History

It all started in 1969 straight out of Princeton's school of architecture. John Storyk was back in New York City and looking for work. He answered an ad in the Village Voice "construction workers needed for new club in downtown SOHO" (only there was no SOHO). John joined that construction crew, soon became its foreman and redesigned the project. Before you knew it, "Cerebrum" was on the cover of Life, and in Time magazine. Jimi Hendrix loved that place. He wanted the guy who designed it to work on his studio. "I want that guy," he said, and that's how John became the architect and acoustical designer of Electric Lady Studios.

 

He worked with Eddie Kramer, Robert Wolsch, Marcy Ramos, Ted Rothstein, Robert Margouleff, and Howard Sherman. All were involved in 1969 and still are integral parts of the WSDG team.

 

A few years later when John Storyk became partners with Beth Walters, the company expanded. It became more of a full-service architectural firm, as Beth brought a more ergonomic and color-minded approach to facility design. The company headquarters moved to upstate New York, 1.5 hours north of NYC and the firm has since expanded its management team around the world, adding offices in Europe, Asia, Latin and South America.