This 7,000sf reception and conference facility was squeezed into an unusually tight space with severe ceiling height restrictions. It hosts training symposia for DFA's far-flung offices of its highly successful asset management firm.Unique in the financial industry, it combines space for socializing, food service, and public art exhibitions with a high-tech auditorium/video broadcast studio with unusually fine speech acoustics. A control booth and sound console support complex AV presentation and broadcasts. A highly noise-sensitive, competing client leased offices directly above and so sound-isolation performance was critical. MCH provided full-scope acoustical and audiovisual consulting services from initial planning through systems checking and early occupancy.

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• Conference and Reception Center

• 80+ seat Forum

• High-tech, “High Design” Audiovisual Systems

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Architect: Barton Phelps, FAIA Architect
Completion: 2005