This, the fourth exploration in the Parliament series continues the investigation of Lou Kahn's spatial strategies while developing new relationships between openings and mass. The rich amber glaze creates a warmer, more intimate reading of the architectural forms, shifting the emphasis from the cool monumentality of earlier versions to something more domestic and inviting.
 
The openings maintain Kahn's essential logic—geometric voids that puncture solid walls to create controlled passages for light. A circular opening anchors the composition while angular cuts create dynamic counterpoints, establishing the rhythm between presence and absence that defines the series. The amber surface treatment softens these interventions, making them feel less like architectural incisions and more like natural formations within the ceramic body.
 
This iteration demonstrates how surface treatment can fundamentally alter the reading of identical formal strategies. Where earlier Parliament lamps emphasized the building's concrete brutalism, this version suggests the warm interior spaces that Kahn's openings were designed to illuminate. The glaze flows into recesses and around edges, creating subtle gradations that enhance the play between solid and void.
 
The lamp continues the essential Parliament investigation—translating Kahn's understanding of how architecture can serve light—while proving that the same formal DNA can generate distinctly different emotional and visual experiences through material choices.
 
This lamp can be made using any of the glazes shown in the glaze samples photo in this profile.
 
Prototype Base dims: 11.5" high by 5" wide by 3" deep
 
Production Model Base dims: 11.5" high by 5" wide by 5" deep
Height to top of socket: 14.5”
 
Unglazed stoneware.
Table Lamp with hand-crafted ceramic base, USA.
 
Socket for E26 bulb in the top half and a wifi-controlled G9 bulb (G9 Smart Light Bulb, Compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant, Color Changing Smart LED Bulbs, Dimmable and Tunable) in the lower half.