Rethinking the Most Common Mistakes in Commercial Lighting Design
Leading architects and designers explain how thoughtful lighting creates more comfortable, memorable and human-centered commercial spaces.
Integrating Light and Architecture: A Study of Three Contemporary Light Design Firms
Explore how three architectural lighting design firms collaborate with architects and engineers to shape human-centric environments through a marriage of light and technology
The Architecture and Lighting of S^A and Steven Holl Architects
Architecture can reflect our connection to the natural world, and light as a storyteller, accentuates both the materials and the forms that shape our spaces. Incorporating natural light with the design and selection of artificial light does more than just brighten a room. Lighting design weaves narratives, creating perspectives that can be truly breathtakin
How Art Influences Lighting, Design and Architecture: Charles Eames
Besides the modern era’s renowned architects, such as Wright, Saarinen and Neutra, Charles Eames stands out as a singularly influential designer. This post introduces Eames as one of lighting design’s modern influencers.
Who Designed the Classic Ring Pendant in 1964’s Dr. Strangelove’?
The war room ring pendant in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove may be the first modern appearance of the famous ring light trending in conference room lighting today. The epic, 22-foot diameter light hangs over upper echelon military personnel in the fictional depiction of a war room in Kubrick’s movie.
Interview: Lighting Designers on the Role of Uplighting
Besides providing additional lighting with minimal glare in commercial applications such as offices, classrooms and libraries, indirect lighting can also highlight architectural ceiling details such as beams, pipes and other distinctive ceiling traits.
Lighting Lessons from Lighting Designer, Writer, Lecturer Gerd Pfarré
In 2016, Architectural Lighting interviewed lighting designer and founder of Pfarré Lighting Design, Gerd Pfarré, shedding light on the legendary designer's process, what’s most important when lighting a space and what the future holds for lighting. While Pfarré’s is a career is a storied one, he did not start out in the industry.
Gentrification Done Right Can Bridge the Class Divide
With rising land values and increasing income disparities, it seems that for many neighborhoods the prospect of gentrification is inevitable. Is there a way to "gentrify responsibly," so communities and the people who live in them — no matter where they are on the financial spectrum — all come out ahead?
