Ronald L. McKay, FASA: The Los Angeles years

Abstract

Ron McKay already had two very productive decades in various BBN field offices by the time we met in 1977, and was a high-level “generalist” with a growing portfolio of respected work in performing arts facilities. After 10 years together at BBN’s Los Angeles office, we established our own consulting practice, McKay Conant Brook inc, with an emphasis on spaces for large public assembly. This paper focuses on Ron’s contributions in the area of his special passion—performing arts—and various acknowledgments and awards leading to the prestigious AIA National Honor Award for Collaborative Achievement in 1999. His finest work was yet to come.