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…
The Lighting Practice is thrilled to announce Associate Emad Hasan has been named to the 2017 40under40, an international program that identifies the most talented and promising individuals working in the lighting design industry. Lighting magazine’s 40under40 awards program, in association with global lighting brand OSRAM, was founded in 2016 to celebrate 40 years of the Lighting…
Baltimore’s newest whiskey distillery is officially open for public tours and rye whiskey tastings. Sagamore Spirit received an overwhelming response by guests its opening weekend, reporting on Twitter that tours quickly sold out. As Maryland works to bring its strong distilling heritage back to the state, Sagamore Spirit’s design team aimed to enhance this revitalization…
Major improvements are officially underway for Philadelphia’s Independence Visitor Center, a main destination for tourists exploring the city’s historic section. Excavation work for Phase 1 of construction has begun, which will include a gift shop expansion and an addition to the building’s southeast portion. Construction phases to follow will add new ticketing and information desks,…