Authors On Stage: Co-sponsored by The Philip Johnson Glass House and New Canaan Library

The Philip Johnson Glass House and New Canaan Library will co-sponsor an Authors on Stage event featuring Dietrich Neumann on The Structure of Light: Richard Kelly and the Illumination of Modern Architecture (Yale University Press, 2010).

Dietrich Neumann edited The Structure of Light and curated the 2010 exhibition at Yale School of Architecture’s Paul Rudolph Hall. Neumann will discuss the book as well as Richard Kelly’s (1910 – 1977) lighting designs for The Glass House. Neumann will sign copies of the publication (224 pgs. /234 illustrations) which will be available for purchase in-person ($60) and online via The Glass House Online Store after the event.

New Canaan Library, Adrian Lamb Room, 151 Main Street, New Canaan, CT.

Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 3 p.m.

To register for this event, visit the New Canaan Library site at the following link: http://newcanaanlibrary.org/events/authors-on-stage-with-dietrich-neumann

Richard Kelly was one of the pioneers of the lighting design profession. He worked with more than eighty prominent architects and designed more than three hundred major projects including The Seagram Building; The Four Seasons Restaurant; The New York State Theatre; the Yale Center of British Art and Studies; The Wiley House (Westport, CT) and The Glass House.

“One of Kelly’s first significant works was with Philip Johnson. The Glass House in New Canaan, CT, marked a turning point in Kelly’s career. It presented a puzzle, lighting a house with all the exterior walls constructed of clear glass. This problem, not uncommon in International Style houses, required a new, creative solution. During the day natural light made the outside of the house visually contiguous. At night the glass acted as a solid black mirror reflecting all indoor lights. Kelly’s solution was to light the entire outdoor surrounding area, including the trees. This restored visual depth by connecting indoors and outdoors just as in daytime. It both expanded the house and gave a sense of security.” - LD+A, May 1993

For more information, visit www.philipjohnsonglasshouse.org