Wireless streetlight systems offer benefits not only to utilities and cities, but to the citizens who use the roads every day Municipal smart street lighting is revolutionizing the way public lighting systems are controlled and managed by a Central Management System (CMS). This approach wirelessly connects streetlights, enabling municipalities and utilities to save money, reduce…

The Grand Magic Hotel at Disneyland Paris reimagines what it means to “be transported.” To immerse guests in imaginary worlds, Moment Factory fused lighting, soundscapes, technology and digital content in the hotel’s lobby and grand hall. Media columns—which evolve throughout the day and over the course of seasons—provide illusory visuals inspired by glamorous hotels and…

More than 10 years in the making, the First Americans Museum celebrates the culture of Oklahoma’s Native ancestors “It took over a decade to make it real, but it was worth the wait,” says Chip Israel, co-CEO and founder of Lighting Design Alliance (LDA), about the First Americans Museum (FAM) in Oklahoma City. Located on…

The pandemic has completely revolutionized the way we think about offices, remote working and employees’ workplace needs. While many employees have enjoyed the benefits of working from home for the past two years, more are being asked to return to work. With bringing employees back to the office, many strategies to improve air quality and…

Back to nature and back to opulence are the twin selling points at the Emser Thermenhotel in the German town of Bad Ems. The team of 4a Architekten and lighting designer Licht Kunst Licht combined on the four-star hotel, which offers 84 double rooms and carries over design elements from an adjacent spa. The nocturnal…

In San Francisco, a Romanesque church welcomes a new congregation Even in a city like San Francisco, where creativity defines the culture and unexpected forms of art can be found around every corner, the Saint Joseph’s Arts Society stands out. Set in a renovated Romanesque revival church, the new 22,000-sq ft arts hub—which is part…

Can an expensive light fixture save your project money and keep your design intact? Definitely! The key is to trim the cost of labor on the job site, which has skyrocketed over the past decades. That is why progressive contractors are prefabricating wiring and assembling fixtures and controls off site in order to be cost…

I don’t like Daylight Saving Time. There, I said it. I spent the past winter in Southwest Florida. For the first two months, this literally meant “rise and shine,” as the a.m. sunlight would coincide with waking time and the beginning of the work day. Even better, with a dining room that faces west and…

Luminaires are in constant motion at the National Museum in Oslo The definition of “flexible lighting” is typically pretty flexible. Track-mounted fixtures that can be re-aimed, tunable CCT and “future-proof” luminaires that can easily be switched out all fall into the flexible lighting bucket. Now, the design team for The National Museum in Oslo has…

Media immersion, flexible controls and more make waves in museums As a former museum employee who witnessed the start of the pandemic from behind the front desk of a major institution in Manhattan, this LD+A editor wanted to know more about the role of lighting in the chic world of installations on display. Specifically, how…

Specialty-food store Grace in the Kitchen takes its lighting as seriously as its cheese. Resting in the suburb of Kanata in Ontario, Canada, the warehouse-turned-shop is a sophisticated spot to find high-quality meats, cheeses, chocolates, bakeware, knives and all manner of kitchen gadgets for the at-home chef. Ottawa-based Parallel 45 Design Group Ltd. was hired to set…

Stretching our Limits How much square footage do we need to tell a story? By Brienne Musselman A full cycle of educational events has now finished, since we’ve been able to get back to the instinct of gathering. LightFair, IES Annual Conference, IES Street and Area Lighting Conference, IALD Enlighten Americas and LEDucation in the…

Mexican municipality Solidaridad will benefit from a smart streetlighting solution by Signify’s Telensa deployed across an initial 4,000 streetlights—affecting 350,000 residents—in Playa del Carman. Telensa was awarded contract by Traffic Light, the municipality’s urban planning consultancy and contractor, to deliver energy and operational efficiencies to the city, create savings and improve the environmental well-being of…

Landscape Forms, manufacturer of LED lighting, furniture, accessories and more, has become a gold-level sponsor of volunteer-run organization Women in Lighting + Design (WILD). “Landscape Forms seeks to advance and advocate for the involvement of many people and perspectives. Our student sponsorships, such as the Landscape Architect Foundation Ignite college scholarships for Black, Indigenous, and…

Our built environment plays a crucial role in determining the quality of energy we consume. As the nation invests in grid modernization and resiliency, there is a growing emphasis on electrification, renewable energy integration, and carbon reduction. With this, Direct Current (DC) power is key to easily connecting our buildings to renewable resources and energy…