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Modeled to Perfection

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:36:33 EST

What better opportunity to incorporate the guidance of 3D modeling software into an AV design than when the client is Autodesk itself and the project is a new LEED Platinum corporate briefing center?

2010 Best Retail AV Project

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:18:27 EST

Candy-maker Just Born opened its flagship Peeps & Company store at National Harbor, Md. RTKL Associates, which designed the AV and lighting systems, calls it "an example of brand-focused retailing."

2010 Best Residential AV Project

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:39:37 EST

The first Spotlight Award winner for Best Residential Project has 14 TVs, 31 AV zones, a 12-seat home theater, and a home office with its own Tandberg videoconferencing system.

2010 Best Education AV Project (Tie)

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:26:50 EST

Virtually every room in NYU Steinhardt School's new James L. Dolan Recording and Teaching Complex was designed to be a live recording environment ... even the bathrooms.

2010 Best Museum AV Project

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:21:25 EST

Twenty-three years after first working on it, Design and Production had to create "blockbuster" showpieces for the Jimmy Carter Museum to make it the most interactive presidential library to date.

2010 Judges' Award

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:18:02 EST

For a new NYC information center, VideoSonic Systems worked with GestureTek on a wayfinding system that includes three multitouch projection tables with both finger-touch and object recognition.

2010 Judges' Award

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:49:00 EST

Front-projecting onto a two-story Coke bottle isn't easy. AV integrator Dangers and its AV consultant hung projectors above the bottle, aimed down at a 40-degree angle. Don't try this without testing.

2010 Best House Of Worship AV Project

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:12:20 EST

The centerpiece of The Block student ministry venue by Mankin Media Systems is a 1,200-seat box-style theater with a 26-foot Da-Lite screen, Barco FLM HD18 18,000-lumen projector, and d&b line array.

2010 Best Hospitality AV Project

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:33:48 EST

To help the Stay Hotel stand out in Times Square, Robert Singer & Associates created a 10-story, seamless video projection system for the hotel's courtyard and a four-story system for the facade.

2010 Best Health Care AV Project

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:29:17 EST

Sixty floors above Pittsburgh, sensors detect visitors? arrival at the Center for Connected Medicine and greet them with an interactive Flash program projected onto glass-etched automatic doors.

2010 Best Government AV Project (State & Local)

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:13:44 EST

When building a situation room for New York's City Hall, AVI-SPL and its team had to work within the confines of a 200-year-old historic building. Control systems were key to success.

2010 Best Government AV Project (Federal)

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:53:40 EST

The Army's Training and Doctrine Command called on Audio Video Systems to modernize schools at 16 installations. Due to the number of classrooms, AVS designed standard, repeatable technology systems.

2010 Best Entertainment AV Project

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:47:57 EST

Education can be entertaining. Kids visiting the Centre of the Cell biomedical science center in East London may not realize how much they're learning as they enjoy the various AV games and exhibits.

2010 Best Education AV Project (Tie)

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:59:33 EST

Anywhere to anywhere. Ask the team from Westlake Reed Leskosky where it needed to send AV signals at the Cuyahoga Community College Center for Creative Arts and that's what they'll tell you.

2010 Best Corporate AV Project (under $250K)

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:35:26 EST

Tasked with creating a "wow" effect Sensory Environment Design created a custom 4-by-20-foot seamless curved rear-projection screen with 3M's Vikuiti projection film and custom edge-blending software.

2010 Best Corporate AV Project

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:01:38 EST

The Bank of America building in New York was designed to earn LEED Platinum. As such, the AV designs from CMS Audiovisual Consultants had to be as green as possible.

2010 Best Restaurant/Casino

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:14:26 EST

When Greenwood Racing got approval to build the 260,000-square-foot Parx Casino, it contracted with Production Technology Consultants Group to design all the AV and production lighting systems.

2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:26:05 EST

In its third year, the Spotlight Awards program recognizes 16 winners, including 12 first-time recipients. Talk about an industry with talent to go around.

Cable TV to Every Restaurant Booth

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:36:01 EST

Indy's Buffalo Wings & Rings has TVs hanging everywhere, but it also wanted diners to be able to tune into their favorite sports on personal displays.

AV Amenities in a Chicago High-Rise

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:35:56 EST

Chicago's 225 West Wacker Drive needed something to keep current tenants and lure new ones. It decided on an amenities floor with conferencing, workout facilities, and video to the exercise equipment.