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The Academy Awards<\/a> is Hollywood\u2019s biggest night on its biggest stage\u2014and this year, that stage is an especially zen space.<\/p>\n Each year, production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley reimagine the stage at Hollywood\u2019s Dolby Theatre. Some years it\u2019s grandiose and bold; other years it harkens back to the golden era of Hollywood. But it\u2019s never been as green<\/em> as it is this year.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s design\u2014debuting exclusively with Vanity Fair<\/em>\u2014is especially unique. The theater has been designed to represent a calming garden courtyard, with greenery woven throughout it. It\u2019s an ode to this year\u2019s pointedly handmade theme\u2014\u201cA Human Touch\u201d<\/a>\u2014as well as an attempt to create what feels like a relaxing space in a chaotic world.<\/p>\n Natural elements are a big focus of the design.<\/p>\n <\/span>The Academy \/ Richard Harbaugh<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cThere is an unsettled nature around the climate right now, and there\u2019s just something very calming about being surrounded by architecture, but having this space for trees to grow,\u201d Billingsley tells Vanity Fair.<\/em> \u201cWe are exploring the contrast between the organic and the rigidly architectural, and that creates the feeling that life can exist anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n The trees were handmade by artisans, and weave their way through the architectural structures. The entire area is lit to feel like \u201cgolden hour,\u201d a film term describing the warm, glowing light that bathes the landscape just before sunset. \u201cIt\u2019s just so divine,\u201d says Buckley. \u201cI think that also helps the audience feel connected and part of something, and really warm and held within the space.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n