Arts

Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Owner: Seattle Symphony
Client/Architect: LMN Architects
Completion: 1998

Seattle Symphony's world-class performing arts facility features a 2,500-seat concert hall with built-in pipe organ, a 540-seat recital hall, retail tenant space, and an underground parking garage. To avoid whistling noises, mechanical systems were designed to automatically balance the amount of outside air and exhaust air between the inner auditorium and the outer sound lock corridors. Notkin also designed any mechanical systems penetrating the isolation locks with flexible connections or sound traps. In addition, the building's air distribution system was designed to move the air at the lowest speed possible, thereby reducing additional noise. Benaroya Hall is the first civic building in Seattle's history to win a national AIA Honor Award (2001).

Photos by Lara Swimmer Photography

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NEWS: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, January 10, 2001.