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American electrical engineer (1938–2023)
Claude R. Engle III (March 30, 1938 – December 3, 2023) was an American
electrical engineer and internationally known
lighting consultant. He designed lighting schemes for many notable structures including the
Reichstag and the
Louvre .
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Life and career
Engle attended
Princeton University , attaining a
BSEE in 1960 and was a registered
professional engineer . Prior to entering private practice, he worked in
New York City in the design of theatrical and television lighting.
Engle was chairman of the Capital Section of the
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and was a member of the faculty at
Princeton University School of Architecture . He has been a judge of the IES National Lighting Competition and a member of the
American Institute of Architects Jury for
interior design for
Houston, Texas and
Los Angeles .
Engle died in
Ottawa, Ontario , Canada on December 3, 2023, at the age of 85.
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Works
U.S. Pavilion,
Expo '67 ,
Montreal , Canada (1967)
World Bank ,
Washington, D.C. (1968)
Cathedral of the Holy Name ,
Chicago ,
Illinois (1969)
Chicago Transit Authority , Chicago, 1970
Pennzoil Plaza ,
Houston ,
Texas , 1972
World Trade Center , New York City, 1973
Australian Embassy, Paris, 1974
Temple Beth El ,
Detroit ,
Michigan , 1974
MGIC Center ,
Milwaukee ,
Wisconsin , 1974
Sears Tower , Chicago, 1975
Avery Fisher Hall ,
Lincoln Center , New York City, 1975
Centre Georges Pompidou , Paris, 1976
Washington Mall , Washington, D.C., 1976
Roy Thomson Hall ,
Toronto , Canada, 1976
National Gallery of Art East Wing,
Washington, D.C. , 1976
Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts ,
University of East Anglia , England, 1976
Crystal Cathedral ,
Garden Grove, California , 1977
Water Tower Place , Chicago, 1977
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Terrace Theater, Washington, D.C., 1978
A.T. & T. Corporate Headquarters , New York City, 1979
Orchestra Hall , Chicago, 1980
Vietnam Veterans Memorial , Washington, D.C., 1982
Fragrant Hill Hotel ,
Beijing , China, 1982
Waverly Civic Center ,
Victoria, Australia , 1982
The Regent Hotel,
Hong Kong , 1983
Riverside Centre ,
Brisbane , Australia, 1983
McDonald's Corporation Headquarters
Training Center ,
Oak Brook, Illinois , 1983
Cleveland Play House (
Philip Johnson addition),
Cleveland, Ohio , 1983
Hong Kong Club , Hong Kong, 1984
Fogg Art Museum Sackler Gallery,
Boston , 1984
Exchange Square , Hong Kong, 1985
I.B.M. Tower ,
Atlanta , 1985
Transco Tower , Houston, 1985
Hong Kong Shanghai Bank , Hong Kong, 1986
Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago, 1986
QVI Office Tower ,
Perth, Australia , 1987
Grand
Louvre , Paris, 1989
Vitra Design Museum ,
Weil am Rhein , Germany, 1990
Century Tower , Tokyo, 1990
Stansted Airport Terminal,
Stansted, England , 1991
Bilbao Metro ,
Bilbao , Spain, 1992
Carre d'Art de Nîmes ,
Nîmes , France, 1993
Freer Gallery of Art , Washington, D.C., 1993
Grand Louvre, Aile Richelieu, Paris, 1993
Business Promotion Center,
Duisburg , Germany, 1993
Corning Glass Museum ,
Corning, New York , 1994
Joslyn Museum , Omaha, 1994
Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, 1996
United States Court of Appeals , San Francisco, 1996
Repsol Service Station,
Madrid , 1997
Valencia Congress Center , Valencia, Spain, 1998
Reichstag , Berlin, 1999
Queen Elizabeth II Great Court ,
British Museum , London, 1999
Canary Wharf tube station , Jubilee Line Extension, London, 1999
San Francisco International Airport , 2001
Millennium Bridge , London, 2002
Dumbarton Oaks Courtyard Gallery, Washington, 2002
Greater London Authority , 2002
Paragon Research and Development Centre,
Surrey, England , 2003
Clark Center,
Stanford University , 2003
Mercado de Colon ,
Valencia, Spain 2004
Cathedral of Light ,
Oakland, California , 2004
Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building ,
University of Toronto , 2006
Publications
"Technique*of*Lighting*the*Stage"
"Color*and*Its*Part*in*Stage*Lighting"
"Methods*of*Stage*Lighting*Controls"
"Evaluation*of*Dimmer*Characteristics*for*Incandescent*Lighting"
"Sunscoop"
"Light*and*Space"
References
External links