The Walters-Storyk Design Group has appointed CFO Nancy Flannery, and Project Managers Romina Larregina and Joshua Morris company Partners ‘in recognition of the invaluable roles they play in our efficiency, bottom line and esprit de corps’.
‘This has been a watershed year for the Walters-Storyk Design Group,’ company co-principal Beth Walters continues. ‘We are extremely fortunate to maintain a project schedule that doubles as a magnet for attracting high-end assignments. And we are fully aware of the contributions our associates make to our ongoing success.’
Completion of Ann Mincieli’s iconic Jungle City Studios, a major new Oven Studio complex for Alicia Keys, and Village Studios an important production complex in Guangzhou, China illustrate the company’s profile in both the home and facility for hire sectors.
WSDG’s international operation has seen Dirk Noy and Gabriel Hauser of the Swiss office complete a significant acoustic upgrade for the KKL Luzern Concert Hall and a compelling design for Symphonic Studios in Zurich. Other Swiss projects currently underway are Little Big Beat Mastering in Austria, (with WSDG Brazil’s Renato Cipriano); and the development of a new audio system for Switzerland’s Cathedral St Ursen, including full broadcast inter-connectivity. The Swiss and Brazil offices are also collaborating on four auditoriums and a theatre for The Tehran Book Garden in Iran.
Sergio and Sylvia Molho of WSDG Buenos Aires have also been busy on projects including Mexico’s recently completed Artco Recording Studios; Disney’s 15,000-sq-ft Panamericana Studios TV production complex in Buenos Aires and acoustic consulting for Uruguay’s Hilton Garden Inn. Earlier this year WSDG BA created MTV Networks’ Latin America Studio Complex for the Buenos Aires-based Roma & Romma Records label.
WSDG Brazil chief Renato Cipriano reports acoustic and A/V projects including a major production/postproduction complex for TV Globo the world’s second largest TV broadcast company. WSDG Brazil is currently developing the audio and video systems designs for three major soccer stadia – Maracanã Stadium in Rio is Brazil’s largest sports ground with seating for 82.238 fans; Mineirão Stadium will be Brazil’s second largest soccer arena (75.783 seats) and, the Independência Stadium is currently being retrofitted as a polo training facility for the FIFA 2014 World Cup.
‘We are extremely proud to maintain this demanding international schedule, and that our new offices in Spain and Germany are contributing to our worldwide activity,’ John Storyk says. ‘With 40-plus years of experience and more than 3,000 projects in our portfolio, we have built a world-class cadre of designers, project managers and systems installation experts. Every assignment presents its own idiosyncratic challenges and rewards. Our system of pooling the creative design, system integration and project management assets of all our offices is a textbook example of international cooperation. For us, the art of collaboration is a key element of our design work, and we are privileged to be associated with so many high profile clients.’
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