Lighting Design

This article describes considerations and techniques for designing book stack lighting, based on the Illuminating Engineering Society’s (IES) RP-4-13, Recommended Practice for Library Lighting.

In “How to Light a Place of Worship,” Bruce Kirk, Light Perceptions talks about about how to balance modern technique and tradition in the lighting of a house of worship.

In “How to Light a Bridge,” Paul Boken, Mulvey & Banani Lighting discusses the various choices made when lighting a bridge, an ideal canvas for light.

In “Light and Media in Architecture,” Rune Nielsen, Kollision explores the idea of a language of light, a dialogue between dynamic and interactive lighting systems and users.

Randy Burkett Lighting Design recently announced it is beginning its 30th year of professional practice.

In 2016, education put-in-place construction spending reached $88.7 billion, making it the largest building market. This exciting lighting market is changing as teaching methods evolve toward greater interaction, flexibility, and technological integration. In this article, I talked to manufacturers about how school lighting is changing.

In “Invisible Light,” Mark Sutton-Vane of Sutton Vane Associates explores how to use concealed lighting hardware to articulate and re-interpret building architecture.

Outdoor stationary lighting presents a substantial market and a distinctive subset of lighting design. This article, which I wrote for the November issue of tED Magazine, describes considerations for evaluating and designing outdoor lighting systems.

In this video, Koert Vermeulen, principal designer and founder of ACTLD, talks about lighting and architecture, touching on subjects such as emotions and context.