Architectural Lighting: One-on-One

One-on-One with Ron Naus

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:12:15 EST

One-on-one interview with Ron Naus, president of B-K Lighting and Teka Illumination.

One-on-One with Glenn Heinmiller

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:32:19 EST

One-on-One Interview with Glenn Heinmiller, principal at Lam Partners.

One-on-One with Eric Lind

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:34:12 EST

One-on-One Interview with Eric Lind of Lutron Electronics.

Amer Maleh

Mon, 7 Jan 2013 01:15:40 EST

A Q&A with lighting designer Amer Maleh.

Mariana Figueiro

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:10:57 EST

Had it not been for a design research seminar while a graduate student at the Lighting Research Center (LRC), part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., Mariana Figueiro might never have pursued a career in lighting education and research.

Ann Reo

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:15:57 EST

Ann Reo never imagined that her architecture education would lead her to luminaire design and to the launch of her own business, but it did.

Barbara Horton

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:16:01 EST

Ask Barbara Horton how she became an architectural lighting designer, and she'll tell you that it was completely by accident.

Leni Schwendinger

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:16:09 EST

Lighting has long been a natural outlet for Leni Schwendinger and her creative interests in storytelling and placemaking. While still in high school in Berkeley, Calif., she began by studying theater and lighting stagecraft, and then in 1972, she went on to study cinema at the London Film School.

Robert Davis

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:37:57 EST

While working in lighting for close to 30 years—first in industry, then in academia, and now back in industry—teaching has always been the constant in Bob Davis's approach to architectural lighting.

Randy Burkett

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:27:52 EST

One of lighting's most respected practitioners and spokesmen (he served as IALD president from 1996–1997, and is currently chair of the IALD Metrics of Quality Committee), Burkett has earned the admiration of his colleagues and clients by letting his work speak for itself. His firm's St. Louis location hasn't been an obstacle to establishing and growing a practice that has a global portfolio—from the U.S. to Mexico and China.

Zia Eftekhar

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:56:59 EST

Zia Eftekhar is part of a rare lighting breed of industry professionals who have the hindsight of 40-plus years of experience.

Chip Israel

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:38:44 EST

"Energy codes are like illumination levels—they're a principle, but that's not where you should start design."

Jonathan Speirs

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:36:04 EST

It would take an entire book, and then some, to describe the achievements of architect and lighting designer Jonathan Speirs, which of late include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, the association's highest honor, and an honorary membership from the IALD. Speirs began practicing lighting design in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, when there were only a few such consultancies.

Jan Lennox Moyer

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:19:54 EST

Naomi Miller

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:21:21 EST

George Sexton

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:40:05 EST

Unlike the artworks he illuminates, George Sexton prefers not to be in the spotlight. Rather, he prefers to let his work speak for itself.

Michael Siminovitch

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:50:02 EST

Michael Siminovitch describes his education and career as an “evolutionary process.” With degrees in industrial design, architecture, and human factors engineering, most of his focus for the better part of the past two decades has been on lighting and energy efficiency.

Christopher Ruud

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:51:00 EST

Since 1982, Ruud Lighting has been recognized for its integrity and quality products, so it's no surprise that in the early 2000s, Alan Ruud identified solid-state lighting (SSL) as an emerging technology to be reckoned with.

Francesca Bettridge

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:51:07 EST

Serendipity has played a great role in Francesca Bettridge's career. When Bettridge was a graduate student at the Open Atelier of Design in New York City, legendary lighting designer Carroll Cline sat in on her end-of-year review. Impressed with her work, Carroll asked her to join his firm.

Peter Jacobson

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:39:41 EST