Claude Engle

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.

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.

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"