BENJAMIN & MARIAN SCHUSTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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The Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center Complex is located in Dayton, Ohio, the birthplace of the Wright Brothers.

The glow of the Winter Garden welcomes visitors into a magical, tree-filled space. The lighting can be dimmed for special evening events.
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The ceiling of the auditorium is a soaring cove of long-life low voltage fixtures that spirals up to a twinkling fiber optic constellation, recreating the sky on the historic night that the Wright Brothers took their first flight. Customized Swarovski crystals with fiber-optic light sources add sparkle to the fronts of the ribbon-like balcony tiers.

Design Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Architect of Record: GBBN Architects


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