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The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

The Block

2010 Best House of Worship AV Project

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The Block

2010 Best House of Worship AV Project

  • 2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards: Best House of Worship AV Project

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

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    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

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    Ethan Whaley

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

  • 2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards: Best House of Worship AV Project

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

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    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

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    Ethan Whaley

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

  • 2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards: Best House of Worship AV Project

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

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    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

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    Ethan Whaley

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

  • 2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards: Best House of Worship AV Project

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

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    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

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    Ethan Whaley

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

  • 2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards: Best House of Worship AV Project

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

    http://www.proavmagazine.com/Images/tmp7194%2Etmp_tcm46-557236.jpg

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

    600

    Ethan Whaley

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

  • 2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards: Best House of Worship AV Project

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

    http://www.proavmagazine.com/Images/tmp7195%2Etmp_tcm46-557244.jpg

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

    600

    Ethan Whaley

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

  • 2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards: Best House of Worship AV Project

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

    http://www.proavmagazine.com/Images/tmp7196%2Etmp_tcm46-557252.jpg

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

    600

    Ethan Whaley

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

  • 2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards: Best House of Worship AV Project

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

    http://www.proavmagazine.com/Images/tmp7197%2Etmp_tcm46-557260.jpg

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

    600

    Ethan Whaley

    The Block, Louisville, Ky. AV integrator: Mankin Media Systems. Architect/design firm: Bayus Design Works.

AV Integrator • Mankin Media Systems

Southeast christian church in Lousiville, Ky., wanted a new venue for its student ministry that would provide a place for kids to hang out, worship, and learn. The result was the Block, a 75,000-square-foot creation of Bayus Design Works and AV integrators Mankin Media Systems. The centerpiece is a 1,200-seat box-style theater with a 26-foot-wide Da-Lite screen, Barco FLM HD18 18,000-lumen projector, d&b Audiotechnik line array, and Digi­design console.

While the overall space consists of six distinct spaces for performing and teaching, all the systems are integrated as one, with IP-based Extron control and tie lines enabling content to be displayed anywhere in the building on nine plasmas and seven projectors, and heard with more than 200 QSC Acoustic­Design speakers. Church staff can broadcast from any space in the building to any other space, with HD-SDI video routed via a Harris Platinum MX 72-64 router and Echolab Overture2 MD switcher. And with the ministry’s youths in control much of the time, everything was designed to be easy to use.