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'''Kirkegaard Associates''' is an American acoustics design firm based in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], with an office in [[Boulder Colorado]]. As of 2010, the company is headed by Lawrence Kirkegaard<ref name=NYT10/> and employs 29 professionals in architecture, acoustics, music recording, mechanical and audio engineering, musical and theatrical performance. The company has been involved in the design of theatres, concert halls, opera houses, educational institutions, worship spaces, recording and broadcast studios, and other acoustically sensitive environments. |
'''Kirkegaard Associates''' is an American acoustics design firm based in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], with an office in [[Boulder Colorado]]. As of 2010, the company is headed by Lawrence Kirkegaard<ref name=NYT10/> and employs 29 professionals in architecture, acoustics, music recording, mechanical and audio engineering, musical and theatrical performance. The company has been involved in the design of theatres, concert halls, opera houses, educational institutions, worship spaces, recording and broadcast studios, and other acoustically sensitive environments. |
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In 2010 [[James R. Oestreich]] of [[The New York Times]] called Kirkegaard's 1994 [[Tanglewood Music Center]] "a major triumph".<ref name=NYT10/> Describing the [[Overture Center]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], Oestreich wrote that "the acoustics, designed by Kirkegaard Associates, sounded notably bright yet mellow, clean yet reverberant".<ref name=NYT04/> |
In 2010 [[James R. Oestreich]] of [[The New York Times]] called Kirkegaard's 1994 [[Tanglewood Music Center]] "a major triumph".<ref name=NYT10/> Describing the [[Overture Center]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], Oestreich wrote that "the acoustics, designed by Kirkegaard Associates, sounded notably bright yet mellow, clean yet reverberant".<ref name=NYT04/> In 1995 Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times described Kirkegaard-designed acoustics of the [[Jordan Hall]] in Boston as "dismaying. The sound still had exceptional clarity, but it was excessively bright, with hurtful high frequencies... The string sound was a curious mix, both boomy and dry."<ref>Anthony Tommasini (1999). ''[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60611FF3C540C728FDDA90994DD494D81&scp=9&sq=Kirkegaard%20associates&st=cse The Sound of Music in a Revered Boston Hall]''. The New York Times, October 31, 1995.</ref> |
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==Selected projects== |
==Selected projects== |
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Revision as of 19:55, 28 November 2010
Kirkegaard Associates is an American acoustics design firm based in Chicago, Illinois, with an office in Boulder Colorado. As of 2010, the company is headed by Lawrence Kirkegaard[1] and employs 29 professionals in architecture, acoustics, music recording, mechanical and audio engineering, musical and theatrical performance. The company has been involved in the design of theatres, concert halls, opera houses, educational institutions, worship spaces, recording and broadcast studios, and other acoustically sensitive environments.
In 2010 James R. Oestreich of The New York Times called Kirkegaard's 1994 Tanglewood Music Center "a major triumph".[1] Describing the Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin, Oestreich wrote that "the acoustics, designed by Kirkegaard Associates, sounded notably bright yet mellow, clean yet reverberant".[2] In 1995 Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times described Kirkegaard-designed acoustics of the Jordan Hall in Boston as "dismaying. The sound still had exceptional clarity, but it was excessively bright, with hurtful high frequencies... The string sound was a curious mix, both boomy and dry."[3]
Selected projects
- Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Troy, NY, USA
- Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN, USA
- Bigelow Chapel at United Theological Seminary, New Brighton, MN, USA
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI, USA[2]
- Church of the Epiphany, Miami, FL, USA
- Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Franklin & Marshall College Music Hall, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (completed 2000)[4]
- Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, MA, USA (completed 1994)[5][1]
- Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA USA (1986, completed 1992)[6]
- Pressure Point Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, USA
- Royal Festival Hall at South Bank Centre, London, UK[7]
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia
- Shalin Liu Performance Center[1]
References
- ^ a b c d James R. Oestreich (2010). Summery Sounds of a New Hall Opening. The New York Times, June 11, 2010.
- ^ a b James R. Oestreich (2004). Everything's Up to Date in Madison, in Tune With Its New Overture Hall. The New York Times, November 23, 2004.
- ^ Anthony Tommasini (1999). The Sound of Music in a Revered Boston Hall. The New York Times, October 31, 1995.
- ^ David Schuyler, Jane A. Bee (2004). Franklin and Marshall College. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 073853658X., p. 112.
- ^ William J. Cavanaugh, Gregory C. Tocci, Joseph A. Wilkes (2009). Architectural Acoustics: Principles and Practice. Wiley. ISBN 0470190523., pp. 167-168.
- ^ Ian B. Hoffman, Christopher Storch, Timothy J. Foulkes (2003). Halls for Music Performance: Another Two Decades of Experience 1982 - 2002. Acoustical Soc of America. ISBN 0974406724., pp. 48-49.
- ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (2004). Arts Briefing. The New York Times, July 29, 2004.