Throughout his long career, artist James Turrell has explored light both as a medium and as a metaphor for personal introspection.
From June through September of this year, Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa., was transformed into a magical lightscape due to the creative imaginings of artist Bruce Munro, who is known for his inventive explorations of light.
The Städel in Frankfurt is one of Germany's most important museums.
The Tenley-Friendship Library, part of the DC Public Library system, was designed inside-out by way of a collaborative process. The Freelon Group and Horton Lees Brogdon Lighting Design worked together to develop architectural, electric lighting, and daylighting systems with an eye toward creating...
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Built in 1942 on the campus of Eliel Saarinen's Cranbrook Academy of Art, the Cranbrook Art Museum houses a permanent collection and plays host to traveling exhibitions.
Faced with the challenge of housing their newly acquired Black Star Collection of nearly 300,000 images from noted 20th century photographers, Ryerson University converted a former brewery building into the new Ryerson Image Centre.
When Jeff Gerwing, principal in the Detroit office of SmithGroupJJR, walked into the Cranbrook Art Museum in 2008, he had one question: "Why aren't the lights on?"
The 16 acres in lower Manhattan known as ground zero is arguably the most emotionally charged site of our time. It is the location of the Sept. 11, 2001, and Feb. 26, 1993, terrorist attacks, where 2,983 people lost their lives. Creating an appropriate commemoration that recognizes all the victims...
A world-class performance venue makes Kansas City a cultural destination.
An ingenious (and economical) combo of glass and light transforms Austin, Texas's AMOA-Arthouse at the Jones Center.
A look at the continuing advancements in solid-state lighting for illuminating artworks in museum settings.
Transparency and luminosity underscore this new two-story library in Washington, D.C.'s southwest neighborhood of Anacostia.
One of three structures designed by Philip Johnson for the 1964 World's Fair held in Queens, New York, the open-air Theaterama has become the main civic theater for the borough.
Located in the Dallas Arts District, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is one of two performance venues at the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art deploys its own lighting designer to make the most of its collections.
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The new Art of the Americas wing at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts transforms the institution for the next century.
Additions to two of Israel's leading art museums open up to the vibrant daylight of the Mediterranean.
Are LEDs ready for the illumination of art objects?
Dr. Harvey Cushing's groundbreaking collection of brain specimens is sensitively displayed in a new permanent exhibit at the Yale School of Medicine.