AVANT ACOUSTICS had the pleasure of providing acoustical consulting services for the construction of…
AVANT ACOUSTICS had the pleasure of providing acoustical consulting services for the construction of the new Mark Arts building in Wichita, Kansas. This new 40,000-square-foot building features nine studios and a great hall for special events, as well as gallery space.
Our acoustical consulting team collaborated with designers from Alloy Architecture to create acoustical solutions for the project’s unique architecture. Our team worked on the event space and the gallery.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
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The gallery has a lot of exterior glass, which made it more challenging to include acoustical treatments in the room. Our team was able to angle the exterior glass walls to prevent flutter echo and include a center section of stretched membrane acoustical ceiling. This led to a room that works very well acoustically.
Location: Wichita, KS
Facilities: Museum
Client: Alloy Architecture
Designer: John Hodgson, Andrew VonFeldt
The AVANT ACOUSTICS team worked with HTK Architects to plan and design the major renovation for multi…
The AVANT ACOUSTICS team worked with HTK Architects to plan and design the major renovation for multiple use and multiple space events center. The former Topeka Expocenter was transformed into the newly renovated Stormont Vail Events Center. The three main areas were the Arena, Expo Hall and Domer Livestock Arena.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
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Impressive audio and video systems were added to the arena to create a high-impact experience for the audience. The arena and expo hall systems were integrated and can act as a single large system for major exhibitions and shows that space both venues.
Location: Topeka, KS
Facilities: Sports / Events
Client: HTK Architects
Designer: Robert Ledo, John Hodgson, David Wetzel
This 200,000-square-foot expansion to the Mayo Civic Center included a new 40,000-square-foot divisib…
This 200,000-square-foot expansion to the Mayo Civic Center included a new 40,000-square-foot divisible ballroom, 16 meeting rooms, and 2 boardrooms, all served by a grand lobby and associated pre-function areas.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
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For a cutting-edge convention center AV system that would meet the high expectations of today’s event-goers, AVANT’s design included:
For additional specifications and a 360-degree view of the ballroom, click here.
Like many event spaces today, the Mayo Center has a retractable airwall system that allows customization and flexibility of its rooms. Few people think about the acoustical challenges this creates. For Mayo, AVANT conducted extensive field testing of the operable partition installation to ensure the spaces would properly support concurrent uses.
Location: Rochester, MN
Facilities: Multipurpose Event Center
Client: TSP Architects & Betsch Associates
Designer: Robert G. Ledo
This $15 million project at Hy-Vee’s Corporate Headquarters included a conference hall that subdivi…
This $15 million project at Hy-Vee’s Corporate Headquarters included a conference hall that subdivides into multiple configurations, a pre-function lobby, standalone conference/training rooms, a kitchen, and a cafeteria.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
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AVANT ACOUSTICS provided consultation and design for an extremely flexible video routing and production system for the conference hall and surrounding spaces. The system is capable of routing video from any of the spaces to any of the four large projection screens in the hall and any of the many flat panel displays located throughout the lobby and ancillary spaces. The projectors and screens in the conference hall were designed to retract into the gaps between the ceiling clouds so that they disappear entirely when not in use. The loudspeaker distribution for the hall is also hidden in the gaps in the ceiling clouds and provides high-quality audio reinforcement to the entire hall.
AVANT also provided commissioning services that included the configuration of a fully-redundant audio network, as well as the creation of intuitive, user-friendly graphical interfaces for controlling the system. The control system allows the conference hall to be divided into multiple smaller spaces for smaller events.
Location: West Des Moines, IA
Facilities: Conference Hall, Lobby, Conference & Training Rooms
Client: SVPA Architects, Inc.
Designer: Robert G. Ledo
The BOK Center is the home of the Tulsa Shock WNBA basketball team, the Tulsa Oilers CHL hockey team,…
The BOK Center is the home of the Tulsa Shock WNBA basketball team, the Tulsa Oilers CHL hockey team, and the Tulsa Talons AF2 arena football team. The BOK Center also hosts concerts, family shows, ice shows and other world-class entertainment.
With its sweeping curves of glass and stainless steel, the Cesar Pelli designed BOK Center is an architectural icon, anchoring Tulsa’s downtown revitalization efforts.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
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AVANT ACOUSTICS worked closely with the architects in the selection and placement of interior finishes to provide an appropriate balance of liveliness desired for sporting events and a more controlled acoustical environment for concerts.
AVANT ACOUSTICS also designed the sound systems for the arena bowl, private suites, concourses and back-of-house areas. The sound reinforcement system in the bowl consists of distributed three-way floor coverage and satellite loudspeaker clusters providing complete coverage to the 18,000 plus seats.
Location: Tulsa, OK
Facilities: Sports & Entertainment Arena
Client: Matrix Architects
Designer: Robert G. Ledo
Green Bay’s KI Convention Center boasts nearly 80,000 square feet of meeting and event space, inclu…
Green Bay’s KI Convention Center boasts nearly 80,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including over 35,000 square feet of exhibit space and customizable breakout rooms, which can seat 15 to 18,000 people.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
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AVANT ACOUSTICS designed a centralized sound reinforcement system, which supports each division of the ballroom, as well as each of the separate meeting rooms. The system is capable of live reinforcement for both speech and music.
The sound reinforcement system allows each of the ballrooms and meeting rooms to operate independently or combined with each other. The pre-function and lobby areas can also be independent or combined with adjacent spaces. The configuration of the system is controlled with from a touchpanel with a custom user interface designed by AVANT ACOUSTICS.
In addition, AVANT provided recommendations on design considerations to ensure proper acoustical characteristics and noise reduction between spaces.
Location: Green Bay, WI
Facilities: Convention Center
Client: Betsch Associates, Inc.
Designer: John M. Hodgson
The 92,000-square-foot Bridge View Center hosts conventions, concerts, theatrical events, and more. I…
The 92,000-square-foot Bridge View Center hosts conventions, concerts, theatrical events, and more. It features an expo hall, adjoining conference/meeting spaces, a theatre, and a grand lobby.
AVANT ACOUSTICS provided the following services:
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AVANT ACOUSTICS consulted on the acoustics for the theatre, conference rooms, and exhibit hall, and provided recommendations for isolating the noise of the facility’s mechanical and electrical systems.
In addition, AVANT designed sound reinforcement systems for the theatre and exhibit halls featuring automatic microphone mixing, as well as a manual audio mixing console for more flexible and complicated audio production. The paging and audio-visual systems for the facility were also designed by AVANT.
Location: Ottumwa, IA
Facilities: Multipurpose Event Center
Client: FEH Design
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