The Akustiks team provided the acoustic and audio video design in reimagining David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, which is nothing less than a complete building transformation. The transformed David Geffen Hall welcomed musicians and audiences back in the Fall of 2022.
Belmont University’s new Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, the crown jewel of a trilogy of performing arts spaces, anchoring the University’s Performing Arts District opened in Fall 2021.
Located at the intersection of the High Line and Hudson Yards, The Shed is a unique flexible performance space for a broad range of programs.
The world-renowned Frost Music School at the University of Miami selected Akustiks to oversee the acoustical design of a new performance and teaching facility with the centerpiece of the project being a new 200-seat recital hall that is envisioned to feature a digital organ. The hall features expansive use of glass and rich wood finishes that have been sculpted to create an “ocean” of sound for soloists and small ensembles. The project also includes a new rehearsal hall featuring the…
Cincinnati, Ohio: “The music has never sounded so rich, so detailed, so warm.”
– Thom Mariner, Movers & Makers Cincinnati
St.Paul, Minnesota: “You could sense the excitement of the musicians over their new home, especially during the Beethoven, as the players leaned forward in their seats, listening to one another intently. Inner voices and solo lines came through beautifully. Yet the overall sound had symphonic depth and, during big climaxes, plenty of heft.” -Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
Akustiks provided services on this reconstruction of San Antonio’s historic Municipal Auditorium which celebrates the venue’s unique character while providing a state-of-the-art facility for San Antonio’s cultural arts groups. While the familiar and beloved exterior remains, the Center‘s interior has been rebuilt to house a completely new 1,750-seat theater, a second smaller theater, rehearsal facilities, educational spaces, and offices. It serves as the permanent home for San Antonio’s major performing arts organizations, including the San Antonio Symphony, Ballet, and Opera….
The firm’s vision is to provide excellence in the design of concert, opera, dance, drama and multi-use performance spaces, as well as, rehearsal spaces for institutional, educational and professional organizations.
Our collaborative approach combines decades of knowledge with a productive combination of clarity and candor. The entire akustiks team is dedicated to creating performance spaces worldwide that are wonderfully tuned instruments for listening to performances that both dazzle and delight.
