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LIT Lighting Design Awards 2021 Will Open Soon
The LIT Design Awards™ was created to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting implementers. We believe that lighting is both an art and a science, and it is one of the most important elements of design. LIT was...

Entries Open for 2021 WAN Awards
This year’s global WAN Awards will acknowledge and celebrate excellent architecture. Now in its 13th year, the awards will recognise the outstanding works of innovative, visionary and imaginative architects worldwide.

Lighting Design Students: How To Be Brilliant
In collaboration with Bega the ILP launches “How To Be Brilliant” once more. For lighting students, interns, apprentices and new entrants to the lighting industry looking to engage with inspiring experts who will talk about lighting in a way formal education doesn’t...

Architectural Billings Continue to Contract in 2021
WASHINGTON – Feb. 24, 2021 – A slight improvement in business conditions has led to fewer architecture firms reporting declining billings, according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA). AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score...

IALD Reschedules Enlighten Americas 2021 to 2023; Originally Planned for October
CHICAGO, IL USA, 24 FEBRUARY 2021 | The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) is rescheduling the Enlighten Americas 2021 conference to 2 to 4 November 2023, in the same scenic mountain destination of Banff, AB Canada. IALD’s decision comes as a...

AIA Selects MASS Design Group to Receive 2021 Collaborative Achievement Award
WASHINGTON – Feb. 24, 2021 - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is recognizing the MASS Design Group with its 2021 Collaborative Achievement Award. The Collaborative Achievement Award recognizes and encourages collaboration among design professionals, clients,...

Comparing the Effects of 9/11 and the Pandemic on the IES
The world of work is ever evolving. Normally, these changes happen so gradually that we don’t realize how dramatically our businesses and organizations have transformed. It is not until we deliberately look back that we recognize the shifts in our organizational...

Lighting London’s Quadrant Arcade
The design brought theatrical lighting into urban context. With the employment of state-of-the-art lighting control system, the balance between traditional static architectural lighting and dynamic theatrical lighting has just enhanced the visual silence of Quadrant...

The Future of Work Might Look Like This
An interesting article featured on Surface Magazine, written by Gabrielle Golenda, talks about the future of the workplace post-pandemic from a design standpoint. Five architectural firms gave their opinions on what the future will look like. These five firms are:...

10 Questions With…Curtis and Jonathan Moody
Moody Nolan has much to celebrate. Black History Month is one. Receiving the 2021 AIA Architecture Firm Award is another. Still another is its diversity. The Black-owned and led firm with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, and 10 more offices nationwide counts 42 percent...

Clearwater Postpones Memorial Causeway Lighting to Prioritize Waterfront Park
CLEARWATER — The goal is to one day illuminate the Memorial Causeway Bridge with colorful lights to create another downtown waterfront attraction. But that endeavor can wait for now, the ...To continue reading, subscribe to The Tampa Bay Times.

Last Chance to Submit to the 2021 IES Illumination Awards
We invite you to submit your lighting design projects to the Illumination Awards via the Illumination Awards webpage. Entries will be accepted today, February 19, 2021 until 11:59PM EST. Award finalists will be announced at the 2021 Illumination Awards Gala during the...

Virtual Showlight 2021 Call for Speakers
Showlight has always centered on its fascinating program of papers, delivered by lighting practitioners from around the world. Determined to uphold the spirit of Showlight despite the global restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Showlight will treat its...

The LIT Design Awards
Last month, the Farmani Group announced their recipients of the 2020 LIT Awards™. Headquartered in Los Angeles with 2 global offices in Budapest and Bangkok, the Farmani Group was founded in 1985 with the goal of discovering and promoting the world’s best photography,...

AIA Lobbies Congress to Secure $300 Billion for Climate Action and Resilient Design
WASHINGTON – Feb. 18, 2021 – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and more than 600 of its architect members are lobbying members of Congress to secure $300 billion to support climate action and resilient design in the built environment. “As Congress considers...

HOLLY HUNT Recommits to Long-Term Leases at Vornado Realty Trust Properties
Strategic Decision Underscores Essential Role of the Brand’s Showrooms in Prestigious Chicago and New York Locations (February 17, 2021 - New York) – Vornado Realty Trust is pleased to announce that HOLLY HUNT, one of the defining voices in modern luxury interiors,...

Registration Open for March LEDucation 2021
Get Ready for LEDucation! 2 DAYS. 10 SESSIONS Earn Continuing Education Credits ONLINE MARKET Opens March 16th. OVER 300 Exhibitors!

All About Software: AGi32, Visual, LightStanza, DIALux and LightARchitect
Mark Lien, IES Industry Relations Manager, recently hosted a panel discussion for four industry editors, including myself. The discussion enlightened my view on different types of media and each of their unique applications. While there are obvious redundancies, we...

Submit Projects Now for the 2021 NLB Tesla Awards™
The submission deadline for the 2021 NLB Tesla Awards is May 3, 2021. BRENTWOOD, TN, February 16, 2021—The NLB Tesla Awards™ program recognizes excellence in new construction or retrofit lighting projects that demonstrate creativity and enhance the value of lighting...

AIA Grants Honorary Membership to Three Individuals
WASHINGTON – Feb. 15, 2021 - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is granting Honorary AIA Membership to three people for their exemplary service to the architecture profession. Honorary AIA Membership is conferred upon individuals who have made notable...