Services
Theater Design
Working with your team, we will conduct existing condition surveys and inspection of production technology systems. Our performance technical systems consulting will provide comprehensive analysis of existing conditions surveys, performance related technical systems including rigging, seating, sightline studies, stage machinery, theatrical drapery, pit lifts, orchestra shells, and performance lighting systems. We provide master planning; professional services Request for Proposal development; owner representation for facilities upgrades; and program analysis for performing arts centers including sightline studies and logistic analysis for multi-use venues.
Working with your team, we will conduct existing condition surveys and inspection of production technology systems. Our performance technical systems consulting will provide comprehensive analysis of existing conditions surveys, performance related technical systems including rigging, seating, sightline studies, stage machinery, theatrical drapery, pit lifts, orchestra shells, and performance lighting systems. We provide master planning; professional services Request for Proposal development; owner representation for facilities upgrades; and program analysis for performing arts centers including sightline studies and logistic analysis for multi-use venues.
Audiovisual Systems
Working with our clients we provide a comprehensive investigation of the venue’s acoustical requirements based on existing or intended programming. This includes an assessment of room acoustics for performance and production facilities, and noise vibration control for mechanical systems, sound isolation systems and environmental noise control. Our objective is to collaborate with our client’s key stakeholders and current organization model to identify what works, what opportunities exist to improve, and what gaps may be addressed so that our client’s venue can operate at peak effectiveness to meet their own expectations for their organization.
Acoustic Design
Studio B1’s lighting team creates elegant, energy-conscious designs that enhance architecture, task areas, and ambient environments. From theatrical and exhibit lighting to daylight harvesting and zoned-control, we combine aesthetic impact and technical rigor to every design - from energy modeling, code-compliance, and life-cycle analysis to support your sustainability goals. Our award-winning team fullfils your vision every step of the way with expertise in multiple market channels, resulting in simplified communication and cohesive design.
Lighting Design
Services
Theater Design
Working with your team, we will conduct existing condition surveys and inspection of production technology systems. Our performance technical systems consulting will provide comprehensive analysis of existing conditions surveys, performance related technical systems including rigging, seating, sightline studies, stage machinery, theatrical drapery, pit lifts, orchestra shells, and performance lighting systems. We provide master planning; professional services Request for Proposal development; owner representation for facilities upgrades; and program analysis for performing arts centers including sightline studies and logistic analysis for multi-use venues.
Acoustic Design
Working with our clients we provide a comprehensive investigation of the venue’s acoustical requirements based on existing or intended programming. This includes an assessment of room acoustics for performance and production facilities, and noise vibration control for mechanical systems, sound isolation systems and environmental noise control. Our objective is to collaborate with our client’s key stakeholders and current organization model to identify what works, what opportunities exist to improve, and what gaps may be addressed so that our client’s venue can operate at peak effectiveness to meet their own expectations for their organization.
Audiovisual Systems
Studio B1’s audiovisual expertise. delivers tailored media solutions that enhance communication and elevate audience experiences across performance venues, museums, classrooms, hospitality, workplace, broadcast, and more. From immersive technologies such as AR/ VR and projection mapping to broadcast systems, digital signage, and professional audio recording, we design, program, and commission seamless systems that meet the demands of any space. Our services include systems ready for content development, IMAG, paging, speech reinforcement, UC Communications, signal distribution, and large scale video systems
- all back through technical precision and a thorough working understanding of communications systems.
Lighting Design
Studio B1’s lighting team creates elegant, energy-conscious designs that enhance architecture, task areas, and ambient environments. From theatrical and exhibit lighting to daylight harvesting and zoned-control, we combine aesthetic impact and technical rigor to every design - from energy modeling, code-compliance, and life-cycle analysis to support your sustainability goals. Our award-winning team fullfils your vision every step of the way with expertise in multiple market channels, resulting in simplified communication and cohesive design.
OUR PROCESS
Every project begins from the inside out, shaped by how a space works.
Listen
Through conversations, meetings, and observation with key stakeholders, we work to understand goals, priorities, and the vision for the project.
Dream
Once we understand what matters most, we help shape those ideas into clear project goals. This phase is about aligning needs, ambitions, and practical realities.
Assess
We review existing conditions, study comparable spaces, and draw from past experience to evaluate opportunities.
Program
Working collaboratively, we develop a needs analysis, space program, and pre-schematic design package. This becomes the project roadmap.
Launch
From start to finish, the project is led by a principal consultant who remains involved, ensuring your one-of-one project is executed at the highest level.
OUR PROCESS
Every project begins from the inside out, shaped by how a space works.
Listen
Through conversations, meetings, and observation with key stakeholders, we work to understand goals, priorities, and the vision for the project.
Dream
Once we understand what matters most, we help shape those ideas into clear project goals. This phase is about aligning needs, ambitions, and practical realities.
Assess
We review existing conditions, study comparable spaces, and draw from past experience to evaluate opportunities.
Program
Working collaboratively, we develop a needs analysis, space program, and pre-schematic design package. This becomes the project roadmap.
Launch
From start to finish, the project is led by a principal consultant who remains involved, ensuring your one-of-one project is executed at the highest level.
We work closely with your team to develop a clear Needs Analysis, working Space Program, and Pre-Schematic Design package that will guide all future phases of the project. Drawing on lessons from comparable projects, site visits and/ or reference imagery from relevant performance spaces, and a range of design options, this phase establishes a strong, practical foundation for the work ahead.
Studio B1 prides itself on the personal attention provided to each client and project. The project will be managed by a Principal Consultant, a partner, not only in the firm, but also a partner in your project, from first meeting to last.
OUR PROCESS
Every project begins from the inside out, shaped by how a space works.
Listen
Through conversations, meetings, and observation with key stakeholders, we work to understand goals, priorities, and the vision for the project.
Dream
Once we understand what matters most, we help shape those ideas into clear project goals. This phase is about aligning needs, ambitions, and practical realities.
Assess
We review existing conditions, study comparable spaces, and draw from past experience to evaluate opportunities.
Program
Working collaboratively, we develop a needs analysis, space program, and pre-schematic design package. This becomes the project roadmap.
Launch
From start to finish, the project is led by a principal consultant who remains involved, ensuring your one-of-one project is executed at the highest level.
We work closely with your team to develop a clear Needs Analysis, working Space Program, and Pre-Schematic Design package that will guide all future phases of the project. Drawing on lessons from comparable projects, site visits and/ or reference imagery from relevant performance spaces, and a range of design options, this phase establishes a strong, practical foundation for the work ahead.
Studio B1 prides itself on the personal attention provided to each client and project. The project will be managed by a Principal Consultant, a partner, not only in the firm, but also a partner in your project, from first meeting to last.
Performance Spaces Designed as Systems
Space, sound, light, and technology working as one.
We design integrated environments for theaters and live experiences. From concept through commissioning, every system is aligned to how the space performs in real use.
Introducing
Studio B1
Some places shape how a profession evolves.
One of those places is a classroom in the basement of the University Theatre at the Yale School of Drama.
It was known simply as B1.
For decades, it served as a working laboratory for theater design. Students studied how performance spaces function, worked through drawings and technical problems, and learned from George Izenour, widely regarded as the father of modern theater consulting.
That lineage of thinking about performance spaces as integrated systems continues in Studio B1.
Founded by Todd Berling, Studio B1 brings together theater planning, acoustics, and AV design into a single coordinated discipline. The studio works closely with owners, architects, and design teams from early programming through commissioning to ensure theaters function as intended in real use.
Studio B1 will make its public debut at USITT26.
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