2007 ARCHI-TECH AV Awards Winners Announced at InfoComm 07

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, and ANAHEIM, Calif. -- ARCHI-TECH magazine and InfoComm International® announced the winners of the 2007 ARCHI-TECH AV Awards competition. The ARCHI-TECH AV Awards honor exceptional audiovisual architectural projects.

Two grand prizes and three other winners were named from among the projects submitted for consideration.

"It is an achievement and speaks to a firm's talents that these firms were chosen from so many outstanding audiovisual projects to receive one of just five ARCHI-TECH AV Awards," said Jim Forthofer, publisher of ARCHI-TECH.

"These winning entries represent the pinnacle of design, functionality, and technological achievement," said Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., Executive Director, InfoComm International. 

The awards were presented at InfoComm International's annual AV awards ceremony, held at InfoComm 07 in Anaheim. Award-winning projects will be featured in the July/August 2007 issue of ARCHI-TECH and in an eLunch & Learn series of free webinars.

The winning projects are:

	Grand Prize Winner Best Over $1 Million Project: Hearst Tower Project Architects: Foster + Partners/ Gensler & Associates Architects AV Systems Integrators: Real Time Services, Audio Command Systems Design Consultant: CMS Innovative Consultants
	Grand Prize Winner Best Under $1 Million Project: William Beaumont Hospital Surgical Learning Center Architects: Harley Ellis Devereaux AV Systems Integrator/Design Consultant: Barton Malow Company
	General Award Infinity Teens Disco Architects: Royal Caribbean International. Design Consultant/AV Systems Integrator: Michael Riotto Design LLC.
	General Award New York City Office of Emergency Management Architects: Swanke Hayden Connell Architects AV Systems Integrator: SPL Integrated Solutions Design Consultant: Shen Milsom & Wilke Inc.
	General Award Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects AV Systems Integrator: Thomas Gregor Associates Design Consultant: Artec Consultants Inc.

About ARCHI-TECH magazine

ARCHI-TECH is a publication with an exclusive focus on combining the elements of design with the rapidly evolving technologies being used in commercial buildings. Each issue provides architects, integrators, and other specialized and highly influential designers cutting-edge information for today's commercial buildings market. ARCHI-TECH has a circulation of 27,500 and a readership of nearly 100,000.

About InfoComm International

InfoComm International® is the international trade association of the professional audiovisual and information communications industries. Established in 1939, InfoComm has 4,200 members, including manufacturers, systems integrators, dealers and distributors, independent consultants, programmers, rental and staging companies, end-users, and multimedia professionals from more than 70 countries. InfoComm International is the leading resource for AV market research and news. Its training and education programs, along with its separately administered Certified Technology Specialist (CTS)® and corporately administered Certified Audiovisual Solutions Provider (CAVSP) company credentials, set a standard of excellence for AV professionals. InfoComm International is the founder of InfoComm, the largest annual conference and exhibition for AV buyers and sellers worldwide. InfoComm also co-sponsors the Integrated Systems shows in Europe and Russia and the InfoComm Asia show incorporating Integrated Systems China and Asia. Additional information is available at www.infocomm.org.

Contacts:
Jim Forthofer
Publisher 
ARCHI-TECH magazine
440.9672433
jim.forthofer@architechmag.com   bjaffe@infocomm.org

Betsy Jaffe
Director of Public Relations
InfoComm International
703.279.6385
bjaffe@infocomm.org