After undergoing a 15-month renovation, the University of Pennsylvania’s landmarked Hill College House has reopened for the 2017-18 academic year. Designed by renowned Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and built in 1960, the six-story, 200,000 SF masonry building will once again be a residence for more than 500 students. In collaboration with Mills + Schnoering Architects…
The Lighting Practice is proud to announce that Lillian Knoerzer has been promoted to Project Manager. Lily joined The Lighting Practice in 2013. Her project work includes corporate interiors, private residences, retail, healthcare environments, government facilities, and landscape lighting. Lily brings a fresh and unexpected perspective to her projects encouraging our team and design partners…
One of the many things I love about The Lighting Practice is our culture and my coworkers’ sense of humor and interest in all things science! Today at 1:45 PM our team packed up our hoagies, homemade cookies (thank you Pomme), random assortment of blankets, and special eye protection (thank you Jered) and made…
The Lighting Practice received two awards during The Philaments Awards Dinner held on June 22, 2017. The Illumination Engineering Society’s (IES) Philadelphia section recognized both the Milton & Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center and The Logan Philadelphia with the highest level of local recognition. TLP worked with MGA partners to design the Maltz Performing Arts…
Shoppers, imagine navigating the grocery store with a list that takes you through the aisles in the most expeditious way possible while simultaneously notifying you of nearby sales. In addition to getting real-time wayfinding and savings tips, imagine finding the exact product you want with no effort. Store managers, imagine instantly tracing and quantifying products…
The Lighting Practice is proud to announce that Illuminating Engineering Society has presented Associate Rochelle Spahn with the 2017 Philadelphia Fellowship Award. This honor recognizes Rochelle’s consistent contributions to support the Philadelphia Section and promote lighting design within the Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) community. We appreciate Rochelle’s commitment to lighting education and are proud to have her…
On June 22, Illumination Engineering Society presented Principal Jered Widmer with the 2017 Section Service Award. Jered received this honor for his dedication to the IES and specifically for his commitment to supporting and promoting the Philadelphia Section through marketing. Jered’s efforts have furthered the reach of the IES Philadelphia chapter by supporting their purpose…
The Lighting Practice is thrilled to announce the University of Pennsylvania’s new Moelis Family Grand Reading Room has received two awards from the International Interior Design Association’s (IIDA) Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware chapter. At this year’s Design Awards ceremony, the Association presented the Moelis Family Grand Reading Room with the 2017 Viewer’s Choice Award and Best in…
At the corner of East 41st Street in New York City, the 203,000 SF tower known as 292 Madison Avenue sits a block away from Grand Central Terminal. Updates to the 1920s building have been in the works since 2016 when the Marciano brothers, who founded the company Guess, sold it to Vanbarton Group. The…
The Atlantic Health System Chambers Center for Well Being was recently featured in an article in LICHT, Germany’s premier lighting magazine. As part of the team responsible for the interior fit-out for the holistic health center, The Lighting Practice’s Michael Barber, Ryan Conover, and Lillian Knoerzer designed a lighting system that reinforces an environment of healing…