In New Haven, Connecticut, the Louis I. Kahndesigned Yale Center for British Art strikes a distinctive look as a modern icon with its matte steel and reflective glass facade. After two years of renovations, the building will reopen to the public on March 29, 2025, putting the largest collection of British art outside the U.K. and Kahns geometric four-floor interior defined by the interplay of structure and light back on view. The Yale Center for British Art preserves a complex collection of works from the fifteenth century to the present. Following the conservation and transformation of the interior, the gallery displays will bring together historical and contemporary collections in an organic, uninterrupted way for the first time.On the buildings roof, 224 original acrylic skylights have been replaced with more resilient polycarbonate domes. (Richard Caspole/Courtesy Yale Center for British Art)With the help of architectural and engineering consulting firm EwingCole, fixtures to the lighting system and energy consumption were made. Renovations included replacing the roof and 224 original acrylic skylights with polycarbonate domes to improve weather resistance, durability, and maintain more energy efficient lighting systems. Below skylight domeswhich have always cast pattern, light, and shadows into the concrete and wood interiorslaylight cassettes have been added to diffuse sunlight and protect collections while keeping with Kahns architectural and aesthetic principle to preserve balance within structure and light. Additionally, replacement of 6,500 linear feet of original halogen lighting track have been converted to LED, in an effort to set foot in a more sustainable future. My colleagues and I are thrilled to welcome visitors back into the museum to enjoy our amazing collection newly installed within Kahns elegant skylit galleries, noted Richard Brodhead, interim director of the Yale Center for British Art.Maintaining Louis I. Kahns architectural principle that interior spaces should have a balance between structure and light, renovations to the roof have been made for daylight variation and protection. (Richard Caspole/Courtesy Yale Center for British Art)The renovation project was a careful balance between introducing more efficient lighting systems and maintaining Kahns distinctive modernist principles. When the museum reopens its doors next spring, it will offer new educational opportunities and programming that seek to revitalize connections among the past and present, much like this renovation.