Media Facility Planning & Consulting

Overview Completed in 2013, the $267 million Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova scored an immediate goal as a mecca for Brasil’s soccer fanatics. With a capacity of 48,000+ fans, excellent sitelines and a handsome physical presense, the stadium was everything a sports fan could hope for. In 2016 when a group of entrepreneurs booked the venue [...]

Overview  Designed by leading New Haven, CT-based architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli, the 30-​story Banco Macro headquarters tower is distinguished by an oval profile, which rises with a gentle inward-curving plane. This sculptural shape efficiently fits the building into its irregularly-​shaped five-​sided site on Catalinas Norte, B.A.’s “Wall Street.” Program The two triple-height top floors for executive [...]

Overview Early on in the process of planning their 3000 sq. ft. dream home in Buenos Aires’ upscale suburb of Cañuelas, the owners commissioned WSDG partners Silvia and Sergio Molho to create the entire interior design, from color palette and furniture to a high end, acoustically fine-tuned, home theater. The project provided interior designer Silvia [...]

Overview In announcing the completion of 55TEC Recording Studios owner Li You, a Golden Melody Award-winning recording engineer said, “With China now acknowledged as the world’s second largest economy, we have seen a tremendous increase in the market for popular music. Over the past ten years a number of major artists have developed huge loyal [...]

Overview Blue Table Post, is an ultra-modern video/audio post-production complex with an artisan-based creative philosophy and a future-proofed technology core. Designed to support the creative talents of triple Emmy-winning editor Oliver Lief, Emmy-winning recording mixer/sound designer Rich Cutler, and senior colorist/vfx artist Begonia Colomar, the complex is situated in a handsomely renovated five storey building, [...]

Overview  The Melrose Ballroom is one of NYC’s most unusual live music and private event venues. A sprawling 25,000 sq. ft. four-story building just across Manhattan’s Queensboro Bridge, the recently completed structure features a 5,000 sq. ft. Main Ballroom with a 20’ ceiling height, a 2250 sq. ft. Mezzanine overlooking the ballroom, a 1400 sq. [...]

Overview Uruguay recently welcomed its first Hilton Hotel. The elegant (and eye-catching) new Garden Inn was completed last year in Montevideo. Overlooking the world-famous Bay, the Hilton features 172 luxurious rooms, an excellent restaurant, bar, heated indoor pool, gym spectacular views from its sixteen floors and many other amenities, this distinctive “triangular-shaped” high-rise also benefits [...]

Overview Orthodox Jewish congregations are not permitted to employ electronic sound reinforcement or amplification technology in their temples. Acoustic design therefore, plays a critical role in assuring acceptable levels of speech intelligibility for their services. This issue was a paramount concern when Miami’s Young Israel Temple began planning their new Shul. To compensate for the [...]

Overview The International School of Panama’s Performing Arts Center is a ​550 seat multinational theater designed by Mallol & Mallol, which represents the most advanced and best-equipped venue of its kind in the country. Approached through a large entrance square, with separate areas designated for outdoor activities and performances, the theater was created to serve [...]

Overview When designing their 5,000 sq. ft. DC-area home, Matt MacPhail and his wife, Ann Lyles MacPhail agreed on one somewhat unorthodox ‘must have;’ a full up, professionally designed, acoustically superlative recording studio for their thriving audio production business, News At Eleven Productions. Having done their work over the past fifteen years in a variety [...]

Overview For over seventeen years, Estudio 13 recorded diverse projects in their original Mexico City facility and, on location in major concert halls. This on-going success led to the need for a larger, more acoustically advanced recording space. Company Head Producer/Musical Director, José Francisco Aguilera, and Studio Operations/Project Manager, Eduardo Acosta agreed that expansion was [...]

Overview With over ten-years experience in creating fresh, relevant, story-focused sound for TV commercials, networks, record labels, brands, films and video games, director/producer Christian Cooley was ready to expand to a full service audio production facility to meet his growing client needs. With credits ranging from Coors, Head & Shoulders, Gamesa and Cadillac, he knew [...]

32nd TEC AWARD WINNER! Overview A cultural icon for 134 years, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is world-renowned for the excellence and diversity of its performances. Broadcast from Symphony Hall, via radio, TV and the Internet, these symphonic and ‘Boston Pops’ concerts encompass the entire spectrum of classical and contemporary music, from Rachmaninoff to Manilow. After over [...]

Overview Doha, the capitol and principal city of Qatar, has welcomed the completion of Katara Studios, one of the Middle East’s largest and most technically advanced recording/audio production complexes. Created by WSDG, the 65, 000 ft2/6040 m2 compound, represents a major facet the Katara Committee’s mandate to establish Doha as one of the most vibrant media [...]

Overview An iconic Brazilian recording and TV star for over 30 years, Daniel has attracted a South American base of millions of ardent fans. His gifts as a beloved performer have won him an enviable collection of Gold and Platinum records, and Grammy Awards. Having relied on professional recording studios throughout his career, Daniel decided [...]

Overview Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) is Switzerland's national broadcaster for the French speaking section of the country. This beautiful and peaceful area with cities and villages as renowned as Geneva, Gruyère or Montreux is home to a national and international mix of personalities, some of them well-known celebrities such as Phil Collins or Michael Schumacher. The TSR tower, [...]

Overview WNET Channel 13 is responsible for 35% of PBS's domestic broadcast content, including "Great Performances" and many other successful programming events such as its fundraising telethons. In 2000, the New York City-based public broadcaster contacted WSDG to redesign its recording, mixing and editing suites to help carry them into the next century. The suites [...]

Overview Peavey Electronics is the nation's largest manufacturer of electronic instruments and support equipment. They employ over 2,000 people in Meridian, Mississippi. This project is their new teaching and media facility, including a 200 seat performance auditorium, teaching suites, professional audio and video recording complex and various other support and office spaces. The total design [...]

Overview Northern Lights is a boutique editorial/graphics/production team based Manhattan. The company has attracted a growing client base of commercial, promo, show open and feature film post work. With a staff of 25 editors and artists, the multi-service post boutique designs, creates, edits, mixes and finishes a wide range of projects including commercial campaigns, promos [...]

General Sergio Molho, director de Walters-Storyk Design Group para Latinoamérica, coordinó el diseño de Luny Tunes, un complejo de grabación y mastering de nueve estudios ha construirse en San Juan, en el popular distrito puertoriqueño de Carolina. El edificio de 12,000 pies cuadrados fue comisionadopor Francisco “Luny Tunes” Saldana, ganador del Grammy y Billboard Latin [...]

Overview A staple of Seattle’s booming music scene for over 40 years, KEXP 90.3 FM Radio recently moved to a new 25,000 sq. ft., $15 million, 21st Century broadcast facility. Situated in the world-famous Seattle Center, in the shadow of the iconic Space Needle, KEXP FM features cutting edge broadcast and recording studios and, a [...]

Overview Interlochen's unique cutting-edge 9,800 sq. ft. [900 sq. meter] facility, developed by WSDG, consists of five studios and five control rooms (all acoustically-protected), a record library, eight offices, engineering shop and a cassette production area. Interlochen is an affiliate of National Public Radio and Public Radio International. In addition it is associated with the [...]

Overview With the completion of its sprawling new 15,000 square foot (1,400 square meter) audio/video production wing designed by WSDG, Five Towns College, the largest professional audio/video training facility on the East Coast, has expanded its curriculum to the video domain. This cutting-edge technological complex encompasses three audio studios (two with MIDI capabilities), an audio [...]

Overview ESPN, the global leader in comprehensive sports coverage, has completed a five year development and construction project for its new Digital Center 2 studio/media production center.   An ambitious addition to ESPN’s existing Digital Center 1 campus in Bristol, Connecticut, the 194,000 square foot complex was envisioned as a “format-agnostic/future-proof” creative production facility with unlimited [...]

Overview Electronic Arts needs no introduction to electronic gaming aficionados all over the world. Its satellite facility, near Vancouver, Canada, is the is the engine behind the startling imagery and soundscapes found in its products, and at the heart of that facility is an audio/video complex that spans 25,000 square feet within Electronic Arts' massive 210,000 [...]

Overview Dinemec Studios is one of Europe's more versatile TV and sound studios. Its production capabilities include orchestral recordings, movie scoring, and TV shows. The facility even accommodates concerts to live audiences. The facility includes several rehearsal rooms that have the capacity to handle a full orchestra.  There are also film and shooting studios with [...]

Overview UPCtv, based in Amsterdam, is the television channel creation, marketing and distribution arm of one of the most innovative broadband communications companies in Europe, United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC). The channels are delivered from the state-of-the-art UPC Digital Media Centre television broadcast facility in Amsterdam, for analogue or digital retransmission. These services are available from the [...]

Project Team The project team consists of four parties. The client was VGTRK Sound Recording Studios (lead engineers: Boris Nekrasov and Sergey Remizov). Local project management, construction management, materials sourcing, local code compliance and engineering services was provided by I.S.P.A. Engineering in Moscow (project managers: Yuri Butko, Vadim Nerukhov and Olga Lotova). Technical systems design and integration [...]

Overview In 1999 the Walters Storyk Design Group created two state-of-the-art video editing suites for Working Pictures. The independent, Avid-based digital video production, editing and graphic design company was then located in Albany's Cotton Hill Studios, a complex WSDG originally designed in 1994. The success of those initial collaborations led to Working Pictures, a 4,400 [...]

Founded in 1965 by the journalist Roberto Marinho, Rede Globo is the largest television network in Latin America, known around the world for its journalism crew, soap operas and television series productions.  Ever-conscious of their place in the national and international broadcast market, TV Globo is constantly investing in infrastructure and equipment throughout the facility. [...]

Overview One of the largest universities in the country, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana caters to over 22.000 students and 3.500 professors in its 174.900 sq mts campus in Bogotá, Colombia. The university campus consists of 45 buildings, including a hospital, a radio station, libraries and the Ático Center, the first high tech information and communications [...]

Overview Founded in 1981, TeleProductions, Inc. (TPI) specializes in the production and distribution of television programming for broadcast, cable, satellite and new media audiences around the world. TPI's television production division develops and produces many of its programs. TPI also co-produces television projects with other companies around the world and also represents a variety of independent producers. [...]