AUERBACH GLASOW FRENCH

As Founder and President of Auerbach Glasow French and Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Len Auerbach brings over 40 years of professional experience and international expertise in architectural lighting design to his practice. With hundreds of projects to his credit, his experienced leadership and personal involvement assures the highest level of design and quality of work.

His approach to architectural lighting, theatre, audio-video and multi-media consulting combines a background in architecture with his scenic and theatrical lighting design experience gained in New York and at leading regional theatres.

In 1968, he left his position as Resident Lighting Designer at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and joined the consulting firm of Bolt, Beranek, and Newman in New York, ultimately becoming Director of their Theatre Consulting Services in San Francisco. In 1972, he formed, Piacentini/Auerbach which became S. Leonard Auerbach & Associates, Inc. in 1973. In 2002 the growth of the firm culminated in its reorganization into Auerbach Pollock Friedlander and Auerbach Glasow French.

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta, Georgia
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, California
Carnegie Hall, Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, New York, New York
Conference Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah
Cyprus Cultural Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
Esplanade Phase Two Planning Study, Singapore
Griffith Observatory, Samuel Oschin Planetarium, Los Angeles, California
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hayden Planetarium, Rose Center for Earth and Space, Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
MGM City Center, Cirque du Soleil Viva ELVIS™ Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada
MGM City Center, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, KÀ™ for Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas, Nevada
MGM Mirage, Cirque du Soleil LOVE™ Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada
New York New York Hotel and Casino, Zumanity: Another Side of Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas, Nevada
Ordway Music Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota
Philadelphia Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Qatar National Convention Centre, Education City, Doha, Qatar
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California
San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California
Santa Fe Opera Theater, Santa Fe, New Mexico
SFJAZZ, San Francisco, California
Sonoma State University, The Donald and Maureen Green Music Center Concert Hall and Schroeder's Recital Hall, Rohnert Park, California
The Venetian Macao, ZAIA™ for Cirque du Soleil, Macau, China
The Venetian Orient, Ltd, Multi-purpose Theatre, Cotai Headliner Theatre and Presentation Theatre, Macau, China
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California

EDUCATION

M.F.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Theatre Architecture with a Heinz Fellowship for the Fine Arts

B.F.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Drama

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Theatre Consultants President 1983 - 1987, Founding Member

American Institute of Architects, Professional Affiliate

International Association of Lighting Designers

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

International Society for the Performing Arts, Board of Directors

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Fellow

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture

Visiting Lecturer
2001 FitzGibbon Chair
led development of curriculum for Theatre Architecture

Architecture Department of the University of California at Berkeley, Instructor

Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, Continuing Education, Lecturer

Numerous lectures, articles and publications world wide


		S. LEONARD AUERBACH, MIES, LC, IALD As Founder and President of Auerbach Glasow French and Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Len Auerbach brings over 40 years of professional experience and international expertise in architectural lighting design to his practice. With hundreds of projects to his credit, his experienced leadership and personal involvement assures the highest level of design and quality of work. His approach to architectural lighting, theatre, audio-video and multi-media consulting combines a background in architecture with his scenic and theatrical lighting design experience gained in New York and at leading regional theatres. In 1968, he left his position as Resident Lighting Designer at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and joined the consulting firm of Bolt, Beranek, and Newman in New York, ultimately becoming Director of their Theatre Consulting Services in San Francisco. In 1972, he formed, Piacentini/Auerbach which became S. Leonard Auerbach & Associates, Inc. in 1973. In 2002 the growth of the firm culminated in its reorganization into Auerbach Pollock Friedlander and Auerbach Glasow French. SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta, Georgia Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, California Carnegie Hall, Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, New York, New York Conference Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah Cyprus Cultural Center, Nicosia, Cyprus Esplanade Phase Two Planning Study, Singapore Griffith Observatory, Samuel Oschin Planetarium, Los Angeles, California Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Hayden Planetarium, Rose Center for Earth and Space, Museum of Natural History, New York, New York MGM City Center, Cirque du Soleil Viva ELVIS™ Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada MGM City Center, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, KÀ™ for Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas, Nevada MGM Mirage, Cirque du Soleil LOVE™ Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada New York New York Hotel and Casino, Zumanity: Another Side of Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas, Nevada Ordway Music Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota Philadelphia Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Qatar National Convention Centre, Education City, Doha, Qatar San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California Santa Fe Opera Theater, Santa Fe, New Mexico SFJAZZ, San Francisco, California Sonoma State University, The Donald and Maureen Green Music Center Concert Hall and Schroeder's Recital Hall, Rohnert Park, California The Venetian Macao, ZAIA™ for Cirque du Soleil, Macau, China The Venetian Orient, Ltd, Multi-purpose Theatre, Cotai Headliner Theatre and Presentation Theatre, Macau, China Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California EDUCATION M.F.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Theatre Architecture with a Heinz Fellowship for the Fine Arts B.F.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology, Drama PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Society of Theatre Consultants President 1983 - 1987, Founding Member American Institute of Architects, Professional Affiliate International Association of Lighting Designers Illuminating Engineering Society of North America International Society for the Performing Arts, Board of Directors Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Fellow PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Carnegie Mellon University, School of Architecture Visiting Lecturer 2001 FitzGibbon Chair led development of curriculum for Theatre Architecture Architecture Department of the University of California at Berkeley, Instructor Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, Continuing Education, Lecturer Numerous lectures, articles and publications world wide