Cutting edge architects and architectural projects.
A cool design concept called Ecco Luce from industrial designer Jonas Samson, who I last posted about in 2009. Ecco Luce is a personalized light wall. I created this new and unique way to intergrate led-lights in a wall. Switched … Continue reading ecco luce
Wow! What an image! An incredible rendering found on a Behance.net project page by Jon Bailey. Continue reading y[our-s]ukkah
Via Dezeen: An undulating canopy of cardboard tubes by American studio Cristina Parreño Architecture and students from MIT hovered over visitors at the ARCOMadrid art fair in Spain last month. Overall, it is a bit much for me, particularly at … Continue reading paper chandeliers
Via Dezeen, an interesting contemporary art center project by Madrid architects Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos in Cordoba, Spain, with a beautiful illuminated facade. According to Dezeen: Hexagonal funnels stretch down from the roof to channel natural light into concentrated spaces. Meanwhile, tiny … Continue reading cordoba contemporary art center
A fun little marketing installation from IKEA promoting their new LED A-lamps…and some spectacular photography. Via Architizer: The holiday season shined a little brighter this year, at least in Lisbon, Portugal, courtesy of a bright light installation for IKEA at … Continue reading ledscape installation
Via Dezeen : Alex Cochrane Architects has created a space for shoppers at London department store Selfridges to find peace and quiet amid the bustling emporium. I love the simple, minimal lighting effect: a halo of light slipping out from beneath and behind … Continue reading the silence room
WHITEvoid is the brainchild of Berlin designer Christopher Bauder and contains a most impressive collection of cutting-edge installation art, lighting design, media design, and software design. WHITEvoid developed the product design and web configurator (see image above) for the beautiful … Continue reading whitevoid
From the blog Knstrct, a wine and champagne bar in Sao Paulo called Mistral, designed by Arthur Casas. I love this project. It is a great example of what I consider to be contemporary lighting design: Not a damn downlight … Continue reading mistral wine bar
e/b office is the New York-based design collaboration of Yong Ju Lee and Brian Brush. They have some fantastic, cutting-edge parametric design projects, including a few with some very innovative lighting designs. They also have an interesting blog with lots of … Continue reading e/b office
A nice, simple video to explain what how “parametric design” fundamentally works. No narrative, just a simple example of adjusting parameters of a brick wall. And a couple links to interesting parametric modeling-focused sites: Rethinking Architecture Designreform Parametric Design Continue reading parametric design sites
I came across this project from Andrew Saunders, a Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, that was a winner in a 2011 design competition organized by ACADIA.org. Cool example parametric design; nice presentation board; and considering that I now … Continue reading luminous limacon
Parisian designer and interior architect Noé Duchaufour-Lawrence has caught my eye with several projects that elegantly demonstrate the transition of architectural lighting systems from discrete, inanimate objects to interactive embedded luminous systems. Dezeen recently covered an installation titled Naturoscopie II … Continue reading noe duchaufour-lawrence
Another great project showcased on DesignBoom: Situated in Taicang, China, is a 300,000 sqm digital installation by Shanghai-based firm Super Nature Design. The ‘Nike China Logistic Center’ consists of environmentally friendly, low-energy sculptures showcasing its operational efficiency and infrastructure systems. Separate … Continue reading nike china logistics center
I love this exterior lighting feature in a project from Howeler + Yoon Architecture as described in DesignBoom, the “sky courts exhibition hall” in Chengdu, China. It looks like there is a ring of light surrounding each window, adding a … Continue reading howeler + yoon architecture – sky courts
From 24° Studio, the same New York architects that created the beautiful “Hope Tree” installation I posted a couple years ago, another gorgeous temporary installation using paper modules with internal lighting called “Daphne“. This is a terrific example of what architectural lighting should … Continue reading 24° studio – daphne
In a random search for images of pixel mapping, I found this awesome video on Vimeo by Simon Allen, showing his experiments with pixel mapping to moving-head fixtures on a sexy looking rig. The design looks awesome….nice video! Reminds me of … Continue reading simon allen – pixel mapping
A fantastic student installation from last year at Harvard’s GSD. I’ll let the blog post do the talking: Projection One is an interactive art installation that was recently unveiled at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Conceived and built by Andrew Payne and … Continue reading projection one
My “first love” in lighting and the reason I’m in architecture and lighting design is Disney’s Parks and Resorts. Disney’s environments derive techniques from both theater and the movie industry, using a combination of rich details, scenic compositions, and spatial … Continue reading disney california adventure lighting updates
For a project concept I’m working on, I pulled a bunch of random images of Peter Zumthor’s work. Too many sites to credit, but I left the original file names in place for searching, if you want. Enjoy. Continue reading peter zumthor
The Black Pearl is an office building/research lab in Taipai, Taiwan, designed by Shin Takamatsu Architects. According to the Solutia World of Color Awards blog: Cross-shaped LED lights mounted at the intersection of each window sash create the effect of … Continue reading black pearl
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