Latest News
BEST in show at the NEC, Birmingham
The inaugural BEST (Built Environment Solutions and Technologies) Show will showcase leading technology and innovation in the built environment.
Guerrilla Lighting injects life into a forgotten part of Southwark
Guerrilla Lighting returned to the capital as part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture, this time targeting Southwark with an aim to uncover ‘hidden’ corners across the borough.
Philips buys street-lighting controls firm
Philips is to buy the street lighting controls activities of the Danish manufacturer Amplex for an undisclosed sum.
Help Mark run for cancer research
Mark Ingram of Zumtobel is digging out his trainers and oxygen tank to raise money for Cancer Research at the October 10K run around Cambridge,
UK lighting market peaked at £2 billion, says analyst
The UK lighting market achieved a sales peak of £2 billion in 2008 before falling back 12 per cent last year to £1.7 billion, the business sector analyst MBD has reported.
ILE restructure is ‘more than rebranding’ says president
The restructuring and renaming of the Institution of Lighting Engineers in September is more than a rebranding exercise, its incoming president, Alastair Scott has declared.
Latest equipment
Relco offers a solution for emergency lighting
The Inverlux Plus 3–hour Emergency pack provides an effective solution for adapting four pin fluorescent lamps for use in emergency lighting applications.
New infra red controller for iLight systems
Cooper Controls has released the new HH17IR infra red remote controller for use in iLight intelligent lighting control systems.
iPhone App to help search for luminaires
Aether Lighting has launched a luminaire product selector App for the iPhone and iPad platforms.
New die-cast aluminium luminaires from Hacel
Hacel’s comprehensive 404-page Evolution catalogue features a range of products, including the Glacia Elito.
LED solution for recessed ceiling grids
Quattro LED brings the benefits of LED lighting to recessed ceiling grid installations.
LumaGrip rivals LED illuminated stair nosing
South Kensington night club, Boujis has installed LumaGrip illuminated stair nosing on its central staircase.
Interview
Martin Valentine
The former lighting group director of AECOM (Faber Maunsell) is moving to a new position in Abu Dhabi. He discusses the reasons and the ramifications
Tribute
Steve Hazel 1974 - 2010
Steve Hazel worked as a lighting designer with Light Tecnica. He died on 30 June after his motorbike collided with a car in Virginia Water, Surrey. Here colleague Dan Green and others pay tribute.
Latest Projects
Teatro Alla Scala, Milan
As part of Milan’s Festival of Light, Mario Nanni created La Luce Della Musical: a visual and musical extravaganza projected onto the façade of Milan’s opera house.
Tibidabo, Barcelona
Tibidabo is the first public space in Barcelona to be totally illuminated using LED fixtures
Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen
Lindemann Architects designed the three-storey Emil Schumacher Museum in Hagen as a concrete structure within a glass cube.
Our pick
Strobilus by Paviom
The Strobilus takes inspiration from the open pine cone and uses 100 leaves made from recycled paper pulp mounted on a recyclable body.
Techniques
TECHNIQUES 8: The wall graze
Doug James, director of specialist practice Mindseye, gives expert advice on how to achieve an even illumination across a wall using this architectural lighting technique.
TECHNIQUES 7: The backlit panel
Mindseye director Doug James explains why the backlit panel has held its place in architectural lighting design for four decades
TECHNIQUES 6: The slot
The sixth architectural lighting technique championed by Mindseye director Doug James is one of the simplest - the slot
September events
Plasa10
12-15 September, London
ILE annual conference
22-24 September, Warwickshire
100% Design
23-26 September, London
