It’s the most wonderful time of the year! In the Western world, it is a longstanding tradition to celebrate the joyous season with colourful and cheerful
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Results10Universal Light highlights the importance of lighting in architecture. With contributions from international leading practitioners and renowned photographers, Universal Light provides insight to the lighting curious.
The Importance of Seismic Restraints for Lighting
As the Earth evolves and tectonic plates shift, the displaced energy usually manifests in an earthquake. Earthquakes normally strike suddenly and without warning, can be violent
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Using Australian Lighting Standards to enhance your design
Energy Saving Schemes have caused Julien Freed to advocate for compliance with Australian Lighting Standards. Let us consider the current Standards as a line in the sand between anarchy in lighting design and a utopian dream. Standards create a level playing field where designs can be prepared and compared in an objective way for technical requirements and a subjective way for aesthetic requirements.
Creating Architectural Intrusions with Nature and Light
It is the light that let materials speak, and it is nature that represents the connection we share as humankind. A space that feels pleasant, soulful and at one with nature, with subtle changes through the seasons, is a good quality design.
Celebrating 20 Years of Light Art in Unna
While Unna’s remnants of the industrial revolution were unsuitable for most activities, the space was perfect for light art. Learn how the 3000m2 of cellars vacated by the Linden Brewery became the Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst.
Perfecting the formula to façade lighting in our cities
How do we light up our cities more responsibly and sustainably? What’s the future of façade lighting? Is there a formula to perfecting our streetscape?
Finding light in nature
Bioluminescence is nature’s flashlight – lighting the dark inner reaches of the sea from a chemical reaction within living organisms.
The smart(er) way to control lighting
Lighting control via Bluetooth is becoming a driving force in the built environment, with industry leaders seeking this progressive solution to enhance user experience and ensure
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The art of museum lighting
Galleries and museums call for a depth of visual experience, where lighting is paramount to a visitor’s journey and how they experience the representation of artwork
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Finding harmony in design, art and light
In recent years, there has been a distinct shift in the landscape of hotel design with greater ambition in form and more courage in execution at
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