The Duane L. Jones Recital Hall is a major performance and presentation venue on the campus of SUNY College at Old Westbury.  At 400 seats the renovated space provides a new home for campus events ranging from dance and theater performance to academic activities such as lectures and various ceremonies.

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A complete renovation and upgrade of an existing academic auditorium into a state-of-the-art music and dramatic performance venue for this prestigious school. The project encompassed all new floor, wall and ceiling finishes, audio-visual and lighting systems, new seating and projection booth and acoustical treatments. Using a modest palette of materials (including Home Depot bamboo floor for the main architectural ceiling element) the space was transformed into a lively and modern space at the heart of the institution.

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Working within the shell of a 1930’s cinema, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, we are creating a new venue for a resident theater company. The result is a 400+ seat proscenium theater complete with rehearsal and production facilities 

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The Jerome Robbins Theater is a state-of-the-art performance venue in Manhattan. The theater design involved a complete retrofit of an existing 250 seat theater within the Baryshnikov complex to create a high-tech performance space flexible enough to accommodate dance, drama and musical events.

Constrained by the existing concrete box, Think! addressed the circulation and egress issues and integrated complex technical requirements into an innovative space. The design included inserting a new floating mezzanine to bring the total capacity to 299. These features, along with the limited color and material palette have created a space that enhances the connection between audience and performer.

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Think! was appointed to renovate and bring cohesion to five disparate performing arts venues at City University of New York’s Queens College to create a unified arts precinct for the campus. Through an integrated and phased renovation and expansion of each building Think! designed a series of large scale and bold architectural transformations that included new glass entry pavilions. In addition, a common palette of modern materials that vary slightly at each venue, highly visible signage and environmental graphics and a unifying landscaped design all contribute to craft a new audience experience and create an identifiable cultural heart for the campus.

The venues include The Colden Auditorium, the Goldstein Theater, the Colden Amphitheater, the LeFrak Recital Hall/Aaron Copeland School of Music and the Godwin Ternbach Museum.

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The transformation of the Pavilion into the Nitehawk reduced the number of screens to 7 to allow for the insertion of a large commercial kitchen capable of serving the 650 seat theaters for over 1,200 meals on a busy weekend night. Two bars and a lounge have been opened up by exposing the theaters original structure and the original brick walls of the Sanders Theater have been exposed as a counterpoint to the new design interventions.

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Pratt Institute’s 15,000 sq ft state-of-the-art Film and Video Department features 3,000 sq ft of soundstage space including an infinity green screen, a 96-seat screening room, a sound recording and mixing studio, and two high-end post production suites. The facility also includes classrooms, edit suites and faculty offices.

A stunning series of perforated, sculptural metal panels wrap around the entrance lobby and envelop rooms requiring sound-proofing and darkness. A floating bridge connects classrooms and offices on the second floor. Interstitial spaces throughout serve as dynamic social areas for students to foster a vibrant and collaborative filmmaking environment.

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The 37 Arts complex is a new 60,000 sq ft performing arts building located on the west side of midtown Manhattan. The building includes three theaters of varying size; 400 seats, 200 seats and a flexible “black box” space, as well as rehearsal space, offices and support spaces.

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A new 55,000 sq ft performing arts building on the Hofstra University campus is home to the school;’s theater and music programs. The building includes a flexible black box theater with scenic shop and support areas, orchestral rehearsal spaces and faculty offices. The building was designed to distinctly express each of these components and great effort was made to acoustically isolate each from the other.

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