Laura Brill
Senior Associate
To use an oft-quoted line from one of the greatest, Laura likes to ‘be in the room where it happens.’
The quote feels more appropriate when you take in Laura’s performer background: a strong love of music theater was matched only by calculus and physics which transitioned into a Masters in the acoustics program of Architectural Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A warm personality that prefers a phone call over an email, Laura thrives in the collaborative nature of design. She likes to work backwards from the architect’s aesthetic vision to find acoustic solutions that work seamlessly.
How she finds those solutions may seem like magic to an outsider, but for Laura it’s as simple as learning a new programming language. She is a natural at modeling software such as Grasshopper and Rhino, and used MatLab extensively to create the diffusion pattern used on the walls of the Ronald O. Perelman Center for the Performing Arts in New York. She has recently flexed her skills working on exhibit-centered design for the newly-opened John F. Kennedy Center Art and Ideals Exhibit as well as the continuing work on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, while also staying close to her heart and home with continuing work at Jesse Jones Hall in Houston.
In 2021 Laura with her advisor from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, published papers in Journal of Acoustical Society of America and Frontiers in the Built Environment.
Her off hours are spent largely in motion, either knitting, tap-dancing, or spending time with her adorable dog Dumpling.
Recent Projects
Art & Ideals at the John F. Kennedy Center
The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Performing Arts at the World Trade Center