John von Szeliski
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Orange County Performing Arts Center
 
 

THE ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Costa Mesa, California

The Orange County Performing Arts Center is one of the world's top arts centers, housing major national and international dance, music, and drama companies. The 230,000-sq. ft. complex includes 3,000 seat Segerstrom Hall, which features very innovative asymmetrical design and advanced theatrical features for multi-use programming. John von Szeliski was a project principal for the entire project. Working also with architects CRSS of Houston, John von Szeliski led design for internal theatre spaces, and designed specialty items such as extensive donor recognition systems.


Len Bedsow, Founding Executive Director

"John was essential in the planning and completion of this building. I said I wanted him for the project from the beginning, due to his knowledge and understanding of theatre, and I wasn't disappointed".

Kerry Madden, Vice President

"After serving as principal in charge of the original OCPAC project, from very first concepts all the way through Grand Opening, John von Szeliski continued to play a key role in planning and design for the Center through his own firm in ensuing years. We selected John and JVSA to take on numerous additional projects for the Center, because of his unique combination of architectural design skills and extensive theatre consulting expertise."

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