Lighting Design

The Yale School of Architecture has announced a second panel discussion titled, “The Structure of Light: Richard Kelly and the Illumination of Modern Architecture,” to be held Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM at the Yale Center for British Art (BAC) at 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, CT. Participants will include [...]

Yale School of Architecture has announced a panel discussion, “The Structure of Light: Richard Kelly and the Illumination of Modern Architecture,” to be held Friday, October 1, 2010 from 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM at the Paul Rudolph Hall, 180 York St., New Haven, CT. The panel discussion is part of a two-day symposium “The [...]

The Yale School of Architecture has announced an exhibition, “The Structure of Light: Richard Kelly and the Illumination of Modern Architecture,” to be held August 23 through October 2, 2010 at Paul Rudolph Hall, Yale School of Architecture Gallery, 180 York St., New Haven, CT. The exhibit is accessible M-F, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM [...]

The kick off event for the Kelly Centennial year will celebrate the legacy of lighting design pioneer Richard Kelly (1910-1977). Guest speakers will include Margaret Maile Petty, Senior Lecturer, Culture + Context at the School of Design, Victoria University, Wellington (New Zealand) and Matthew Tanteri, IALD Educator, FIESNA, Assistant Professor, MFA Lighting Design, School of [...]

Richard Kelly (1910-1977) was one of the first designers to focus exclusively on lighting–both electric and daylighting–designing more than 300 projects with some of the leading names in 20th century architecture, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn. This year marks the centennial of Kelly’s birth, which is being celebrated by the [...]

In short, IES is for it. Check out the position paper here (PDF) to learn more about integrated building design and why IES advocates it as a way to produce buildings that are cost-effective, resource-efficient and comfortable.

Litecontrol, a company I’m proud to call a client, has published a new brochure providing guidance to designers interested in perimeter lighting best practices and techniques to achieve architecturally attractive and visually comfortable spaces. Download the brochure here.

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Architectural SSL Magazine recently published an article I wrote about a new Hugo Boss concept store in New York City. The challenge was to create a dynamic visual environment to complement the bold and innovative fashions of Hugo Boss. For lighting designer A.J. Weissbard, this meant blending architectural retail lighting with theatrical lighting to create [...]