Architectural Lighting: Office

Focus Lighting Office

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:37:13 EST

Lighting Design Alliance Office

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:38:30 EST

Leading by Example

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:37:35 EST

Lighting designers and architects are often so busy working on projects for their clients that they don't devote time to designing their own offices.

1999 K St. NW

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:43:20 EST

Located in Washington, D.C.'s business corridor along K Street Northwest, a 12-story structure designed by architect Helmut Jahn sits luminous and sophisticated.

Busy Bees

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:10:21 EST

Made famous by the film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, Notting Hill, an area in West London is affluent, fashionable, and known for its Portobello Road Market.

New York Times

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:03:51 EST

When the New York Times chose Renzo Piano Building Workshop's soaring glass and ceramic rod design in a limited competition for its Manhattan headquarters, it was looking to represent the fabled “gray lady” as a cutting-edge 21st century information organization, through both literal and metaphoric transparency.

One Bryant Park

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:03:53 EST

One Bryant Park, located just a block from Times Square on 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue, is scheduled to be the first LEED Platinum–certified skyscraper in the United States. Designed to house the New York offices of Bank of America (BoA), the building aspires to be a landmark, both for its distinctive architectural form and its energy performance.

Hearst Tower

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:03:38 EST

When the Hearst Tower was completed in 2006, it became the first office tower in New York City to be certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council for both its core and shell as well as its interior fit out. In part, it garnered this distinction for its use of daylighting controls, which mitigate the amount of power used for electric lighting.

Light, Plan, Form

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:03:44 EST

Skyscraper. High-rise. Tall building. Office tower. Call it what you want, there is no denying that this building type plays a critical, ongoing role in architecture's lexicon. A uniquely American innovation that defines the skylines of New York, Chicago, and so many other cities, the skyscraper is the ultimate expression of modernity in building and inspires architects and engineers to push technical and aesthetic boundaries.

Glowing Glass

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:02:32 EST

It's not difficult to pinpoint which building along 15th Street Northwest in downtown Washington, D.C., is the Columbia Center. Completed in 2007, its glass curtain wall façade and glowing “lightbox” lobby stand out amid the surrounding drab 1970s precast concrete office buildings—which is exactly what the architect and client wanted.

Precious Metal

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:54:13 EST

The anchor tenant of a light industrial park in Topeka, Kan., Cox Communications (CC) was in need of more space for its growing inventory—a new distribution center to respond to increased sales in the greater Topeka area. This was just the opportunity for CC's landlord, the owner of the office park who had inherited the outdated site from his father, to rewrite its architectural landscape by updating one building at a time.

Stair Power

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:54:24 EST

Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg is best known for turning American sportswear on its ear in the 1970s with her signature wrap dress. A savvy businesswoman and style icon, she is just as notable for hanging out with Andy Warhol (his portrait of her hangs prominently in her office) and as a regular at Studio 54 as she is for running her eponymous company. Given her A-list persona, there is, of course, a certain amount of blurring between her personal life and the DVF brand. Her new 35,000-square-foot headquarters, designed by architects Amale Andraos and Dan Wood, founders of the New York City-based WORK Architecture Company (WORKac), reflects this crossover.

Creative Artists Agency Headquarters

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:22:42 EST

outstanding achievement | interior lighting

Cira Centre, Philadelphia

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:05:27 EST

The Cira Centre sits across the Schuylkill River from Center City in Philadelphia, expanding the downtown skyline. The challenge for New York City–based Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design (CBBLD) was deciding how best to illuminate this “crystalline glass structure that was in no way like a traditional skyscraper,” says senior associate Michael Hennes.

Mazama Capital Management, New York City

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:11:01 EST

Tasked with bringing a sense of the Pacific Northwest to a historic building in midtown Manhattan, architecture and interior design firm Tobin+Parnes Design Enterprises (TPDE) created a functional, contemporary office space on the 37th floor in the landmark Seagram Building for Portland, Oregon-based Mazama Capital Management.

Color Kinetics, Burlington, Massachusetts

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:05:40 EST

No matter how familiar a lighting designer might be with light-emitting diode (LED) technology, it is no easy task to outfit 42,000 square feet of space with LEDs as the main illumination source, particularly when ongoing advancements are a fundamental component of employing this lighting technology.

Designers in Their Workplace

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:10:42 EST

While offices vary from company to company, something the six lighting design firms highlighted in this photo essay have in common is the desire for their design studios to foster communication and encourage collaboration.

Solar Strategies

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:40:49 EST

The first implementation of a daylighting system in a Latin American high-rise office tower puts this Mexico City project on the map.

Project Team Discusses One Bryant Park

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:16:37 EST

The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park was the focus of a panel discussion on the topic of "Collaboration and Green Design" held January 28, 2008, at the Center for Architecture in New York City and sponsored by the AIA New York Chapter. Panelists included architect Rick Cook of Cook+Fox Architects, the project developer, Jody Durst of the Durst Organization, structural engineer Ed Depaola of Severud Associates, MEP engineer Scott Frank of Jaros Baum & Bolles, lighting designer Francesca Bettridge of Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design and interior architect Rocco Giannetti of Gensler.

Office Lighting Quality Paper Available

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:36:33 EST

A summary of "The Perception of Lighting Quality in a Non-Uniformly Lit Office Environment," a research paper published in 1999, is now available to designers and architects on the University of Minnesota's InformeDesign website, a database of design-related research summaries.