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oneworld Lounge
Los Angeles International Airport

VA Scope: Audio-Visual Design
oneworld lounge at LAX
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Design Team: Gensler
Completion: 2007

2008 ProAV Spotlight Judges' Award

The first airport lounge developed as a oneworld alliance project (British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, others) features separate lounges for First and Business Class passengers flying with any of these carriers, a bank of plasma screens in the reception area, showers, wi-fi access or internet caf้-style work stations equipped with PCs and buffet areas. Veneklasen Associates provided comprehensive and state-of-the-art Audio-Visual designs:
  • Multi-Zone Background music and paging system with a custom programmed music server that provides “themed” music to each area (First Class Lounge, Business Class Lounge, Bar, Showers, VIP room, and Lobby).
  • 9’ x 5’ high definition video art wall in the lobby.
  • VIP TV room with 42” high definition television.
  • 1st Class TV lounge with 50” high definition television.
  • Five 42” high definition television displays behind the bar with custom finished bezels.
  • Shower Corridor video art Display.
  • Guest Paging System for the Shower with vibrating coasters
  • Shower usage signaling system that allows an attendant and cleaning crew to see which showers are available and which ones need cleaning.
  • 10” master control touch panel which allows scheduling to turn the system on and off, select the TV channels to viewed, and adjustments to the background music system.
  • 7” control touch panel at the bar to select the TV stations for the five bar TVs.