New Member Planning Control Room

Greetings, Been viewing the site for awhile and finally registered as I am planning to construct a control room. I have a basement project studio which I have been using for my own projects only. I have decided to start bringing in clients and am in the planning stages for a control room. The area where I plan to build the control room is: L - 19' 2" W- 11' 10" H- 7' 6" This represents half of the large room I currently use. I will get a sketch up as soon as I can. The HVAC plenum splits the room right down the middle lengthwise. Walls and ceilings are 1/2" drywall, with a brick fireplace at one of the short walls. Floor is carpet on concrete slab which I intend to rip up. The other half of the room, (which is slightly longer) will be the live room. Dimensions: L - 21' 1" W- 12' 2" H- 7' 4" This first option for the mix position (facing the fireplace) would entail looking to my left to see the talent. My second option is to have the mix position situated so it is centered at the back wall behind the existing monitor location so I am looking straight into the live room. I would like to remove the center column and install a flitch beam to improve visibility. I'm seeking advice on design. Attached photos taken from each corner.

welcome! depending on how you like to work, over the console view or side view there are pros and cons. having the side view - you could make a larger window/door configuration so it's easy for everyone in the CR and live room to see each other. over the console view may make it easier for some folks to manage riding the controls but often there is a lot less visibility. on the room - if you looked out over the console the room is much less deep and much wider - this can work but may be more effective to shoot down the long path.

Thanks Glenn, I prefer shooting down the long path and plan to have my mix position in the approximate location of the existing drum kit. This gives me a view of the outdoors via a window in the adjoining shop. Beats looking at the blank wall I've had as a backdrop for several years. To be more specific, I am seeking advice on creating non parallel walls in the control room. As it turns out I am quite close to the Golden Ratio on the dimensions so that's a plus. Will probably put a QRD at the rear wall. g

on the walls- you can make the isolation walls parallel and use angled treatments, or use angled isolation walls (minimum 6 degrees each, more is better) then add treatments as needed for LF trapping and HF reflections. on the ratio, a golden ratio isn't necessarily the best one and there are lots of ratios to choose from as well as ranges. Chris Whealy's control room spreadsheet is very useful to help fine tune those dimensions.