Skyspace

{{Short description|Architectural design by James Turrell}}

{{for|the observation deck at U.S. Bank Tower|U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)#OUE Skyspace}}

File:Pomona College Skyspace 03.jpg in California, US]]

A skyspace is an architectural design in which a room, which is painted in a neutral color has a large hole in its ceiling which opens directly to the sky. The room, whose perimeter has benches, allows observers to look at the sky in such a way as though it were framed. LED lights which surround the hole can change colors to affect the viewer's perception of the sky.{{cite web|url=http://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/skyspace.shtml|title=James Turrell Skyspace - Dividing The Light|publisher=Pomona College Museum of Art|access-date=4 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228121137/http://www.pomona.edu/museum/exhibitions/skyspace.shtml|archive-date=28 February 2011}}{{cite journal|last=Plagens|first=Peter|year=2007|title=SkyHigh|journal=Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel 10|volume=1|issue=60}}{{cite journal|date=Nov 2007|title=Turrell Skyspace at Pomona|journal=Artweek |location=ArtWeek|volume=38|issue=9|page=24|issn=0004-4121}}{{cite journal|last=Stolz|first=George|date=June 2009|title=Bringing the Sky to Earth|journal=ARTnews|volume=108|issue=6|pages=44–45}}

The design is the work of American artist James Turrell. As of 2013 over 82 skyspaces have been installed worldwide.{{cite web|last=Elder|first=Adam|title=Mad Genius Buys Volcano, Transforms It Into Naked-Eye Observatory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216211324/|url=https://www.wired.com/2013/05/james-turrell/|publisher=wired.com|access-date=October 8, 2024|date=May 27, 2013|archive-date=December 16, 2023}} Examples include Dividing the Light at Pomona College, the Skyspace Lech in Vorarlberg (Austria), the Live Oak Friends Meeting in Houston, Texas and at Rice University, also in Houston.