Sound architecture
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Project • By Banker Wire • Theaters
Jacobs Music Center
The Jacobs Music Center, home to the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, is now a top-tier venue for concerts, comedy shows, corporate events, film screenings, and more. This nearly 100-year-old hall has been beautifully transformed into a modern performance space while preserving its historic charm. Reopened in September 2024, the hall boasts state-of-the-art digital sound and lighting technology that can accommodate up to 1,823 audience members.
Banker Wire
The revitalization of the Jacobs Music Center was a collaborative effort by the architectural firm HGA, acoustical consultant Akustiks, and Banker Wire decorative wire mesh formed and installed by fabricator MG McGrath. Key upgrades include a reconfigured stage, a new choral terrace be... More
Project • By Nikos Mourikis • Exhibition Centres
The Harp
The brief asked for the revamping of an existing four-storey building into a company’s headquarters for sound and light. The building was located off the new Patras-Athens highway, the main road entering the city with high traffic. An assertive design with metal facade and steel wires was used to create a distinctive yet minimalist elevation. A complex intervention which re-imagined and articulated a new framework for the presentation and promotion of the company’s high tech products and services, internally by the double height atrium and office space arrangement; and externally by establishing an intelligible and memorable at first glance presence. Inspired by the harp, with the repetition of the steel wires, the quality of harmony found... More