Project Intent StatementThe opulent Carnegie Music Hall is an iconic and revered space, finished in 1895 as part of Andrew Carnegie’s vision to create a home for musical culture in Pittsburgh. This renovation of the Music Hall provided necessary updates to the historic hall, including railing and seating expansion and replacement with consideration to ADA requirements, plaster repair and preservation of historic mural work, and overall refinishing to refresh the aesthetics of the Music Hall to be truer to the hall’s original intent and style, along with improvements to electrical, audio, and mechanical systems, the latter of which will allow for the hall’s year-round use. The project demanded creative solutions to existing structural challenges and anomalies, accounting for the historic clay speed tile arch orchestra structure. This renovation allows for the Music Hall to be a more accessible and functional space to better serve its patrons for decades to come.
Project Image Credits
Image #1Carnegie Music Hall_Credit Jeffrey Totaro 2024_Photographs provided courtesy of Carnegie Museums_1
Image #2Carnegie Music Hall_Credit Jeffrey Totaro 2024_Photographs provided courtesy of Carnegie Museums_2
Image #3Carnegie Music Hall_Credit Jeffrey Totaro 2024_Photographs provided courtesy of Carnegie Museums_3
Project Team
Team MembersGensler:
Ryan Ihly;
Chuck Coltharp;
Jess Werbeach;
Mohamed Hasan;
Julia Park;
Jeanette Fabry;
Timothy Taylor;
Faiza Mehmood
Project Contributors#1 Ray Volpatt Jr., Volpatt Construction, Owner (General Contractor);
#2 Robert Johnson, Cadnetics USA, Inc., Director of Reality Capture Services (Consultant);
#3 Jim Niesel, Theatre Projects Consultants, Principal (Consultant);
#4 Jim Vizzini, CJL Engineering, Partner (MEP);
#5 Cyril Fox, McKim & Creed, Inc., Structural Engineering Group Leader (Structural Engineer)