San Francisco War Memorial Opera House San Francisco, California The renovation of the architectural lighting within the audience chamber of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House was recently completed along with major seismic retrofit and upgrades to the technical theatrical systems within the theater. Without upgrade since the opening of the building in 1932, the lighting system had deteriorated to the point that general lighting levels were below basic emergency egress codes. The Main Chandelier is 25 feet wide by 14 feet tall and is fabricated of cast aluminum decorative elements which are attached to the building steel. Early drawings showed a major uplight component of the chandelier which had been removed at some time in the past. A complete gutting, cleaning and rewire of the Main Chandelier along with a restoration of the uplight component was done. Along with thorough cleaning of all other sources, relamping with modern tungsten halogen sources and the installation of a new state of the art dimming control system, the Opera House was restored to its former glory. This project was awarded the Edwin F. Guth Award of Excellence by IESNA and the IALD Special Citation Design Award. Theatre consulting by Auerbach Pollock Friedlander. Awards: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, International Illumination Design Awards, Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting, Award of Excellence International Association of Lighting Designers, Special Citation for Sensitive Historic Restoration Client: Committee to Restore the Opera House (CROH) Architect: San Francisco Dept. of Public Works, Bureau of Architecture Acoustics Consultant: Paoletti and Associates Photography: Robert Canfield Press Release Press Release Part Two San Francisco War Memorial Opera House