The Portland Armory / Center Stage Theater represents one of the most challenging projects an acoustical engineer can take on:

  • The building is a historic WWI armory, converted into three performance spaces stacked one upon the other. This was done by gutting its entire interior and replacing it with these spaces, making these "buildings within a building" an unprecedented acoustical challenge.

  • The project was constrained by both an extremely limited budget and height restrictions. These were overcome to yield great acoustics and sound isolation between the spaces. The lobby in and of itself was a challenge, combining the disparate elements of historic preservation, art and fantastic acoustics, all in a high profile public environment.
  • Listen Acoustics worked effectively with both public and private leaders to create a true landmark project: http://www.pcs.org/armory.