The Sagamore Spirit Distillery in Baltimore, MD was recently featured in LD+A Magazine. The Lighting Practice’s Ryan Conover, Project Manager, discussed the project’s goals and lighting design inspiration for Sagamore Spirit Distillery. “Our goal, determined through discussions with Ayers Saint Gross, was to create a unique destination that evokes the warmth of whiskey,” explains Ryan,…
The Lighting Practice is thrilled to announce that Target Portland Powell received the Gold Award and was named Store of the Year during the 2019 Shop! Design Awards. Target transformed a former southeast Portland, OR bowling alley into their newest small format store. Target and the design team embraced the building’s original purpose in the fit-out…
The visual system is an incredible thing. Between the eye and the brain, there are a multitude of factors that affect how we see the world; that is, how we see light. Many of these factors are just now being discovered and understood. Equally incredible is the fact that we all see light in a…
The Empire State Building has unveiled a new 10,000-SF museum that takes guests on a journey from the building’s construction to its iconic presence known today. The Lighting Practice worked closely with Empire State Realty Trust, JLL, THINC, Corgan, Syska Hennessy Group, Skanska Building, Fred Geller Electric, Kubik Maltbie, Intersection, Diversified, and the rest of…
The Empire State Building (ESB) announced the second phase of its top-to-bottom reimagined Observatory Experience. Open to the public on July 29, 2019, the $165 million project presents the only museum in New York City that is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Located on the second floor of the…
The Lighting Practice is thrilled to announce that the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) has accepted Emad Hasan, Associate Principal, as a Professional Member. IALD professional membership is limited to individuals who have a minimum of five years’ experience as a senior-level architectural lighting designer or above in an independent consulting practice. Professional member…
Circadian lighting. Human-centric lighting. These are two terms that have come to the forefront of inter-industry discussion over the past 16 years. They are two very different terms that mean two completely different things. Yet, they are often interchanged as a result of confusion over their definition. What are they? What do they mean? What…
The Lighting Practice is delighted to announce that Preservation Pennsylvania honored the Civic Theatre of Allentown at the 2019 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards. The theater won a Special Focus Award in the category of Construction Project Awards – Rehabilitation. Established as the “Civic Little Theatre,” the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is a nearly-century-old landmark in Lehigh…
Experience The Spring Garden Connector The Spring Garden Connector is a pedestrian and vehicular underpass that links an up-and-coming Philadelphia neighborhood with the Delaware River waterfront, an emerging entertainment district. At night, the existing roadway lighting provides adequate illumination for the roadway but an unappealing environment for pedestrians. The new lighting is designed to add…
Michael Barber, Assoc. IALD, LEED AP BD+C, dives into the pros and cons of circadian, smart, and human-centric lighting during the National Lighting Bureau’s (NLB) Annual Lighting Forum cosponsored by the EdisonReport and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). Randy Reid, EdisonReport Editor and Publisher, moderates a panel discussion between three leaders in the lighting…