Owner:  Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc

Location:  New York, NY

Architect:  Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXFowle Architects

Engineer:  Arup

Curtain Wall:  RA Heintges

Acoustician:  Jaffe Holden Acoustics

Theatrical Design:  Fisher Dachs Associates

Lighting: L’Observatoire International

Graphics:  2X4

Construction Manager:  Turner Construction

Joe’s Role:  Project Director for Lincoln Center Development Project - Project Management and Owner’s Representation responsibilities through design into construction from demolition through foundations and back up to grade.

Project Challenges: Alice Tully Hall was underutilized, difficult to find and lacking in public lobby space.  Its acoustics were good but not great.  The Juilliard School, Alice Tully Hall and the WNET Studios at Lincoln Center share the same building and certificate of occupancy.  Balancing the needs and wants of these separate Clients in one building with one set of construction documents was a challenge successfully met.  Each Client had it’s own schedule - one based on a school calendar, one based on a performance calendar and one based on a broadcast calendar.  Acoustic isolation and room acoustic requirements were paramount including isolation from the adjacent subway tracks.  The cantilevered Juilliard structure above the three-story Tully Outer Lobby which supports both the cable-structure supported glazing system of the Lobby and the Juilliard glass facade facing Broadway - both first of their kind systems - required fine tuning with the patience of a piano tuner.