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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]

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