Cutting edge architects and architectural projects.
Via Design Bureau and Designboom, the Shanghai Museum of Glass has a gorgeous glass facade with glass-related words slowly glowing brightly and receding in a dark background. According to Designboom: “a solid black mass heads a bleak existing structure, marking … Continue reading shanghai museum of glass
Check out the gorgeous Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena, Italy, designed by Shiro Studio. via This Is Paper. Sensuous curves; the simultaneous use of bold color and restraint; and exquisite use of daylight. Bella! Further proof that someday, I need … Continue reading enzo ferrari museum
Nice adaptive reuse project in Madrid, a film library and theater. Via Inhabitat, via Knstrct. I think this project might win the First Unofficial Lucept Award, in the category of “Best Use of Rope Light, EVER”! I’m highly suspicious that … Continue reading matadero theater
Lalvani Studio explores morphogenomics as used in sculputure and architecture. Check out Haresh Lalvani’s TEDx Talk. The pieces in the pictures here are made in collaboration with the metal shop Milgo Bufkin. Continue reading lighting inspiration: lalvani studio
No wonder James Bond likes Aston Martin cars: It must be the lighting when you pick up the car. Wired has a great post about how Aston Martin builds their $1.7m One-77 supercar in a laboratory-clean facility. But the part I … Continue reading aston martin’s OLED room
Department stores’ holiday windows are often amazing little worlds in and of themselves, filled with color, sparkle, animation and humor. I was particularly caught by some of the windows at the French department store Printemps, designed by Karl Lagerfeld. via … Continue reading lighting inspiration: printemps department store windows by karl lagerfeld
Windscreen was a temporary installation at MIT by Howeler+Yoon Architects from Boston. Straight from their site: “Windscreen creates an exterior screeen composed of an array of small-scale, vertical axis wind turbines. The spinning of these turbines self-powers their integral lighting, providing … Continue reading windscreen
I love this street-front entrance to the below-grade Sephora store at the Rue de Rivoli in Paris. The pendants are made out of translucent red plastic with a frosted texture. Coupled with the cool white luminous walls, it totally looks … Continue reading sephora’s laser blasters
At the Quai Branly Museum in Paris (itself in a very cool building by Jean Nouvel), I saw this awesome luminous wall in the temporary Maori exhibit. It is a simple design, a stick-framed box faced with 1/4″ MDF panels that were … Continue reading quai branly museum — maori exhibition lighting wall
I’m certainly not trying to be on a paper lantern kick on purpose, but I found this image from the Wall Street Journal. This shrine for war victims in Japan is a beautifully unique take on “luminous walls”. Another great … Continue reading paper lanterns at Japan’s Mitama festival
I love the ceiling system of this airport departure lounge from Space International architects. Not much technical info, but they say: “This space consumes around 50% of the energy that other similar spaces commonly consume, by means of openings in … Continue reading airport departure lounge, mexico city
Inhabitat posted a beautiful art installation called “Hope Tree.” The installation used punched paper panels arranged in a toroidal shape, backlit with LED string lights, all mounted within a 20′ cargo container. Continue reading backlit paper installation in cargo container
The NY Times has a piece on the resurgance in popularity over the past decade of Ye Olde Filament Bulb. I especially love that the conclusion of the article is to use candles! I often remind people that LED hotshot … Continue reading ny times: vintage light bulbs are hot
Electroland is a Los Angeles firm that focuses on interactive lighting installations for public spaces.
Ooohhh….aaaahhh….Italians have such style. While we Americans get to shop under acres of the cheapest 2×4 acoustic ceiling tiles that our department stores can procure from the lowest bidder, the department store La Rinascente in Milan is a showpiece of design.
ArchDaily has a great piece on the new top floor snack shop/restaurant, equipped with gorgeous translucent panels backlit either naturally by skylights above or fluorescent lighting at night.
Howeler Yoon Architecture of Boston has produced several concepts and installations that explore very unique and innovative applications for lighting. Continue reading “howeler yoon architecture”
Jonas Samson is a Dutch industrial designer who teased the blogosphere with a very cool illuminated surface concept. Unfortunately, beyond the images, there is no technical info floating around the web. I’m betting that he used either electroluminescent or light … Continue reading light emitting wallpaper concept by jonas samson
Jason Bruges Studio out of London specializes in interactive lighting installations. The work is delightfully esoteric, plus their site has plenty of unique eye candy.
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