Frankovich-Barnes Screening Room Opening Text

Frankovich-Barnes Screening Room Old Feel

Frankovich-Barnes Screening Room Seating Back

Frankovich-Barnes Screening Room Specifications

Frankovich-Barnes Screenging Room Old Seating

Frankovich_Barnes Screening Room Theater Seating

Frankovich/Barnes

The American Film Institute, or AFI as it is called, is one of the world’s most esteemed private film schools. Its’ picturesque Los Angeles campus spreads over a wooded hillside site abutting Griffith Park and commands breathtaking views of Hollywood below. The campus buildings, which house numerous classrooms, labs and instructional screening rooms, are well-preserved examples of early 20th century California architecture and, as such, are a great source of pride for the institution.

When Innovative Theatres was asked to renovate the Francovich/Barnes Screening Room located in the Art Deco- styled AFI Campus Library Building, one of the prerequisite requests was that the finished screening room, although new, should feel as if it were original to the building. (See existing interior and exterior photos)

At the onset of design, Innovative planners studied the existing facility to identify key interior and exterior defining elements. With this in mind, the finished theater interior design plan evolved as a high-tech, functional, renovation rooted firmly in the building’s history.
From a technical standpoint, Innovative Theatres provided a host of performance-based improvements including:
Architectural room acoustics.
Energy efficient lighting.
HVAC & noise management
7.1 logic theater sound.
Laptop and Editing connectivity
Full Crestron system and room controls.