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The Skylight Series
Velux promotes daylighting through a number of sponsored studios
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Decorative
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Condé Nast Cafeteria
When the team at Arup Lighting's New York City office was asked to design A cafeteria for a large media company based in midtown Manhattan, the designers saw an opportunity to do the unexpected—to create a flexible space where employees could take refuge from the fast-paced, high-stress work...
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7 World Trade Center
Before design began on 7 World Trade Center, architect David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) outlined a daunting task for his team. The project, he said, should set the bar for design and technical considerations—environmental sustainability, urban sensitivity, construction detailing...
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Façade Lighting: A Fork In The Road?
Today, façade lighting design strategies seem to follow two diverging paths: One emulates the work of nature—the moon and the sun—while the other embraces the possibilities of latter-day technology. For any given project, a lighting designer tends to operate with either a “naturalist” or a...
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A New York State of Mind
Light and the City
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City Lights Design Competition Winners Announced
The results of this competition to design a new streetlight for New York City have been announced. First place was awarded to Thomas Phifer and Partners, New York City; Second Place went to Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Chicago, IL; and Third Place was given to Atelier Imrey Culbert, New York City...
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Three competitions encourage fixture design
CITY LIGHTS Three finalists have been selected from a group of 201 anonymous submissions to move to stage two of the Departments of Transportation and Design and Construction City Lights competition for a Manhattan street light (Jan/Feb 2004, page 11). The finalists are Atelier Imbrey Culbert of...
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City Lights Events
The two-stage international design competition to create an innovative, state-of-the-art fixture design that responds to New York City's unique architectural and urban landscape, while meeting performance requirements for a city streetlight is nearing completion. In anticipation of selecting a...