Theater Design and Construction

Find theater design and construction from the simple to the complex
By Nikki Davis Theater design and construction can be as simple or complex as you choose to put into it. You can deck out your basement for family use, or you can create a community theater for the masses.

Your cinema theater construction should be left to a commercial theater design if you are looking for a public forum. On the other hand, home movie theater construction can allow you to have a more active role. To find the right theater designer for you:

1. Decide if the custom theater designs you are looking at are for home or commercial use.

2. Look for a theater designer that shares your vision. You want to commit to a theater design firm that can take your idea from conception to fruition.

3. Take into consideration budget in your movie theater design decision.

Be the theater designer with the best seats in the house

One of the most important items the theater designer can purchase and place in the theater is the seats. Find ones that fit your budget, your overall design vision and feel great to sit in.
Try:  Check out the seating from the TheaterSeatStore. There you can find Home Theater Seating, Sports Theater Seating, Sectional Theater Seating and Movie Theater Seating. Take a look at the theater seating, decor and concession stand products at 4seating.com.

Find the perfect staging and lighting for your stage or movie theater design

From lights, to dimmers and more, how you light your theater construction will aid in the aesthetics of the project.
Try:  Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design, and Auerbach Glasow French, Architectural Lighting Design and Consulting is a great place to start for high end media facilities that require a lighting consulting firm's opinion. Find stage lighting through Altman Lighting Co. Mainstage Theatrical Supply, Inc. is another theatrical lighting, dimming and control source. Buy new or used stage lighting from Solaris.

Find a theater construction firm to do the work for you

Use a professional firm for your theater construction project.
Try:  Put the project to bid through BidClerk, Inc. Behr Browers Architects Inc. specializes in designing theaters, performing arts centers and sound studios. Mesbur + Smith Architects and MHB Paradigm Design also both have specialties in commercial theater design.

• The benefits of investing in a commercial theater design are the profits that you will make from the endeavor. Cost is a huge issue, though, and your money isn't made off of the movies themselves. It's instead the concessions that are profit driver. So you need to make sure that your design includes an adequate if not extravagant concession area.