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Projects

Latest projects

Diamond lights

The Tower and the glory

21 May 2012

DW Windsor returned to its heritage roots when it was asked to refurbish the lanterns on London’s Tower Bridge in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Amanda Allen reports

Calm contemplation

Gothic revival in Dortmund

10 May 2012

German lighting design studio Licht Kunst Licht has brought a subtly realised lighting scheme to the conversion of a listed 19th century catholic church into a funeral chapel. Jill Entwistle reports from Dortmund’s Liebfrauenkirche

The Yards

Yards apart

2 May 2012

The Yards is a lighting installation commissioned to help revitalise a long-neglected part of Washington DC

Stadel Museum

Extending the light at Frankfurt's Städel Museum

25 April 2012 | By Nick Birss

A recent extension at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt created 3,000 square meters of exhibition space for lighting designers Licht Kunst Licht to play with

Pooled talents

DPA signs a deluxe EDITION

4 April 2012

Working in close collaboration with Studio 54 founder and boutique hotel pioneer Ian Schrager, dpa has created a luxurious minimalist ambienceat Istanbul’s first seven-star hotel. Jill Entwistle reviews the Istanbul EDITION

Lounge room

It takes a village

12 March 2012

Italian lighting company Linea Light has created a new concept showroom at its base in Treviso

Global Rainbow

Global Rainbow light installation arrives in the North-East

1 March 2012 | By Nick Birss

The Global Rainbow light installation by American artist Yvette Mattern can be seen along the North-East coast as part of the Cultural Olympiad year

Creating texture

Window on the world

23 February 2012

Uplighting a giraffe doesn’t crop up that often in a lighting design brief, but that was probably one of the lesser challenges in DHA’s ambitious project to light the new National Museum of Scotland. Jill Entwistle reports from Edinburgh

Eye Spy

By their own lights: lighting designers and their homes

26 January 2012

Two different lighting designers with discernibly individual styles. When it comes to their own homes have they practised what they preach and created a lit environment that reflects their own professional approach? Or, like the cobblers’ children that had no shoes, did that all go out of the window? Jill Entwistle goes through the keyhole to find out

Out with the old

Reds flag up their green credentials

19 January 2012

As the inaugural Carbon Reduction Commitment chart showed, Manchester United Football Club is top of the league when it comes to assessing its energy usage. Nick Martindale looks at how Paul Nulty Lighting Design has persuaded the club to make a 75 per cent cut in general illuminance levels at its Nike Superstore

Unhook the velvet rope

The lighting is all part of its Allure

4 January 2012

Allure nightclub, overlooking the marina and Grand Prix circuit on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island, features a neutral white interior that serves as a canvas for Inverse Lighting’s total lighting design. Jill Entwistle was on the guest list

cathedral_square_3

Peterborough’s square deal

3 January 2012

Sutton Vane Associates’ commission to design a lighting scheme for a project to rehabilitate Peterborough’s historic Cathedral Square in the centreof the city went far beyond public realm lighting. Amanda Allen reports

Pooled talents

DPA signs a deluxe EDITION

4 April 2012

Working in close collaboration with Studio 54 founder and boutique hotel pioneer Ian Schrager, dpa has created a luxurious minimalist ambienceat Istanbul’s first seven-star hotel. Jill Entwistle reviews the Istanbul EDITION

Spa Cafe

Corinthian spirit

28 October 2011

The Corinthia Hotel in London is home to the capital’s largest urban spa and is 70 per cent fitted with low-energy LED lighting. Ellie Greisen, senior lighting designer at Lighting Design International, talks to Amanda Allen about tight briefs and a client with an aversion to downlights

Diamond lights

The Tower and the glory

21 May 2012

DW Windsor returned to its heritage roots when it was asked to refurbish the lanterns on London’s Tower Bridge in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Amanda Allen reports

Calm contemplation

Gothic revival in Dortmund

10 May 2012

German lighting design studio Licht Kunst Licht has brought a subtly realised lighting scheme to the conversion of a listed 19th century catholic church into a funeral chapel. Jill Entwistle reports from Dortmund’s Liebfrauenkirche

Making an entrance

The life and works of St Botolph

24 November 2011

At 500,000 sq ft, the St Botolph Building at 138 Houndsditch is one of the latest and largest office developments in the City of London’s EC3 insurance district. Lighting consultant Speirs + Major has created subtle and superbly controlled lighting to add a people-friendly ambience to this fast-paced working environment. Amanda Allen reports

Sky’s the limit

Laboratory conditions

7 September 2011

Arup’s lighting design for the newly developed Sainsbury Laboratory at Cambridge University makes intelligent use of natural light to achieve large energy savings. Amanda Allen talks to Arfon Davies, associate director at Arup Lighting, about the Breeam Excellent-rated building

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