Schuler Shook Announces A New Principal in Minneapolis
23 Jul 2018 / News
Schuler Shook is pleased to announce the promotion of theatre consultant, Jody Kovalick, ASTC, to Principal.
A Gothic Revival at Cincinnati Music Hall
26 Jun 2018 / News
Lighting & Sound America's David Barbour captures the vintage remake of Cincinnati Music Hall.
McAllen PAC Brings the Arts to South Texas
05 Apr 2018 / News
VenuesNow reviews McAllen Performing Arts Center's first year in operation, serving the Rio Grande Valley.
Jack Hagler Receives IAVM Award
02 Apr 2018 / News
Jack Hagler, ASTC, Partner at Schuler Shook and IAVM Allied Member is the first performing arts Allied Member to be awarded the Joseph J. Anzivino Distinguished Allied Award.
John Jacobsen Named a 40 Under 40 Lighting Designer
28 Feb 2018 / News
Schuler Shook Project Lighting Designer, John Jacobsen, is recognized as one of North America’s brightest young lighting designers by Lighting magazine.
First Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Project Opens
07 Feb 2018 / News
First Gold Coast Cultural Precinct project opens under new name “Home of the Arts” (HOTA).
Kimberly Corbett Oates, ASTC, Promoted to Principal
19 Jan 2018 / News
Schuler Shook is pleased to announce the promotion of theatre planner and consultant, Kimberly Corbett Oates, ASTC, to Principal.
FJMT-designed Cultural Centre Opens in Melbourne
12 Jan 2018 / News
A new arts, civic and community facility designed by FJMT for the City of Casey has opened in the outer Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren.
Promotions, New Team Member at Schuler Shook
20 Dec 2017 / News
We proudly announce three recent promotions and the addition of our newest designer.
The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College in Holland, MI, designed by HGA Architects and Engineers, is a world-class facility for music
New Arts Venue for the Rio Grande Valley
31 Oct 2017 / News
The Performing Arts Complex at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
Schuler Shook Lights Up Chicago’s Riverwalk
25 Sep 2017 / News
"Not your typical urban park," says AZURE magazine.
Jackson Pattermann Designs Award-Winning Luminaire
15 Sep 2017 / News
Schuler Shook Lighting Specialist, Jackson Pattermann, received the IES Chicago Emerging Professionals' Luminaire Design Award for his latest design, Eclipse.
darc Award for Chicago Riverwalk
15 Sep 2017 / News
The lighting designers for Chicago Riverwalk received a special honor – recognition from their peers – via the UK-based darc awards program.
Schuler Shook’s lighting designers are pleased to receive recognition from the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) for their recent lighting designs.
Down by the River
16 Aug 2017 / News
mondo*arc calls Chicago Riverwalk "vibrant, playful and welcoming."
Lighting of "Banks" Reaps AL Awards for Schuler Shook
Celebrating Four New Team Members and a Promotion!
01 Aug 2017 / News
Schuler Shook sees a bright future enhanced by the addition of four designers in Chicago and Dallas, and recognizes excellence with a promotion
Making everything old new again.
Auditoria Magazine Takes Note of Sophisticated Modeling Programs Used by Schuler Shook’s Paul Whitaker
05 Jul 2017 / News
Auditoria Magazine reaches out to Schuler Shook and other industry leaders to discuss virtual reality and the increasingly sophisticated modeling tools used in the industry.
Robert Shook's article about the lobby as a "third place" appears in the Spring issue of USITT's TD&T magazine.
Schuler Shook Announces Two New Principals
06 Jun 2017 / News
Schuler Shook is pleased to announce the promotion of two talented, dedicated staff members to Principal.
Chicago Riverwalk and Wintrust Financial Receive International Lighting Design Awards
15 May 2017 / News
Lighting designs for an urban landscape and an historic interior renovation garner IALD awards.
Schuler Shook announces Nicolò Brambilla, IALD, has joined our Melbourne office as Senior Lighting Designer, expanding the firm's lighting services in Australia.
Making a Modern Ruin at the Palace Theatre
12 Apr 2017 / News
Schuler Shook's Paul Whitaker helps explain the "modern ruin" approach to renovations, and how it succeeded for the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, MN. (photo courtesy Oertel Architects)
Schuler Shook is pleased to announce Michael Burgoyne, ASTC, as the newest Partner in the firm.
Walking the Walk — Landscape Architecture Magazine
08 Mar 2017 / News
"Fifteen years in the making, a new public space reunites Chicago with the river that runs through it."
Todd Hensley, ASTC, penned this article for Facility Manager about addressing gender identity issues when planning performing arts facilities .
Outstanding Lighting Design Nom for Duane Schuler
13 Jan 2017 / News
Duane Schuler has been nominated for Outstanding Lighting & Sound Design (Large) by Toronto’s My Entertainment World for his lighting work on "Norma".
Ascend Amphitheater Receives USITT Merit Award
09 Jan 2017 / News
Nashville’s new Ascend Amphitheater received a USITT Merit Award from the USITT Architecture Commission. Our theatre consultants are pleased to have been part of the design team.
Schuler Shook Expands Practice, Announces New Office
15 Nov 2016 / News
Schuler Shook announces the opening of our San Francisco Bay office and additions to our California team.
Reduce Time and Cost of Building Façade Lighting
14 Nov 2016 / Perspective
Schuler Shook’s lighting designers performed an in-depth study of building façade lighting for the City of Chicago. From our lighting design research, we offer these recommendations.
What if you could take CE courses from other designers who specialize in a field and know all of the product manufacturers?
Senior Living Environments: Evidence-Based Lighting Design Strategies
11 Nov 2016 / Perspective
Michael D. White, EDAC, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD, and Richard R. Wilson, MD, review the effects of indoor lighting on the health and well-being of people in senior living environments.
Flexible Theatres: Measuring Their Value
11 Nov 2016 / Perspective
Black Box. Studio. Lab Theatres. Experimental Theatres. These flexible performance spaces are known by many names. Just how good are they for teaching and performance?
Light and Human Health
31 Oct 2016 / Perspective
We are taking what science tells us about how light affects the human animal, and using that evidence to inform our design of architectural lighting.
Coming Home to Nashville – Lighting & Sound America
27 Oct 2016 / News
Lighting & Sound America covers the first LEED Gold amphitheatre in the US, Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville's new Riverfront Park.
Schuler Shook is pleased to receive six Awards of Merit from the IES for lighting designs across a variety of project types.
Volunteers from Schuler Shook’s Chicago office took time out to help keep our parks looking beautiful.
Out of the Park – LD+A
07 Jul 2016 / News
Senior Lighting Designer Paul Whitaker hits this project out of the park! Target Field Station combines a transportation hub with ample urban green space and a 1,000-seat amphitheatre.
Theater Transformation – New AVL for Faulkner Center for the Performing Arts
29 Jun 2016 / News
Renovating and remodeling the original venue built in 1937 into a performance center presented not only construction, but also AVL design and installation challenges.
Industry Links
02 Jun 2016 / News
We've gathered up a list of links from around the industry for your reference.
Duane Schuler’s lighting for opera productions and for architectural environments spans the globe. LA Opera interviews Duane in this article, discussing how he got his start and how he approaches production lighting.
USITT’s Architecture Commission has bestowed a USITT Honor Award to The Theatre School at DePaul University, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli.
As part of Schuler Shook’s continued recognition of excellence within our team, Christopher Sprague is promoted to Senior Theatre Consultant.
Robert Shook Made an ASTC Fellow
21 Mar 2016 / News
The American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) named Robert Shook a Fellow of the ASTC at its Annual Meeting this past weekend.
The Effects of Evidence-Based Lighting Design
14 Mar 2016 / Perspective
The effects of light and darkness on senior care residents and the link to the circadian thythm are explored in CALA NEWS & VIEWS, Winter 2016 issue.
People in the news
07 Mar 2016 / News
Six designers recently joined our growing team of creative experts in theatre and lighting design.
Waves From Within – MondoARC
04 Mar 2016 / News
Mondo*ARC covers Schuler Shook's lighting scheme, well-integrated with Goettsch Partner's architectural design for Northwestern University's Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
Working in Concert – Auditoria
18 Jan 2016 / News
The design of a new performance hall needed to add capacity while retaining the original character. Schuler Shook worked closely with HGA on this project for Ordway Center for the Perfo
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