https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2201 en-us Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14865 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14865-charles-library-at-temple-university Charles-Library-01-B.jpg Black granite cladding is a dramatic foil for the building’s lighting scheme. In-grade uplights wash the cedar vault of the main entrance. Photo © John Muggenborg At the heart of the Minnesota mall, pedestrians might gather, find respite, or take a selfie underneath the LEDs.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14200 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14200-nicollet-mall-in-minneapolis The design team created welcoming public spaces: a reading “room” (shown) with floor-lamp-style fixtures, and a two-block-long mirror-topped trellis outlined with light. Photo © John Muggenborg The design team created welcoming public spaces: a reading “room” with floor-lamp-style fixtures, and a two-block-long mirror-topped trellis (shown) outlined with light. Photo © John Muggenborg Street poles feature color-changing beacons, small floodlights, and sculptural lanterns. Photo © John Muggenborg Photo © John Muggenborg goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A lighting designer and her team devised a dynamic scheme to engage the employees and foster their creativity and well-being.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12886 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12886-rga-office-new-york-by-foster-partners-and-tillotson-design-associates Photo © John Muggenborg Photo © John Muggenborg Photo © John Muggenborg Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) The renowned piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons recently moved its flagship, Steinway Hall, from the Beaux- Arts New York City landmark it called home for 90 years to a modern Midtown skyscraper. The upshot is a project that will illuminate its brand for 21st-century clientele.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11658 Sun, 01 May 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11658-steinway-hall An expansive, backlit ceiling, bisected by elegant track lighting, is softened by a custom teak grid modeled on a piano’s curve. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects An expansive, backlit ceiling, bisected by elegant track lighting, is softened by a custom teak grid modeled on a piano’s curve. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects A specially commisioned light installation by Spencer Finch hangs above the central stair. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects The Concert & Artists Selection Room has an eye-popping yellow floor and disc-shaped luminaires suspended from an exposed black ceiling. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects Acoustic requirements determined the specification and placement of the lighting in the teak-lined recital room. Photo © Christopher Payne/Esto, courtesy Selldorf Architects Studio V Architecture partnered with lighting designer Suzan Tillotson to create a new face for the Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway. “Good taste” and “casino design” may seem to be an unlikely pairing.

]]> 1408-empire-city-casino-studio-v-architecture-tillotson-design-associates.asp Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7699-empire-city-casino-at-yonkers-raceway Empire City Casino To veil both facade and porte-cochère in light, the lighting designers covered the structures with a translucent frit. Metal halide downlights hover above the casino curtain wall on delicate curved poles, while custom RGB LEDs illuminate the canopy’s surface.   Photo © Paul Warchol Empire City Casino Tillotson worked with the LED manufacturer to devise a lighting system that would dynamically mimic a sunset, changing hues over the course of the evening: gradually, these colors spread across the 200-foot-long porte-cochère. Underneath its surface, dimmable high-color-rendering white LEDs light up the vehicles driving beneath it.   Photo © Paul Warchol Empire City Casino Tillotson worked with the LED manufacturer to devise a lighting system that would dynamically mimic a sunset, changing hues over the course of the evening: gradually, these colors spread across the 200-foot-long porte-cochère. Underneath its surface, dimmable high-color-rendering white LEDs light up the vehicles driving beneath it.   Photo © Paul Warchol