Today Architectural Digest travels to Lower Manhattan to tour the newly completed Perelman Performing Arts Center. An integral part of the new World Trade Center site, architects Joshua Ramus and David Rockwell were eager to give the arts a new home in the area. Ramus calls the building a “mystery box” as the theater’s 3 auditoria ingeniously extend and combine to create over 62 stage-audience configurations, resulting in a different space each time you visit. But what makes this building so special is revealed at dusk when the chandeliers shine through its 5,000 marble tile exterior, causing it to glow. As this unique space finally opens its doors, the ultimate hope for Perelman is to inspire artists to create profound work–in turn inspiring the public.

Water's Echo (2023) by Jean Shin https://jeanshin.com/waters-echo
World Trade Center Viewing Platform, photo by Blandon Belushin
Imagination Playground at Burling Slip, photo by Frank Oudeman

Director: Alice Roth
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Talent: Joshua Ramus ; David Rockwell
Producer: Chase Lewis
Field Producer: Joel Ahumada
Associate Producer: Chloe Leung
Field Associate Producer: Brandon Fuhr
Production Manager: Melissa Heber
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Lauren Pruitt
Gaffer: Carlos Araujo
Audio Engineer: Gabe Quiroga
Production Assistant: Rachel Cantor
Post Production Supervisor: Andrew Montague
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Colorist: Oliver Eid

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