Arts
Recording of Professor Neumann's April 3 lecture on the history of architectural illumination. Summary: Since the illumination of the Eiffel Tower in 1889, architectural lighting has completely transformed the way we perceive and navigate our cities. Professor Dietrich Neumann will speak about the history of architectural illumination, and the use of electrical lighting a "new building material." Neumann will present the debates that accompanied this development and discuss historic and contemporary examples including the pivotal Chicago Tribune building, whose architect, Raymond Hood, coined the phrase "architecture of the night." "Architecture of the Night" was also the title and subject of an acclaimed international exhibition Neumann curated for the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam, where it was shown until May 2007.