Ben Schlanger

Benjamin Schlanger (died May 3, 1971) was a theater architect.^[1] Some of the theaters he designed include: the Jewel Theater at 711 Kings Highway, Brooklyn,^[2] City Cinemas I-II,^[3] the Vistavision Todd-AO Patriot Theaters at Colonial Williamsburg,^[4] Grade Arts Center, the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater,^[5] at Symphony Space^[6] and the Waldo Theatre.^[3] He received a Certificate of Merit^[7] from the Municipal Art Society with co-designer Abraham W. Geller for Cinema I-II.^[8] He also played a key design role in: the United Nations General Assembly Building^[9] and the Metropolitan Opera House^[10] in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts^[11] as well as the Place des Arts,^[12] the Sydney Opera House^[13] and the John F. Kennedy Center.^[14] He chaired the Committee on Auditorium and Theater Architecture of the American Institute of Architects^[15] and was a trustee of the National Institute of Architectural Education.^[16] In addition, he was a contributor to The Architectural Forum and The Architectural Record^[1] and in 1964 was the recipient of the Albert S. Bard architectural award.^[4]

Schlanger was born in New York and attended Columbia University and the National Institute for Architectural Education. He died in French Hospital on May 3, 1971, aged 66.^[15]

References

1. Szczepaniak-Gillece, Jocelyn (2018-08-01). The Optical Vacuum: Spectatorship and Modernized American Theater Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-068938-4.
2. "Theatre Talks - Jewel Theatre, 711 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY". Theatre Talks. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
3. Paul, William (2016-05-24). When Movies Were Theater: Architecture, Exhibition, and the Evolution of American Film. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54137-4.
4. "Researcher illuminates the man who shaped going to the movies". Letters and Science. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
5. Popiksays, Barry (2015-03-03). "A celebration of New York City and the Leonard Nimoy Thalia". The Bowery Boys: New York City History. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
6. Dunlap, David W. (1999-07-18). "Filling the Space Atop Symphony Space". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
7. "Movie Theaters Designed by Benjamin Schlanger - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
8. "CIVIC CLUB HONORS PRIVATE BUILDING; Pepsi‐Cola Structure Cited —City's Architecture Hit". The New York Times. 1964-03-17. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
9. Govil, Nitin (2015-03-27). Orienting Hollywood: A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-6063-5.
10. "SLSO". www.slso.org. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
11. Paul, William (2016-05-24). When Movies Were Theater: Architecture, Exhibition, and the Evolution of American Film. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54137-4.
12. "50 ans de la Place des Arts" (PDF). Extranet.puq.ca.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
13. "A Tilted Tale: How the Sydney Opera House got its seats". Double Dialogues. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
14. Jackson, Kenneth T.; Keller, Lisa; Flood, Nancy (2010-12-01). The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18257-6.
15. "Ben Schlanger, Theater Architect, Is Dead at 66". The New York Times. 1971-05-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
16. Education, National Institute for Architectural (1965). NIAE Yearbook. The Institute.