The Lighting Practice is proud to announce that Ryan Conover and Rochelle Spahn have been promoted to Project Manager. Ryan Conover, Associate IALD Ryan joined TLP as a lighting designer in 2011. He graduated from Philadelphia University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. Ryan decide to pursue a career in lighting design after some exposure…
The recent restorations at Duke Farms in Hillsborough, received recognition for their adaptation of the historic estate from the 25th annual New Jersey Historic Preservation Awards on May 14, 2015. The month of May celebrates the National Preservation Month. The Lighting Practice was excited to be part of the design team led by VITETTA that…
The Lighting Practice is thrilled to announce the recent promotion of Emad Hasan and Jonathan Hoyle to Associate. Both Emad and Jon have shown their commitment and dedication to lighting design, their clients and our team. Emad Hasan, Associate IALD, LEED BD + C – Associate Emad began his career with The Lighting Practice as…
This year The Lighting Practice submitted three (3) projects to our local IES Philadelphia Section’s awards program, The Philament Awards and to the Illuminating Engineering Society’s international awards program, The Illumination Awards. Both The Philaments and the Illumination Awards recognize projects that exemplify strong lighting design, but also the professionalism, ingenuity and originally of the…
The Lighting Practice is excited to share that Jered Widmer, MIES, IALD, Associate Principal, was recognized for his dedication to lighting design and furthering the mission of the IES Philadelphia Section during The Philament Awards on June 4, 2015, with The Ralph Enghouser Award! Jered has been an involved member of the IES for the…
A key element of The Lighting Practice’s success is our ability to find and recruit talented team members with a variety of experience and expertise. We are pleased to introduce the newest team members, Caitlin Bucari and Carly Stern. Caitlin M. Bucari, Lighting Designer Caitlin joined The Lighting Practice in 2015. With a background in…
“On June 5th, 2013 a building demolition in Center City collapsed a party wall, destroying a Salvation Army Thrift Store and killing six innocent people.” This preventable tragedy will be perpetually memorialized through the creation of a memorial park on the grounds of the former Salvation Army Thrift Store site at 22nd & Market Streets.…
As George Washington University’s scientific disciplines and technology was expanding and evolving, they were in need of a new state of the art facility. The Lighting Practice was part of the design team, led by Ballinger, tasked with designing the 500,000-square-foot, 14-story complex that is the Science and Engineering Hall. The facility nearly doubles the…
When the word custom comes up in a design, it does not go unnoticed. Describing a solution as ‘custom’ immediately gains attention due to the extra cost and time it implies, because it isn’t an ‘off the shelf’ product that is readily available. That assumption that it will require more effort, is true and sometimes…
The Downtown Market is a mixed-use facility located in Grand Rapids, MI. The market incorporates all aspects of local food production, from growth in the large greenhouses on the second floor to distribution in the “open air” market, and education about local produce in public test kitchens. With sustainability in mind, the market includes a…