Acoustics, audio-visual, security and communications systems for the Taubman Museum of Art complex comprising a 72,000 square foot main building and an 8,000 square foot education center. The main building includes a 150 seat auditorium, a 250 seat black box theatre, exhibit space, office space, a boardroom, and a cafe. The education center includes a lecture room and education studios.
Architectural acoustics, room acoustics, sound isolation, and mechanical and electrical systems noise and vibration control.
Audio-visual systems for the 150 seat auditorium and a boardroom, and paging systems for the back-of-house spaces. A steerable line array speaker system is utilized to overcome difficult acoustics in the glass enclosed lobby and prefunction space.
A structured cabling system for the complex.
Access control, video surveillance, and intercom systems.
The Taubman Museum of Art complex is the recipient of a 2007 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum and a 2009 International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, Metropolitan Arts Press, and The European Centre for Art Design and Urban Studies.