The Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam, British Columbia includes a 250 studio theatre, shown here, and museum space. A second 600 seat auditorium is anticipated in the next few years.

This room represents a triumph of economical acoustic design. Rather than apply an expensive interior skin to the structure, we simply changed the type of structure, allowing a single building element to do the job of two. A common building material, split face concrete block, is put to work providing acoustic diffusion, acoustic warmth and noise isolation.

Ventilation noise in the auditorium is virtually inaudible, despite the use of cost saving roof top ventilation equipment. Flexible acoustics allow the room to play to a wide variety of music, dance and theatre.

The building was opened in October 1996 and has been widely praised by performers and patrons

proscenium architecture & interiors