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.
This former biplane hangar is being given a second chance to become airborne in its new incarnation as the House of Air. The 21,440-square-foot trampoline facility is located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on the historic Crissy Field landing strip.
The University of Chicago's historic north campus is separated from its new south campus by the Midway, a green expanse that dates back to the 1893 World's Columbian Expedition. While pleasant parkland during the day, at night the area presented the perfect environment for illicit activity.
Office for Visual Interaction creates an exterior lighting scheme for a Chicago architectural landmark.
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Once an elevated freight railroad that ferried goods and materials to and from Manhattan's west side factories, now a public park featuring sun decks, ponds, and native plantings, the High Line is not your typical piece of infrastructure.
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Ben van Berkel of UNStudio didn't have to look far for inspiration when the city of Chicago commissioned his firm to design one of two pavilions (Zaha Hadid Architects has designed the other one) in honor of the 100-year anniversary of Daniel Burnham's famous Chicago plan: It was all right there...
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The most striking exterior element of the Burlington Danes Imaging Centre in London is a stainless steel mesh screen along the front façade, which is illuminated from both the foreground and background.
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outstanding achievement | exterior lighting
The lighting schemes for three commemorative structures in the Washington, D.C., area
SmithGroup's YMCA design energizes downtown Detroit.
Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park brings art to the public realm in a dynamic integration of landscape, architecture, and urban design.
On a fairly non-descript street in Washington D.C.'s downtown business district sits a not so undescript public artwork. Commissioned by the building developer as part of an overall refurbishment for the 1970's office building he purchased, Low-Rez/Hi-Fi, as the piece is called, adds vibrancy to...
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The utterly bearable lightness of being in New York this spring is evident in several new structures, and one classic now topping the charts. This is a great time to walk the sidewalks of Manhattan, from Columbus Circle to the Battery, from Harlem to City Hall Park.
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often referred to as the 'second city,' chicago is anything but, especially when you consider its latest urban feat, Millennium Park, which opened one year ago. Home to a series of signature art and architecture pieces that include the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion and artist Anish...