Aotea Centre, Auckland

PKA Acoustic Consulting was awarded the Australian Acoustical Society’s Inaugural Excellence in Acoustics Award for its work on this auditorium.

The Aotea Centre is New Zealand’s opera house, providing a venue for opera, ballet and all forms of musical theatre. It has a seating capacity of approximately 2,300 and is universally recognised as one of the best lyric theatres to be built in the southern hemisphere after the famous Teatro Colón (1908, Buenos Aires).

The initial acoustic design of the theatre provides reverberation conditions for the presentation of musical theatre. The design includes a reflective enclosure to allow a symphony orchestra to perform on stage.