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The splendidly named Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Center is one of many Olympic venues to feature Community Pro loudspeaker systems, writes David Davies. |
CRC London has invested in an Edirol V-440HD multi-format video mixing system for its Sunday morning services at the 770-seat venue. A firm adherent to the value of quality multimedia tools, the popular evangelical Christian church specified the Edirol system to enable the mixing of both HD and SD sources. |
Midas XL8 and PRO6 systems have been installed at the newly built Crocus City Hall, which has a 6,200 capacity and is Russia's largest concert hall. If required, the two-level Moscow venue can be converted into a smaller, 2,200-seater hall, while the stalls can be modified to provide either a seating area for corporate events or a dance floor. |
JBL CBT line array columns and other Harman family products have been installed during a challenging project at the Saxon-era St. Bene't's Church in Cambridge, UK. |
The new technology for the accurate reproduction of black levels has made its global commercial debut with an installation in the Orion Planetarium at Denmark's Aarhus University. Equipped with a hand-selected, wide-angle lens, the FL32 1080 ReaLED DLP projector creates 4 x 6m images of the stars, galaxies, space ships and computer-generated video animations - while remaining hidden from public view. |
The refurbished College Lucie Aubrac in Dunkerque is one of the country's first HQE (High Quality Environmental) colleges. The standard for green buildings in France, HQE is based on the principles of sustainable development originally established at the 1992 Earth Summit. |
The new sub installation at the Ministry of Sound London has been developed to retain the physical presence of the famous old 'Bertha' enclosures. Two years on from commissioning a bespoke Martin Audio club stack, the MoS has overseen an upgrade of the sub spec entailing the installation of the new ASX units. |
All eyes are on Canada's third-largest city as it hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics, reports David Davies. |
Crestron control technology is in widespread use at the ongoing two-week winter sportsfest in Vancouver, Canada. Crestron DigitalMedia (DM) and RoomView remote management software provide a technological platform for the HD recording, distributing and displaying of games and events held in various stadiums and arenas. |
Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre attracts more than 500,000 visitors each year to music and theatre performances, exhibitions, meetings and more. As part of a major refit initiative, the venue - hereafter referred to as the AKKC - sought a new audio system and selected Alcons Audio equipment after a comprehensive shoot-out. |
The systems integrator has been engaged for an extensive install at the new luxury Tortuga Beach Resort & Spa in the Cape Verde Islands. Owned by The Resort Group and operated by Sol Meliá under its five-star MELIÁ brand, Tortuga Beach & Resort will comprise bars, restaurants, pools, relaxation areas, a beach club, gymnasium, shops, 52 villas, 306 apartments, 14 hotel suites and a spa. |
The new Perryn Road footbridge spans 32.6m and crosses the busy A40 in Acton, west London. For this major project, Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) was appointed as specialist lighting sub-contractor and consultant to SH Structures, which fabricated the eye-catching yellow single-span steel bridge. |
Janacek Theatre has exchanged its long-serving communications system for a new, extensive Riedel Communications solution, writes David Davies. Riedel's Czech distribution partner for theatre and professional AV, MusicData, installed a system combining Riedel Artist digital matrix intercom technology with digital partyline and a traditional radio system. |
City Rock lounge bar/restaurant in Cergy Pontoise has been equipped with an APG sound system powered exclusively by Lab.gruppen C Series amplifiers. The multi-zone distributed system devised by Pierre Yves Seddiki from systems contractor AMPI tailors to each of the three areas' varying requirements. |
The new 6,200-plus-seat Crocus City Hall in Moscow is billed as the largest multifunction hall in Russia. Live music, theatre productions, TV shows, conferences and AGMs will all be serviced by the new hall, which occupies 4,500sqm and is said to possess excellent acoustics. | | | |
