Our Vision

defining sound for the next generation

Meeting the needs of performing and visual arts organizations and educational institutions with a portfolio of innovative and acclaimed performing arts and museum projects in North and South America has helped Akustiks become a global leader in its field.



The Smith Center, Reynolds Hall

Las Vegas, Nevada

Opening in March 2012, The Smith Center has three separate performances spaces.

“The acoustically perfect room delivered rolling fields of subtlety with crisp layers of percussion (two, count ‘em, two gongs), brass, woodwind and strings in brilliant sudden displays of dynamics.” – Nathan Tannenbaum, The Las Vegas Review Journal

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Signature Theater

New York, NY

“Signature Center has been specifically conceived to foster orchestrated collisions between playwrights, artists and audiences, which will create a dynamic new culture for theater-going that goes far beyond the work on stage.” – James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director

Photo: Gehry Partners, LLP

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Gartner Auditorium

Cleveland, Ohio

Returning an architectural masterpiece for the 21st Century.

“Good vibrations: Acoustics renovation makes Gartner Auditorium crisp and clear” – Donald Rosenberg, The Plain Dealer.

Photo: Kevin G Reeves

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The Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Laura Turner Concert Hall

Nashville, Tennessee

“…a hall where every sound is not only heard but felt… an acoustic gem and one of the most successful auditoriums built in a century.” – Michael Linton, The Wall Street Journal September 12, 2006
Renderings: Hedrick Blessing; Architect: David M. Schwarz Architectural Services

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The Dimenna Center for Classical Music

New York, New York

“A sanctuary for great musical work. It will change the lives of an enormous number of musicians.” – James Oestreich, The New York Times

Photo: Orchestra of St. Luke’s

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Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

San Antonio, Texas

Warming up to open in 2013.

Rendering: LMN Architects

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Teatro Mayor

Bogota, Columbia

“Teatro Mayor, one of the best acoustics in the world.” – Daniel Barenboim

Photo: Enrique Guzmán

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The firm’s vision is to provide excellence across the board, in the design of concert, drama, multi use and entertainment performance and rehearsal space for institutional, educational and professional organizations. The partners’ collaborative approach combines decades of knowledge with a sensitive combination of clarity and candor. The entire Akustiks team is dedicated to creating performance spaces worldwide that are wonderfully tuned instruments for listening to orchestral, operatic, and theatrical performances that both dazzle and delight.