, The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
, Wired Magazine, Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
, the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, and Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Bloomberg may refer to:* Michael Bloomberg , American businessman and founder of Bloomberg L.P.; politician and Mayor of New York City...
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History
Artec was founded by Russell JohnsonRussell Johnson (acoustician)
Frederick Russell Johnson , a world renown architect and acoustical expert. Johnson was the founder of Artec Consultants Incorporated in 1970...
, a founder and principal consultant of the Theatre Consulting Division for Bolt, Beranek and Newman in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Johnson spent over 20 years at the first large commercial acoustical consulting firm working as technical coordinator for concert hall and opera house design. In 1970 he decided to start his own firm, initially called 'Russell Johnson & Associates', yet later renamed Artec Consultants Incorporated.
His previous experience helped bring in new projects for the firm. Some of the early acclaimed facilities which Johnson worked on include the Orchestra Shell Renovation, Derngate Centre, Grand Theatre de Quebec
Grand Théâtre de Québec
The Grand Théâtre de Québec is an arts complex in Quebec City, Canada. It was conceived to commemorate the Canadian Centennial of 1967 and the Quebec Conference, 1864, one of the key meetings leading to the Canadian Confederation of 1867....
, Centennial Concert Hall
Centennial Concert Hall
The Centennial Concert Hall, as part of the Manitoba Centennial Centre, was built as a Canadian Centennial project. With seating for over 2,300 people, the Concert Hall is the performing home of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Manitoba Opera and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.The concert hall cost...
, Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater, Hamilton Place in Canada, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and Place des Arts
Place des Arts
right|frame|View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the rightPlace des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
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Concert halls designed by Artec are known to have basic shapes and dimensions of beloved older halls like the Musikverein in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall usually refers to:* Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USAIt may also refer to:Concert Halls* Allentown Symphony Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA* Phoenix Symphony Hall in Phoenix, Arizona, USA...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
; all-of-which are shoebox-shaped and relatively small. The firm believed that acoustic quality is much better for these types of halls rather than larger ones which they believe are acoustical nightmares.
Over the years, Artec became one the most sought after acoustical consulting firms because of their unique movable and automatic technology that helped revolutionize the field. Their design enable through movable overhead canopies, retractable draperies and associated features, the adjustment of the acoustical environment to meet the needs of different kinds of music that could suit different performances or groups. The reflectors combined with a traditional soapbox shape design are consider trademarks of Artec.
The firm has collaborated on many projects with some of great architects of the world including Cesar Pelli
César Pelli
César Pelli is an Argentine architect known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects...
, Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture...
, I.M. Pei, Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie, CC, FAIA is an architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. Born in the city of Haifa, then Palestine and now Israel, he moved with his family to Montreal, Canada, when he was 15 years old.-Career:...
, Barton Myers
Barton Myers
Barton Myers, FAIA is an American and Canadian architect and president of Barton Myers Associates, Inc. in Los Angeles, California....
, Bing Thom
Bing Thom
Bing Wing Thom, CM is a Canadian architect and urban designer.Born in Hong Kong, he immigrated to Vancouver, Canada with his family in 1950.-Career:...
, Michael Wilford
Michael Wilford
Michael Wilford CBE is an English architect from Hartfield, East Sussex. Wilford studied at the Northern Polytechnic School of Architecture, London, from 1955 to 1962, and at the Regent Street Polytechnic Planning School, London, in 1967...
, Eberhard Zeidler
Eberhard Zeidler
Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian architect.he studied at the Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe, Germany....
, Fred Lebensold, Sir James Stirling, Robert Venturi
Robert Venturi
Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. is an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, and one of the major figures in the architecture of the twentieth century...
, and Rafael Viñoly
Rafael Viñoly
Rafael Viñoly is an Uruguayan architect living in the United States.-Biography:He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to Román Viñoly Barreto, and Maria Beceiro ....
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Since the early 90s the firm gained new partners and executives that helped give Artec an edge in their field. Since the death of the former founder in 2007, the company has been managed by the partners and associates.
Executives
- Damian J. Doria (President, partner): Joined Artec in 1994; He was appointed President of Artec in 1997 by Artec’s Founding Chairman, Russell JohnsonRussell Johnson (acoustician)Frederick Russell Johnson , a world renown architect and acoustical expert. Johnson was the founder of Artec Consultants Incorporated in 1970...
. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in acoustics and music from the University of HartfordUniversity of HartfordThe University of Hartford is a private, independent, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The degree programs at the University of Hartford hold the highest levels of accreditation available in the US, including the Engineering Accreditation Commission of...
. He also previously worked for four years as a recording engineer at Hartt Recording Studios, where he was involved in recording projects and in theatrical sound design. - Edward Arenius (partner): Initially worked as Project Architect at Sullivan Associates in Philadelphia. He joined Artec in 1990 as a drafter, and returned in 1995 as the Director of Design and Production. A Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Spring Garden CollegeSpring Garden CollegeSpring Garden College, established as the Spring Garden Institute in 1851, was a private technical college founded in Spring Garden, Pennsylvania . Its building at 523-25 North Broad Street was designed by architect Stephen Decatur Button.The college closed in the 1990s...
in Philadelphia. His award winning concept drawing for the Philadelphia City Hall Centennial architectural competition is now part of the permanent collection of The Atwater-Kent Museum in Philadelphia. - Tateo NakajimaTateo NakajimaTateo Nakajima is a former orchestra conductor, a partner and acoustical expert for the concert hall consulting firm Artec Consultants. In the past he has worked as lead consultant for conductors, orchestras and opera companies that include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago...
(partner): A violinist and orchestra conductor. Joined Artec in 2001; he is one of its Principal Auditorium Designers. Previously, he established, directed and toured a private opera company based in Central Europe. He managed and conducted this handpicked company of 100+ artists and technical staff, selecting and working with stage directors, soloists, choreographers, and set designers from around the world. - Todd Brooks (associate partner): A member of the Acoustical Society of AmericaAcoustical Society of AmericaThe Acoustical Society of America is an international scientific society dedicated to increasing and diffusing the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications.-History:...
, the Audio Engineering SocietyAudio Engineering SocietyEstablished in 1948, the Audio Engineering Society draws its membership from amongst engineers, scientists, other individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. The membership largely comprises engineers developing devices or products for audio, and persons working...
, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma XiSigma XiSigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society is a non-profit honor society which was founded in 1886 at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a handful of graduate students. Members elect others on the basis of their research achievements or potential...
. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics with a minor in Music from the University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
in 1996. In 1998 and 1999 he received Masters of Science and Masters of Philosophy degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. He has been involved in teaching courses in physics and acoustics at both the University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
and Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. - G. Thomas Clark (associate partner): Joined Artec in 1995; he is its Principal Consultant in Sound & Communication Systems for over 16 years. He is also the founder of Acme Sound Partners, nominated four times for a Tony AwardTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
for excellence in Sound Design, winners of the 2010 & 2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design (Ragtime & Baz Lurmann’s Production of La Bohéme).
Public Attention
In 2009, as a guest speaker and representative of Artec, Nakajima was invited to the Hong Kong Design CentreHong Kong Design Centre
Established in 2001, the Hong Kong Design Centre is a non-profit organization funded by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government to promote good design and establish Hong Kong as a centre of design excellence in Asia....
for its Business of Design Week
Business of Design Week
Business of Design Week is an annual week-long design event organised every December by the Hong Kong Design Centre. BODW was launched in 2002. It includes a design conference, forums, exhibitions and award presentations....
. Artec also spoke at the designer event LIVE! Singapore 2011.
In addition, Artec received a great deal of press recently for their new concert hall in Canada.
Projects
The following is a list of well known concert halls and projects Artec has collaborated on:- Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
- Culture and Congress Center, Lucerne, Switzerland
- Morton H. Meyerson Symphony CenterMorton H. Meyerson Symphony CenterThe Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center is a concert hall located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas . Ranked one of the world's greatest orchestra halls, it was designed by architect I.M. Pei and acoustician Russell Johnson's Artec Consultants, Inc...
(platform upgrade study) Dallas, Texas, USA - Orange County Performing Arts CenterOrange County Performing Arts CenterThe Orange County Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex located in Costa Mesa, California, United States.The Center offers the world’s leading dance companies, Broadway shows, award-winning classical, jazz and cabaret artists, family entertainment, special events and year-round...
in Costa Mesa - Meyerson Symphony Center with I.M. Pei
- Maison Symphonique de Montréal La Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Accolade Project - Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, York UniversityYork UniversityYork University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing ArtsAdrienne Arsht Center for the Performing ArtsAdrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, commonly called The Arsht Center, is Florida's largest performing arts center and is located on Biscayne Boulevard in the Omni neighborhood of Downtown, Miami, Florida, United States...
of Miami-Dade County, FL, USA - Boettcher Concert HallBoettcher Concert HallBoettcher Concert Hall, located in Denver, Colorado, was the first symphony hall in the round in the United States. Built in 1978, as a home for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the hall is part of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the second largest performing arts complex in the United States...
(renovation study) Denver, Colorado, USA - Mystetskij Arsenal - Center for Ukrainian Music, Kiev, Ukraine
- Chicago Orchestra HallSymphony CenterSymphony Center is a music complex located at 220 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony Center includes the 2,522-seat Orchestra Hall, which dates from 1904; Buntrock Hall, a rehearsal and...
(consultation) Chicago, Illinois, USA - Concert Hall - Kulturforum Westfalen, Münster, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- Darat King Abdullah II Performing Arts Center, Amman, Jordan
- Grande Theatre Du BouregregGrand TheatreGrand Theatre, Grand Théâtre in French, Grand Theater or often The Grand is a common name for theatres throughout the world.It is also used in the title of The Grand Theatre, Volume One and The Grand Theatre, Volume Two albums by alt-country band Old 97's.-Canada:*The Grand *The Grand Theatre * The...
, Rabat, Morocco - Mariinsky TheatreMariinsky TheatreThe Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. The...
(consultation), St. Petersburg, Russia - The Bartók National Concert Hall, Palace of ArtsPalace of Arts (Budapest)The Palace of Arts is a building in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, officially opened in March 2005. It is located near Lágymányosi Bridge, accessible from the southern end of Grand Boulevard with a ten-minute walk or by HÉV, or by No.1, No.2, and No.24 streetcars...
, Budapest, Hungary - Mariinsky II Opera House , St. Petersburg, Russia
- Musikhuset Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
- National Music Forum, Wrocław, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
- North Jutland House of Music, Aalborg, Denmark
- Salle PleyelSalle PleyelThe Salle Pleyel is a concert hall in Paris, France. The resident ensembles are the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.-History and Design:...
, Paris, France (renovation) - Schulich School of MusicSchulich School of MusicThe Schulich School of Music is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University in Montréal, Canada. The faculty was named after benefactor Seymour Schulich.-History:Music at McGill – The Beginning...
, McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, Montreal, Québec, Canada - The Star Performing Arts Centre, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
- Zarautz Arts Centre, ZarautzZarautzZarautz is a coastal town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.The town is a popular tourist destination with the population swelling from its usual 22,812 to around 60,000 in summer. The Palace of Narros, located adjacent to Zarautz's 2.8 km long beach,...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... - Orchestra Shell Renovation
- Derngate Centre
- Grand Theatre de QuebecGrand Théâtre de QuébecThe Grand Théâtre de Québec is an arts complex in Quebec City, Canada. It was conceived to commemorate the Canadian Centennial of 1967 and the Quebec Conference, 1864, one of the key meetings leading to the Canadian Confederation of 1867....
- Centennial Concert HallCentennial Concert HallThe Centennial Concert Hall, as part of the Manitoba Centennial Centre, was built as a Canadian Centennial project. With seating for over 2,300 people, the Concert Hall is the performing home of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Manitoba Opera and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.The concert hall cost...
- Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater
- Hamilton Place in Canada
- Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
- Place des ArtsPlace des Artsright|frame|View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the rightPlace des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
- Jazz at Lincoln CenterJazz at Lincoln CenterJazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. JALC's performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at West 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly adjacent to Columbus Circle. Frederick P....
in New York - New Jersey Performing Arts CenterNew Jersey Performing Arts CenterThe New Jersey Performing Arts Center , in downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States...
- Centre in the SquareCentre In The SquareCentre In The Square is a live theatre and performing arts centre located on Queen Street in downtown Kitchener, Ontario.The Centre is home to the Raffi Armenian Theatre. This 2,047 seat hall is the largest in Waterloo Region as well as the main venue for Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony performances....
in Canada - Pikes Peak CenterPikes Peak CenterThe Pikes Peak Center is the concert auditorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It serves as an entertainment, cultural, educational, and assembly center for the citizens of El Paso County, the Pikes Peak region, and the surrounding area.- History :...
in ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... - Chan Centre for the Performing ArtsChan Centre for the Performing ArtsThe Chan Centre for the Performing Arts is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is situated within the natural landscape of the campus and is surrounded by evergreens and rhododendrons...
, University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, Vancouver, along with Bing ThomBing ThomBing Wing Thom, CM is a Canadian architect and urban designer.Born in Hong Kong, he immigrated to Vancouver, Canada with his family in 1950.-Career:...
. - Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami with Cesar PelliCésar PelliCésar Pelli is an Argentine architect known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects...
. - Sala São PauloSala São PauloThe Julio Prestes Cultural Center, which is located in the Julio Prestes Train Station in the old north central section of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, was inaugurated on July 9, 1999. The building has been totally restored and renovated by the São Paulo State Government, as part of the downtown...
, Brazil - Symphony HallSymphony HallSymphony Hall usually refers to:* Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USAIt may also refer to:Concert Halls* Allentown Symphony Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA* Phoenix Symphony Hall in Phoenix, Arizona, USA...
, Birmingham, England - Roy Thomson HallRoy Thomson HallRoy Thomson Hall is a concert hall located at 60 Simcoe Street in Toronto, Ontario. It is the home of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Opened in 1982, its circular architectural design exhibits a sloping and curvilinear glass exterior. It was designed by Canadian...
renovation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Auditorium de Dijon, Dijon, France
- Bethel CollegeBethel CollegeBethel College can refer to:* Bethel College * Bethel College * Bethel College * Bethel University , called Bethel College until 2004* Bethel University , called Bethel College until 2009...
, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Bowring Park Amphitheatre, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
- Caldwell Hall, Muskingum CollegeMuskingum CollegeMuskingum University is a private four-year comprehensive college with a strong liberal arts tradition located in New Concord, Ohio, approximately sixty miles east of the state capital of Columbus. Founded in 1837, Muskingum University is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church , although since the...
, New Concord, Ohio, USA
- Carolyn Blount Theatre, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
- CBSO CentreCBSO CentreThe CBSO Centre is the administrative home and rehearsal centre of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Choruses , and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group on the corner of Berkley Street and Holliday Street, in Birmingham, England.It...
, Birmingham, UK - The Center for the Performing Arts, Indiana, USA
- The Chapel, Calvin CollegeCalvin CollegeCalvin College is a comprehensive liberal arts college located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin College is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed tradition of Protestantism...
, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - Chapel on Fir Hill, Akron, Ohio, USA
- Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing ArtsCharles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing ArtsThe Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts is a performance hall and sports museum in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. It is the primary performance venue for the annual Festival of the Sound summer classical music festival. The centre is named for Charles W. Stockey, an early and...
, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
- Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Compton Verney Opera House, Compton Verney, UK
- Congress and Concert Centre, Lahti, Finland
- Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Cuillo Centre for the Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne, Switzerland
- David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
- Disney Institute Amphitheatre, Orlando, Florida, USA
- EPCOR Centre for the Performing ArtsEPCOR Centre for the Performing ArtsThe EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is a multi-venue arts centre in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada, located in the Olympic Plaza Cultural District.-History:...
, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Faculty of Music Building, McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Firehouse Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Fleck Dance Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Florida State UniversityFlorida State UniversityThe Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- Fox Cities Performing Arts CenterFox Cities Performing Arts CenterThe Fox Cities Performing Arts Center is a performing arts center in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. The Center is the home of the Broadway Across America – Fox Cities series, the Boldt Arts Alive! series, the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Education Series, and the Fox Valley Symphony...
, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
- Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, New York, USA
- Gaelic College Performance Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Great Neck Synagogue, Great Neck, New York, USA
- Gwinnett Performing Arts Center, Duluth, Georgia, USA
- Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Harpa: Reykjavík Conference and Concert Center, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Interlochen Center for the ArtsInterlochen Center for the ArtsInterlochen Center for the Arts is a privately owned, 1,200 acre arts education institution in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly 15 miles southwest of Traverse City...
, Interlochen, Michigan, USA
- International Convention CentreInternational Convention CentreInternational Convention Centre or International Convention Center can refer to one of the following Convention centers:* International Convention Centre, Birmingham* International Convention Center...
, Birmingham, UK
- Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsKimmel Center for the Performing ArtsThe Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts venue located on Broad Street, along the stretch known as the "Avenue of the Arts", in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is owned and operated by Kimmel Center, Inc., an organization which also manages the Academy of Music in...
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Kravis Center for Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Lincoln Square SynagogueLincoln Square SynagogueThe Lincoln Square Synagogue at 200 Amsterdam Avenue at the corner of West 69th Street in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was founded as a congregation in 1964 by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin...
, New York, New York, USA - Lionel Hampton Center, University of IdahoUniversity of IdahoThe University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
, Moscow, Idaho, USA
- Living Arts CentreLiving Arts CentreThe Living Arts Centre is a 225,000 square foot multi-use facility which opened in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada in 1997. The Centre is visited by over 300,000 visitors annually, who come to view performing and visual arts programs, attend corporate meetings/conventions, or participate in a variety...
, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center, Paducah, Kentucky, USA
- Maison de la Radio - FLAGEY, Brussels, Belgium
- Manhattan School of MusicManhattan School of MusicThe Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
, New York, New York, USA
- Music and Communications Building, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
- New Testament Church of God, Hamilton, Bermuda
- Newberry Opera HouseNewberry Opera HouseThe Newberry Opera House, located in Newberry, South Carolina is located on I-26 about midway between Spartanburg and Columbia. In addition to popular artists, the theatre is the location for performances by the South Carolina Opera Company and the Asheville Lyric Opera.-History:It was designed in...
, Newberry, South Carolina, USA - North Jutland House of Music, Aalborg, Denmark
- Northern Virginia Community CollegeNorthern Virginia Community CollegeNorthern Virginia Community College, often abbreviated NVCC and colloquially as NOVA, comprises several locations in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., and is both the second largest multi-campus community college in the United States and the largest educational institution in the...
, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- Orpheus Theatre and Congress Centre, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- Pikes Peak CenterPikes Peak CenterThe Pikes Peak Center is the concert auditorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It serves as an entertainment, cultural, educational, and assembly center for the citizens of El Paso County, the Pikes Peak region, and the surrounding area.- History :...
, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- River Run CentreRiver Run CentreThe River Run Centre in Guelph, ON is a performing arts centre in Guelph, Ontario.Construction of the facility began in 1995 and cost $15 million. It officially opened on October 4, 1997.The facility has three halls:*The Main Hall, which can seat 785...
, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- The Ronald V. Joyce Centre for the Performing Arts at Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Salle Françoys-Bernier Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix, Saint-Irénée, Québec, Canada
- Salle Métropole, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Salvation Army Chapel, New York, New York, USA
- Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California, USA
- Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, New York, USA
- Sony Studios, New York, New York, USA
- St. Thomas Church, New York, New York, USA
- Thunder Bay Community AuditoriumThunder Bay Community AuditoriumThe Thunder Bay Community Auditorium is a 1,511 seat performance arts centre, located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It opened on October 16, 1985 and is home to the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra...
, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - Times Square ChurchTimes Square ChurchTimes Square Church is an inter-denominational church located at 237 West 51st Street in the Theatre District of Manhattan, New York City. A large number of people representing many nationalities gather to worship together every week...
, New York, New York, USA - Toronto Centre for the ArtsToronto Centre for the ArtsThe Toronto Centre for the Arts, previously known as the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, opened in 1993 as the North York Performing Arts Centre and was designed by Canadian architect Eberhard Zeidler for musicals, theatre productions and other performing arts...
, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Trinity ChurchTrinity Church-Albania:*Holy Trinity Church, Berat*Holy Trinity Church, Lavdar i Oparit*Holy Trinity Monastery Church, Pepel-Australia:*Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide*Trinity Church, Perth, Perth-Hong Kong:...
, New York, New York, USA - University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleUniversity of Wisconsin-PlattevilleUniversity of Wisconsin–Platteville is a public university located in Platteville, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and offers both bachelor and master degrees...
, Platteville, Wisconsin, USA - Brodbeck Concert Hall, Center for the Arts; Utah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
, Logan, Utah, USA
- Wallace Community CollegeWallace Community CollegeWallace Community College , formally known as George C. Wallace State Community College, is a two-year institution of higher learning located in Dothan, Alabama. The college enrolls 3,958 students and has been accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and...
, Selma, Alabama, USA
- Washington Opera, Washington, DC, USA
- Winspear Centre for Music, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada