PRO AV Announces Spotlight Award Winners
PRO AV and ARCHITECT magazines, published by Hanley Wood LLC, and InfoComm International, the leading nonprofit association serving the professional AV communications industry worldwide, announced 15 winning projects in the fourth annual PRO AV Spotlight Awards program.
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PRO AV and ARCHITECT magazines, published by Hanley Wood LLC, and InfoComm International, the leading nonprofit association serving the professional AV communications industry worldwide, announced 15 winning projects in the fourth annual PRO AV Spotlight Awards program.
The Spotlight Awards recognize the best professional audio/video installations designed for corporate, education, entertainment, government, and other markets. This year, for the first time, two separate AV companies won awards for working on the same project. Both AVI Systems of Eden Prairie, Minn., and R2W Inc. of Las Vegas, were recognized for their work on the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Entries were judged by a panel of PRO AV, ARCHITECT and ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING editors, contributors, and AV systems integrators and consultants. Winners had to demonstrate effective collaboration among integrators, designers, architects, and end-users, as well as technical innovation and design excellence.
“This was perhaps the strongest field of entries we’ve ever had for the Spotlight Awards,” said Brad Grimes, editor of PRO AV and PRO AV Online. “It’s clear from these winners–and from all the entries–that audiovisual systems continue to play a more prominent role in the way organizations communicate. For example, you don’t have to be in the entertainment business to entertain. Corporations–and even the federal government–are employing AV technology to engage the general public in ways they never have before.”
This is the second year that PRO AV and ARCHITECT magazines have partnered with InfoComm International to produce the 2011 Spotlight Awards. PRO AV and InfoComm International will host a ceremony to recognize the winners at the InfoComm 2011 trade show in Orlando, Fla., June 15-17. The ceremony will be held June 16 at 4:30 p.m. EDT at the InfoComm International booth #3855.
“Once again, the winners of the PRO AV Spotlight Awards have developed some of the most innovative projects in integrated AV design,” said Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., Executive Director and CEO, InfoComm International. “The winners are a testament to the value that highly-capable AV professionals bring to the built environment.”
The 2011 PRO AV Spotlight Award-winning projects and AV integrators and consultants are:
Best Arts AV Project
New World Center
Pro Sound & Video
Best Corporate AV Project
Qualcomm 25th Anniversary Museum
Nautilus Entertainment Design
Best Education AV Project (tie)
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
AVI Systems
R2W Inc.
Best Education AV Project (tie)
University of Pennsylvania
Advanced AV
Best Entertainment AV Project (tie)
WHYY Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons
RJC Designs
Best Entertainment AV Project (tie)
TIFF Bell Lightbox
Westbury National Show Systems
Best Government AV Project
NASA Kennedy Space Center: Exploration Space
Electrosonic
Best Health Care AV Project
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick
Westbury National Show Systems
Best Hospitality AV Project
Big Al’s Bowling, Sports Bar & Arcade
CompView
Best House of Worship AV Project
Palm Valley Church
Mankin Media Systems
Best Museum AV Project
NASCAR Hall of Fame
Electrosonic
Best Restaurant/Casino AV Project
Talking Stick Resort and Casino
CCS Presentation Systems
Best Retail AV Project
Versace Fifth Avenue
McCann Systems
PRO AV Spotlight Judges’ Award
Rio Tinto CBD Mine
The Buchan Group
PRO AV Spotlight Judges’ Award
Expo 2010 Shanghai, U.S.A. Pavilion
Electrosonic
