This week’s Event Horizon October 28 - November 1 looks at the DALI North America Summit, next week's Under One Sky event, and into the new year for the Lumen Awards. Learn more below.  DALI North America Summit 2024 Join the DALI North America Summit 2024 on October...

In 2020, the General Services Administration (GSA) began transforming Building 48 on the Denver Federal Center campus in Lakewood, Colorado, into a modern office facility for the Department of the Interior’s Interior Business Center. The building was originally...

Discover the highlights from the 2024 IALD Enlighten Americas Awards in this exciting video collage! This video captures unforgettable moments with guests and award winners from the prestigious lighting design event. I also had the privilege of interviewing several of...

Award-Winning Lighting Design for Gallo Azul: An Interview with Gustavo Avilés At the IALD Enlighten Americas Conference, I spoke with Gustavo Avilés of LIGHTEAM,Gustavo Avilés. He earned the Award of Excellence for his work on the Gallo Azul lighting design in Mexico...

At the IALD Enlighten Americas Conference near San Diego, I spoke with Anita Jorgensen, of Anita Jorgensen Lighting Design who received an Award of Merit for her lighting design at Touro University. Her unique approach shines in the heart of Times Square, one of the...

Celebrating Excellence in Lighting Design: Claudio Ramos and Victor Palacio Honored as IALD Fellows At the recent IALD Enlighten Americas Conference, the lighting design community celebrated two influential figures: Claudio Ramos, FIALD, CLD and Victor Palacio, FIALD,...

The DALI Alliance invites industry professionals to attend the first-ever DALI North America Summit on 30 October, hosted at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. This inaugural event promises a robust agenda, exploring critical themes in lighting technology,...

Illuminating Resilience: Expo Light’s Award-Winning Cross of Heroes Design At the IALD Enlighten Americas conference last week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mykola Kabluka from Ukraine's Expolight. Mykola and his team earned an Award of Merit for their...

In the February 2023 issue of designing lighting (dl), I reported on a lighting controls system disaster at the Minnechaug Regional High School, a state-of-the-art energy-efficient building that, due to the failure of a 2014-era custom lighting control system,...

At the IALD Enlighten Americas conference near San Diego, I had the chance to sit down with Giulio Pedota, IALD, LC, LEED AP of Schuler Shook, as his O'Hare Terminal T5 Design receives an Award of Merit. The project stands as a testament to the integration of...

Lighting the Casals Forum: A Dynamic Approach by Andreas Schulz At the IALD Enlighten Americas conference near San Diego, I had the chance to interview Andreas Schulz of Licht Kunst Licht, AG in Germany. Andreas received an Award of Merit for his innovative work on...

Illuminating the Basilica: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Lighting Design for St. Louis Cathedral At the IALD Enlighten Americas conference, held at the Rancho Bernardo Inn near San Diego, I spoke with Randy Burkett, FIALD, FIES, LC, of Reed Burkett Lighting Design. Burkett was...

It’s immediately clear, when talking to Brandon Thrasher about his career, that lighting has always been a passion – even in childhood, growing up in Kansas City, Missouri. “There was something I always observed about lighting…the pivotal moment was in high school – I...

WASHINGTON – October 23, 2024 – Despite improving conditions in the broader economy, September marked the twentieth consecutive month of declining billings for architecture firms, according to the latest data from the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI). The...

Brentwood, TN – designing lighting (dl) announces the inaugural Light Justice NOW Awards, a groundbreaking initiative to recognize projects and industry initiatives delivering positive change to underserved and marginalized communities. The Awards celebrates...

New York, NY — The New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) proudly announces the call for entries for the 2025 Lumen Awards. The Lumen Awards recognize excellence, professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in architectural lighting...

WASHINGTON – October 22, 2024 – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has opened the call for submissions for 12 project-based award programs. The following 12 awards are open for submissions: AIA/ALA Library Building Award Architecture Award Healthcare Design...

Interview with Keith Bradshaw at IALD Enlighten Americas: Lighting the SKP Chengdu Project At the IALD Enlighten Americas conference, Randy Reid, editor of designing lighting (dl) magazine, interviewed Keith Bradshaw from Spears Major Architecrual Lighting as he...

Celebrate the next installment of the lighting design industry's longest-running awards program, recognizing the year's finest projects by design firms worldwide! Discover the architectural lighting design entries that received the highest commendation from a panel of...