Ravinia Festival Dining Pavilion & MusicBox Experience Center
Enhancing the audience experience at a renowned summer festival campus
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Located in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, the Ravinia Festival has provided a summer home for music lovers since 1905. Lohan Anderson (now part of Wight) was retained in 2005 to plan several buildings to enhance the music goers' experience. The first project, a two-story, 43,000-sf Dining Pavilion, is nestled among a stand of mature trees on the grounds of Ravinia Festival, the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This original Ravinia Dining Pavilion, completed for the 2007 season, was designed to address the growing demand for diverse cuisine at Ravinia. Wight was reengaged to build upon the success of the original Dining Pavilion by designing an outdoor veranda as well as a new exhibition building to be known as The MusicBox Experience Center.
