Paul Marantz

Marantz was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on April 27, 1938.^[11] He received a B.A. from Oberlin College and did graduate work at Case Western Reserve University and Brooklyn College.^[12] In 1968, he established an architectural lighting design firm with Jules Fisher.^[13]

Marantz was married to Marsha Heller and had one son, but later divorced. He married Jane in 1977, and had another son.^[11] He died from a stroke at his home in Manhattan, New York City, on May 26, 2025, at the age of 87.^[11][14]

• Barnes Foundation^[6][7]
• Burj Khalifa^[8][9]
• Byzantine Fresco Chapel^[12][15]
• Carnegie Hall Restoration^[2][16]
• Grand Central Terminal Restoration^[2][17]
• Islamic Cultural Center of New York^[15]
• Miho Museum^[7]
• New York Public Library, Rose Main Reading Room Restoration^[18]
• Reflecting Absence, The National September 11 Memorial ^[3]
• Studio 54^[1][2]
• Times Square Ball^[3][5]
• Lighting standards for the redevelopment of Times Square^[19][20][21]
• Tribute in Light^[2][3]

Marantz received numerous Lumen Citations from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) for projects including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the restoration of Radio City Music Hall, the Times Square Ball, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Byzantine Fresco Chapel.^[4] He received the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Award for Excellence for the Islamic Cultural Center of New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and he received an IALD Citation for the restoration of the Rainbow Room.^[4] New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp described Marantz, as a “lighting genius.”^[22]