# Kirkegaard Associates

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'''Kirkegaard Associates''' is an American acoustics design firm founded by Lawrence Kirkegaard, based in [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago), with an office in [Denver, Colorado](/source/Denver%2C_Colorado). The company is headed by President/Owner Joseph W A Myers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=32a7251a3d70bae3f90264aab&id=664b5257d8&e=15dfdf4775 |title = Kirkegaard Associates Reaches An Exciting Milestone}}</ref> and employs 12 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.

==Selected projects==
* [Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center](/source/Experimental_Media_and_Performing_Arts_Center), [Troy](/source/Troy%2C_NY), NY, USA
* [Tennessee Theatre](/source/Tennessee_Theatre), [Knoxville](/source/Knoxville%2C_Tennessee), TN, USA
* [Bigelow Chapel](/source/Bigelow_Chapel) at [United Theological Seminary](/source/United_Theological_Seminary), [New Brighton](/source/New_Brighton%2C_Minnesota), MN, USA
* [San Francisco Conservatory of Music](/source/San_Francisco_Conservatory_of_Music), [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), CA, USA
* [Overture Center](/source/Overture_Center) for the Arts, [Madison](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin), WI, USA<ref name=NYT04>James R. Oestreich (2004). ''[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E0DC163EF930A15752C1A9629C8B63&scp=4&sq=Kirkegaard%20associates&st=cse Everything's Up to Date in Madison, in Tune With Its New Overture Hall]''. The New York Times, November 23, 2004.</ref>
* [Church of the Epiphany](/source/Church_of_the_Epiphany_(Miami%2C_Florida)), [Miami](/source/Miami), FL, USA
* [Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center](/source/Clarice_Smith_Performing_Arts_Center) at [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland%2C_College_Park), [College Park](/source/College_Park%2C_Maryland), MD, USA
* [Petronas Philharmonic Hall](/source/Petronas_Philharmonic_Hall), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur), Malaysia
* [Franklin & Marshall College](/source/Franklin_%26_Marshall_College) Music Hall, [Lancaster, Pennsylvania](/source/Lancaster%2C_Pennsylvania) (completed 2000)<ref>David Schuyler, Jane A. Bee (2004). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YHjaC85yWUUC&pg=PA112 Franklin and Marshall College]''. Arcadia Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7385-3658-X}}, p. 112.</ref>
* [Tanglewood Music Center](/source/Tanglewood_Music_Center), [Lenox](/source/Lenox%2C_Massachusetts), MA, USA (completed 1994)<ref>William J. Cavanaugh, Gregory C. Tocci, Joseph A. Wilkes (2009). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ktkrzNp8zCAC Architectural Acoustics: Principles and Practice]''. Wiley. {{ISBN|0-470-19052-3}}., pp. 167-168.</ref><ref name=NYT10/>
* [Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall](/source/Louise_M._Davies_Symphony_Hall), [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), CA USA (1986, completed 1992)<ref>Ian B. Hoffman, Christopher Storch, Timothy J. Foulkes (2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YwxkBiWky50C Halls for Music Performance: Another Two Decades of Experience 1982 - 2002]''. Acoustical Soc of America. {{ISBN|0-9744067-2-4}}., pp. 48-49.</ref>
* [Pressure Point Recording Studios](/source/Pressure_Point_Recording_Studios), [Chicago](/source/Chicago), IL, USA
* [Royal Festival Hall](/source/Royal_Festival_Hall) at [South Bank Centre](/source/South_Bank_Centre), [London](/source/London), UK<ref>Lawrence Van Gelder (2004). ''[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B14FD3B590C7A8EDDAE0894DC404482&scp=7&sq=Kirkegaard%20associates&st=cse Arts Briefing]''. The New York Times, July 29, 2004.</ref>
* [Sydney Conservatorium of Music](/source/Sydney_Conservatorium_of_Music), [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [Australia](/source/Australia)
* [Shalin Liu Performance Center](/source/Rockport_Music)<ref name=NYT10>James R. Oestreich (2010). ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/arts/music/12opening.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Kirkegaard%20associates&st=cse Summery Sounds of a New Hall Opening]''. The New York Times, June 11, 2010.</ref>

In 2010 [James R. Oestreich](/source/James_R._Oestreich) of [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) called Kirkegaard's 1994 [Tanglewood Music Center](/source/Tanglewood_Music_Center) "a major triumph" and called the acoustics of the recently opened Shalin Liu Performance Center "Superb".<ref name=NYT10/> Describing the [Overture Center](/source/Overture_Center) in [Madison, Wisconsin](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin), Oestreich wrote that "the acoustics, designed by Kirkegaard Associates, sounded notably bright yet mellow, clean yet reverberant".<ref name=NYT04/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kirkegaard.com Kirkegaard Associates website]

Category:Companies based in Chicago
Category:Engineering consulting firms of the United States
Category:American acoustical engineers

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