Architectural Lighting: Outdoor

Light and Lightness

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:18:33 EST

Throughout his long career, artist James Turrell has explored light both as a medium and as a metaphor for personal introspection.

Daydreaming in Light

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:14:02 EST

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.

Best Lighting Design on A Budget: House of Air

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:47:58 EST

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.

Special Citation for Light as an Urban Connector: Midway Crossings, The University of Chicago

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:17:16 EST

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.

Night Light

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:55:43 EST

Office for Visual Interaction creates an exterior lighting scheme for a Chicago architectural landmark.

Magic Garden

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:09:00 EST

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.

Unstudio Burnham Pavilion, Chicago

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:11:25 EST

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 before him in brown ink on sepia-toned paper.

Burlington Danes Imaging Centre

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:11:53 EST

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.

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:55:57 EST

outstanding achievement | exterior lighting

Illuminating History

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:10:50 EST

The lighting schemes for three commemorative structures in the Washington, D.C., area

A Healthy Glow

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:36:58 EST

SmithGroup's YMCA design energizes downtown Detroit.

Shore Thing

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:39:34 EST

Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park brings art to the public realm in a dynamic integration of landscape, architecture, and urban design.

Urban Instrument

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:09:02 EST

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 the streetscape and turns a rather mundane building into something distinctive.

A New York State of Mind

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:12:06 EST

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.

Crown Fountain, Chicago

Wed, 3 Oct 2012 01:55:25 EST

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 Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture, the park is a civic engagement on many levels. This is certainly true of Crown Fountain, from the actual physical experience of the place-two 50-foot-high glass block towers and a 276-foot-long black granite plaza with a shallow water pool-to the recording of 1,000 'faces,' images of Chicago's own citizenry displayed on an LED media screen located behind the glass of each tower's interior elevation.