Project Specs Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Milwaukee, Wisconsin Focus Lighting << Return to article the People Client Marcus Center for the Performing Arts President: Paul Matthews Director of facilities: Dick Hecht Technical director: Eric Zaun Lighting designer Focus Lighting 255 West 101st Street New York, NY 10025 ph: 212.865.1565 fx: 212.865.4217 www.focuslighting.com Principal designer: Paul Gregory Lighting designers: JR Krauza, Josh Spitzig Project manager: Dan Nichols Electrical Contractor Uihlein Electric 12660 West Townsend Street Brookfield, WI 53005 262.781.1260 www.uihleinelectric.com   the Products LEDs Color Kinetics (now Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions) www.colorkinetics.com www.philips.com Lighting controls ETC www.etcconnect.com

Tucked away in a sleepy corner of northeast Spain, the town of Teruel has long been a tourist destination for buffs of medieval architecture and history.

Project Specs Plaza del Torico Teruel, Spain b720 Arquitectos << Return to article the People Architect b720 Arquitectos Josep Tarradellas 123, 9ª 08029 Barcelona Spain ph: +34 93 363 7979 fx: +34 93 363 0139 www.b720.com Project team: Fermín Vázquez, Agustín Miranda, Pedro Baltar, Sebastián Khourian, María Barbeito, Ana Caffaro, Leyre Ciriza, Ángel Corsino, Pedro García, Pablo Garrido, Gustavo Gaudeoso, Guillermo Gutiérrez, Markus Jacobi, Paulo Moreira, Magdalena Ostornol, Javier Piedra, Andrea Rodríguez, Marta Sorribes, Alesandro Zanchetta Lighting consultant Artec3 Avda. Cerdanyola, no. 32 Sant Cugat del Vallès 01872 BCN Spain ph: +34 93 590 7022 fx: +34 93 675 6917

People looking for Montreal’s new cultural quarter, the Quartier des spectacles, will surely know when they have arrived—rows of luminous red dots are projected onto the area’s sidewalks.

Project Specs Quartier des Spectacles Montreal, Quebec << Return to article the People Client Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles 333, rue Notre-Dame Est, Bureau 104 Montréal, QC H2Y 3Z2 ph: 514.879.0009 fx: 514.879.1105 www.quartierdesspectacles.com Artistic direction Ruedi Baur Wasserwerkstrasse 129 8037 Zürich Switzerland ph: +41 44 370 37 10 www.integral.ruedi-baur.com Jean Beaudoin www.integral.jeanbeaudoin.com Concept design Photonic Dreams P.O. Box 1183 Succ. Place d’Armes Montréal, QC H2Y 3K2 ph: 514.990.6770 www.photonicdreams.com Théâtre du Nouveau Monde Photonic Dreams P.O. Box 1183 Succ. Place d’Armes Montréal, QC H2Y 3K2 ph: 514.990.6770 www.photonicdreams.com Métropolis LSDDesign Permanent installations Club Soda Arttech Multimedia ph: 514.933.0077 Monument-National

The fourth time was the charm for a young Vesa Honkonen. Only eight percent of applicants are accepted into Finland’s three university-level architecture schools, Honkonen says, but “I decided I would try for as long as it took, I felt it was my way.”

Project Specs Four Scandinavian Commissions Turku, Raisio, 'stersund, and Nacka Strand << Return to article the People   the Products

For a moment, the trendy shoppers of London’s Oxford Street may think they’ve landed in Omotesando or Roppongi Hills.

Project Specs Reiss Headquarters London, England Squire & Partners << Return to article the People Architect Squire and Partners 77 Wicklow Street London WC1X 9JY United Kingdom ph: +44 (0)20 7278 5555 fx: +44 (0)20 7239 0495 www.squireandpartners.com Project architect: Alessandro Mangiavacchi Design team: Murray Levinson, partner; Marcie Larizadeh, associate; Fred Renton, architect; Choong Chan; Anna Medland Client design consultant D-Raw Associates Engineer Fluid Structures www.fluidstructures.com Lighting designer Light Tecnica www.lighttecnica.com Acoustics consultant Sandy Brown Service Engineers Hilson Moran Partnership www.hilsonmoran.com Fire Engineer SAFE www.safe.eu.com Cost Consultant Davis Langdon www.davislangdon.com Client project managers Buro 4 www.burofour.co.uk General contractor COMO Construction

In Tours, France, a building-size mask has transformed the nondescript face of an experimental arts center into a striking neighborhood talking point.