Kirkegaard Associates
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Acoustical design, Engineering consulting |
| Founder | Lawrence Kirkegaard |
| Headquarters | Chicago , United States |
Area served | United States, International |
Key people | Joseph W A Myers (President and Owner) |
| Products | Acoustical design for theatres, concert venues, opera houses, educational facilities, places of worship, recording studios, broadcast studios |
Number of employees | 12 |
| Website | www |
Kirkegaard Associates is a U.S.-based acoustical design company established by Lawrence Kirkegaard, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional branch located in Denver, Colorado. Under the leadership of President and Owner Joseph W A Myers, the firm consists of 12 experts skilled in architecture, acoustics, music production, mechanical and audio engineering, as well as performance. The firm specializes in designing spaces such as theatres, concert venues, opera houses, educational facilities, places of worship, recording studios, broadcast studios, and other environments requiring precise acoustic considerations.
Selected projects
- Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Troy, NY
- Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN
- Bigelow Chapel at United Theological Seminary, New Brighton, MN
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
- Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
- Church of the Epiphany, Miami, FL
- Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Petronas Philharmonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Franklin & Marshall College Music Hall, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, MA
- Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
- Pressure Point Recording Studios, Chicago, IL
- Royal Festival Hall at South Bank Centre, London, UK
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia
- Shalin Liu Performance Center
In 2010, James R. Oestreich from The New York Times commended Kirkegaard's 1994 design for the Tanglewood Music Center as "a major triumph," while also describing the acoustic quality of the Shalin Liu Performance Center as "Superb." He further characterized the Overture Center's sound environment as "bright yet mellow, clean yet reverberant," underscoring Kirkegaard Associates' proficiency in creating superior acoustic settings.