
Solar-Powered Outdoor Lighting
From very simple residential steplight systems to serious major lighting installations, there are a number of products designed for grid-free installations.

Lighting Software Tools
Lighting designers use software as a design tool to complement and contribute to the design process, for everything from complex calculations to presentation renderings.

Center for Science and Computation, Annandale-On-Hudson, N.Y.
The Bard College Center for Science and Computation in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., features a cost-effective lighting design accomplished with simple hardware—no custom or decorative fixtures—that “celebrates the architecture instead of calling attention to itself,” explains Keith Yancey, principal...

California Nanosystems Institute, Los Angeles
Adhering to California's strict energy standards under Title 24 is no easy task, especially when creating a lighting scheme for laboratories that require high light levels.
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Anatomy of a Lighting Course
A novel approach to teaching architecture students the ways of the sun

NYU Department of Philosophy
In fall 2007, the New York University Department of Philosophy moved into its new home on the corner of Washington Place and Mercer Street. Selected by the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science and a group of philosophy professors at the university, the internationally recognized firm Steven Holl...

Architectural Lighting Fundamentals
Jean Sundin discusses core curriculum initiatives for lighting education.

The State of Lighting Research
Researchers aim to connect with the lighting community

Defining Lighting Design
In honor of the fifth annual A|L Light and Architecture Design Awards, 10 industry professionals gathered on Oct. 23, 2008, at Parsons the New School for Design for a roundtable discussion.
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Enfis Lighting & Hubbell Announcements: September 24, 2008
Enfis Lighting Announces New V.P. & Hubbell Launches Residential Group
Framing tip; trigger-happy carpenters; defense of recessed lights; broken compact fluorescents; more
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Shréder Lighting Launches Seminars for Lighting Agents and Specifiers
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Lighting Industry Website Attracts Members by Word-of-Mouth

Lighting Shines at AIA Convention
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2008 National Convention and Design Exposition, held May 15-17 in Boston, attracted 23,950 registrants and 852 exhibitors, making the 140th convention the third largest to date.
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Guerrilla Lighting
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Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
outstanding achievement | interior lighting
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Creative Artists Agency Headquarters
outstanding achievement | interior lighting
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Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
outstanding achievement | exterior lighting
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
From its inception to its realization, light permeates every aspect of the Bloch Building, the new addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo.
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25th Annual IALD Lighting Design Awards