This dramatic contemporary renovation for the Honolulu private preparatory school completely upgraded and improved the theatre. The 800-seat Dillingham Hall was originally built in 1929 as a lecture hall.

Collaborating with Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, architects for the renovation, FDA designed and specified new stage lighting systems, including controls and distribution, concert lighting, and rigging. Other improvements included a new orchestra shell and renovated support space for back-of-house functions. The facility is used for music and drama.

The Stephen Gaynor School and Ballet Hispanico are existing, separate institutions that collaborated on the commission of a new 12-story, 50,000 sf building on West 90th Street in Manhattan. The intent of this project is to provide discrete and highly specific spaces for each owner within a shared envelope.

The Gaynor School is a private elementary and middle school for children with learning difficulties, and inhabits the first seven floors, including the gym/cellar. The Ballet expanded their existing facility from their building on 89th Street to include the top three floors above the Gaynor school.

The Gaynor School theater space seats 300, with state-of-the-art lighting and audiovisual systems. Retractable seating allows for more flexible use for other events, including a supplementary service to the gymnasium for soccer practice.