How did an RFP in 1401 change western architecture forever, and what one moment changed your path? This column continues to fascinate me—just the idea of dealing with success is enough of a challenge. I'm reminded of one of favorite pairs of words, in a foreign language, not to mention a language we don’t speak anymore. [...]
WSDG Reshaped a 163 Year-Old Octagonal Home Into a state-of-the-art Broadcast Facility In December 2017, 78 year-old WKNY announced a dramatic move: the acquisition of a vacant historic building as the future site of new studios and offices for Radio Kingston Corp, who, some months earlier, had purchased WKNY, a legacy AM radio station serving [...]
PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT NAME: Sonic Den LOCATION: Ciudad Obregon, MEXICO CLIENT/OWNER: Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz PROJECT TYPES: Commercial , Cultural PROJECT SCOPE: Interiors , New Construction SIZE: 1,500 sq. feet YEAR COMPLETED: 2022 SHARED BY: Steve Bailey TEAM: Silvia Molho, Partner, Art Designer Sergio Molho, Partner Leandro Kirjner, Director of Production Mariana Varon, Senior Project Manager Federico Paez, [...]
Producer/engineers and longtime friends Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz have been stalwarts of Ciudad Obregon’s music scene for the past several decades. Seeing an opportunity to better serve the city’s musical talent who they felt lacked a world-class recording studio, the pair joined forces to found Sonic Den, a new recording studio that would not [...]
Features include Yamaha monitors to a 13 Genelec-speaker, Dolby Atmos for Music-certified immersive production setup. Producer/engineers and longtime friends Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz have been stalwarts of Ciudad Obregon’s music scene for the past several decades. Seeing an opportunity to better serve the city’s musical talent who they felt lacked a world-class recording studio, [...]
Producer/engineers Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz worked with WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) to bring their studio, Sonic Den, to life. Ciudad Obregon, Mexico (July 18, 2022)—Producer/engineers Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz, longtime friends, joined forces to found Sonic Den and called on acoustic consulting and A/V integration firm WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) to bring their dream studio [...]
WSDG is proud to announce that our project bid with partner Architecture Club has been selected by the Basel Music Academy as their winning entry for the 'MAB Campus 2040' Project! For more information on exciting upgrades planned for the campus, view the Basel Music Academy Project Page!
John Storyk is one of the top acousticians in the world. An architect and acoustic expert, Storyk co-founded Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG), an international firm that designs studios — ranging from major music studios to small podcast facilities. Beginning in 1968 with Electric Lady Studios for Jimi Hendrix in New York City, Storyk has more than 50 years of [...]
Pictured here L to R: Maxime Le Guil (Mix with the Masters), PK Pandey (Symphonic Acoustics), John Storyk (WSDG), Victor Levy-Lasne (Mix with the Masters) and Dirk Noy (WSDG) WSDG Founding Partner John Storyk and Partner Dirk Noy were onsite with Mix with the Masters to oversee the finishing touches to their new [...]
Vinyl is hot — again. So is Trutone Mastering Labs, a vinyl record-cutting studio born 50 years ago in a North Jersey basement. When co-founders Carl and Adrianna Rowatti moved to Orangeburg, New York, the studio moved with them. PERFECT HARMONY Adrianna and Carl Rowatti, co-founders of Trutone Mastering Labs; designer/architect John Storyk with [...]
