Charles Stone, Fisher Marantz Stone
Tuesday
March 18, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
March 18, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Credits TBD
Intermediate
The illumination of historic or heritage buildings provides both opportunity and obligation to the lighting designer. Thoughtful and sensitive application of light to historic façades and interiors has the power to transport us back in time and amplify our appreciation of the architecture. Lighting can reify and restore beauty of a heritage building and enhance civic appreciation and pride. Indeed, illuminating history obliges us to consider the role of memory in design. To the committee: note that since I plan to attend the show anyway, I hope you will approve the “in person” option.
Basic architectural and lighting vocabulary will help the attendees understand the content. However, the presentation is not technical.
Learning Objectives
- Examine the architectural and civic context of an historic or heritage building before beginning a Lighting design process.
- Analyze the architectural hierarchy with respect to the areas to be illuminated, such as a facade or interior space.
- Familiarity with important variables that affect visual understanding such as color, temperature and relative brightness.
- Consider the importance of memory in design, respecting heritage, and the triumphant return of white light.
Speaker
Charles Stone
President | Founder
Fisher Marantz Stone
Charles joined Jules Fisher & Paul Marantz, Inc. in 1983 and helped found FMS in 1997. The firm has received over 225 awards and successfully completed over 5000 projects on six continents, including Carnegie Hall, the Washington Monument, the New York Armory, the Tribute in Light, the Hong Kong International Airport, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, the US Embassy in London, the Peninsula Hotel in Paris, the reimagining of 41 buildings on the Shanghai Bund, the world’s tallest building - the Burj Kalifa, the 2nd tallest - Merdeka Tower in Kuala Lumpur, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, and SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. Charles’s Traveling Light lecture tour features explorations of light and culture and has visited universities and conferences in 25 countries. In addition to teaching visits and practical workshops worldwide, Charles is active in education as a member the Advisory Board for the Architectural Lighting program at Oregon State University, the IESNA Lighting for Outdoor Nighttime Environment Committee, and is a core member of the Lighting Detectives. Mr. Stone is a graduate of Princeton University, a Fellow and Past President of the International Association of Lighting Designers, and a 2022 recipient of the Edison Report’s Lifetime Achievement Award.