light designer: Claude R Engle (Q5)

Claude R Engle: light designer

a) A picture of the designer

 

 Claude R. Engle's four-decade career extends from the earliest recognition of lighting design as a profession to his current involvement in international landmark projects. Vilma Barr met up with the great man in New York.

 

 

 

 

 

b) A picture of some of their work

 

1. WINSPEAR OPERA
Dallas, Texas

Foster and Partners Design Architects

Design of lighting for Opera House interior,
including grand chandelier, lobby and public
circulation spacesand

 

2. Zayed Museum

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Foster and Partners - Architect

 

 3. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT, 1968
Washington, D. C.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - Architects

Interior and exterior lighting.

4. U.S. PAVILION EXPO 67 (Joint Venture), 1967
Montreal, Canada

Cambridge Seven - Architects

Exhibition lighting system, design and focusing.

 

5. FREEDOM TOWER
New York, New York

Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill - Architects

Interior and exterior lighting including design of iconic antenna
spire lighting and rotating beacon system.

C) Describe what makes their work interesting

: Reason how his lighting work’s following through 1960s to modern days is because of the techniques and designs are make Claude Engle’s work interesting. Therefore his design is able to catch up through two century and being used for many buildings.

d) A quote of theirs that has something to say about lighting.

1. “I have been amazingly fortunate to have stumbled into the right scene at the right time,” Claude R. Engle III told those attending his February presentation given at the historic Great Hall of New York’s Cooper Union. “There was a time that it was a special thing when someone who believed that light would be integral to the project sought you out,” he said.

2. “When I arrived in New York, there were four lighting consultants: Richard Kelly, Abe Fader, Bill Richardson, and Seymour Evans. The lighting design profession grew out of theatrical lighting. Architects were always in control of the natural lighting.

3. Engle was introduced to the audience as “having been there from the beginning, leading to some of the most extraordinary buildings in the world in which light is one of the most important factors.”

  

References:

a, c: http://www.mondoarc.com/interviews/219728/claude_r_engle.html

b: http://www.crengle.com/timeline/frame2.html