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Lightingdesign

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about lightingdesign

Project • By Studio UNLTDRestaurants

Vaca

Nestled on the ground floor of a residential towner in downtown Los Angeles, the interior of Vaca by Studio UNLTD softens and reshapes the existing space with forms evocative of a subterranean cavern. Tanveer Badal Tanveer Badal Tanveer Badal  Sweeping, gestural curves are accentuated by layered lighting to guide the flow, creating an enveloping experience that offers an escape from the surrounding cityscape.  In keeping with chef Amar Santana's dynamic spirit, every detail of Vaca is designed to connect guests with the conviviality and craft inherent in Spanish cuisine. Tanveer Badal Tanveer Badal Studio UNLTD Studio UNLTD More

Project • By FAABHospitals

WAVE 4 and WAVE 5

Located approximately 400 meters from the Baltic Sea, Waves 4 and 5 complete the ECR medical campus in Sopot, Poland, providing supervised recovery accommodations, rehabilitation facilities, and shared amenities for patients before and after medical procedures. Constructed on a degraded brownfield site, the project extends the healthcare complex while restoring five hectares of land as connected green spaces and therapeutic gardens. Rather than pursuing formal sustainability certification, FAAB Architects integrated environmental performance through passive architectural strategies, material selection, and landscape regeneration. ©FAAB, photographer: Jakub Certowicz The buildings draw inspiration from artist Pierre Carreau&rsquo... More

Project • By Gokhan ErdoganShops

Controlled Tension in Interior Space

Project Type: Hospitality InteriorProgram: RestaurantLocation: GermanyYear: 2026Total Area: (67 m² ekle)Design: Gökhan ErdoğanStudio: ( GesignStudio )Visualization: 3ds Max + Corona RendererMaterial Palette: Natural Wood Panels, Mosaic Tile Flooring, Metal Accents, Upholstered SeatingLighting Concept: Selective Ambient + Focused Task LightingSpatial Strategy: Contrast-Based Composition, Centralized Structural EmphasisStatus: Completed (veya Concept Design) Caption Controlled Tension in Interior Space is conceived as an exploration of contrast, restraint, and atmospheric density within a contemporary hospitality setting. Rather than relying on decorative excess or superficial luxury, the project establishes its identity throu... More

Project • By Workplace CreationsOffices

Forvis Mazars, Old Bailey London

Workplace Creations designed the Forvis Mazars offices in London to seamlessly blend identity and functionality, featuring vibrant spaces that encourage collaboration and connection while maintaining brand consistency throughout the workspace. Thierry Cardineau Thierry Cardineau Thierry Cardineau Forvis Mazars wanted their newly acquired 4th floor at Old Bailey to feel like a seamless extension of their existing workspace while offering its own distinct identity. The brief was to accommodate additional desks while also creating an environment that would give people a reason to choose this floor over others in the building. It needed to strike the right balance, remaining consistent with the rest of the office yet energised b... More

Project • By STUDIO8 ARCHITECTSShowrooms

CAOZITOU x GALLERY 101

CAOZITOU is a furniture brand created by STUDIO8 that combines material innovation with cultural significance. Their design philosophy centers on crafting simple, playful furniture pieces that harmonize with their surroundings while maintaining environmental and cultural responsibility. Congtian Zheng Studio8 proudly presents the debut solo exhibition of Caozitou at Gallery 101 in Shanghai. Centered around the themes of life, growth, and the connection between humans and the material world, the exhibition offers a poetic journey of exploration. It has drawn a wide audience of designers, artists, and cultural enthusiasts, who came together to experience the brand's unique perspective on using furniture as a medium to convey emotions an... More

Project • By Studio De SchutterOffices

Covivio Office Berlin

The German headquarters of the real estate company Covivio, in Berlin was designed and planned in cooperation with interior designers Antonius Schimmelbusch and architects MTTR.  Studio De Schutter Blending aesthetical requirements, acoustic and static limitations, and the need for suitable lighting to collaborate, work and host events was the challenging brief of our client.  Andrew Alberts A considerable part of this workspace has a concrete cassette ceiling with limited possibilities for mounting because of the thinness of the ceiling and the need for acoustics. We tackled these constraints in combination with our clients’ wish for clear, graphical style, by developing custom lighting and mounting solutions.&n... More

Project • By Studio De SchutterTheaters

Harry Potter Theatre

With the theatre productions of “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child” already taking New York, London and Australia by storm, it has now arrived at a theatre near us in Hamburg, Germany!The production house Mehr! Theatre am Grosmarkt and Wizarding World chose Studio De Schutter for the architectural lighting design of the 4000 sqm site that had to be extensively renovated to recreate the magic of Harry Potter.Our design brief was to create a magical lighting setting in line with the atmosphere of the Harry Potter brand while simultaneously avoiding any competition with the many special effects that are already part of the show. We answered this brief by designing a lighting concept with a vintage feel and warm light colour (2200K)... More

Project • By Studio De SchutterOffices

Peak Ace

Innovative lighting design in the spirit of minimalism - for the Peak Ace project in Berlin Kreuzberg, a tailor-made lighting solution was developed to meet a wide range of requirements. The challenges of implementing a lighting solution in existing buildings are varied and demanding. But when minimalism, graphics and functionality are required, a creative dynamic unfolds. Peak Ace focused on precisely these premises when Studio De Schutter designed a unique lighting solution for an up-and-coming client. The lighting design for this office floor focused primarily on a minimalist solution, characterized by clarity and simplicity. The graphic lighting elements are not only functional, but also lend the rooms a design language and connect th... More

Project • By XBD CollectivePrivate Houses

Casa del Sol

Another project by XBD Collective, Casa del Sol, that is located on The Palm Jumeirah, stands as a captivating architectural masterpiece, seamlessly blending innovation and elegance. The brainchild of our architects and interior designers, this 6-bedroom residence coalesces contemporary luxury and eclecticism, precisely curated to redefine opulent living. Charly Simon Photo Architectural Marvel: A Fusion of Styles  For Casa del Sol our team embarked on a transformative journey, evolving an existing villa into a modern tropical haven that complements Palm Jumeirah's iconic architecture. Spanning a vast plot of 14,600 sq. ft, the villa boasts a total built-up area of 9,800 sq. ft, distributed across the ground floor (4,850 sq. ft... More

Project • By FluxwerxOffices

Purpose Office

Purpose Investments is located in downtown Toronto, Canada. The design of the Purpose offices is inspired by the idea of a line of thought.  The concept of line vs. solid and void, is explored throughout the design in various forms.  The lobby lounge is an area carved out between solids that is knitted together with crisscrossing lines.  It functions as the social hub for the workplace,  offering relaxing, regenerating and collaboration space for the teams. The contrast in finishes – smooth vs. rough, dark vs. light and shiny vs. matte – is echoed in the selection of light fixtures that illuminate the space. Scott Norsworthy All of the specified Fluxwerx Aperture luminaries use LED sources with a colou... More

Project • By FluxwerxOffices

Edmunds.com Headquarters

Edmunds.com Santa Monica “EdQuarters”, located just two miles from the beach and 12 miles from LAX, create a work environment unlike anything else in the L.A. area. All of the specified Fluxwerx luminaries use LED sources with a color temperature range of 3000K to 5700K, and with a CRI of 90-plus. Achieving a contrast ratio of less than 2:1 in the open workspaces and conference rooms not only enabled the project to achieve a glare-free design but also created a power density of just 0.72 watts per square foot, successfully surpassing the project’s energy goals. Benny Chan/Fotoworks Benny Chan/Fotoworks "The central overall concept of this project for Edmunds.com’s new HQ is motion. Architectural fluid shap... More

Project • By Studio UNLTDRestaurants

Saizon

Los Angeles-based Studio UNLTD introduces Saizon restaurant, a design project encompassing the interiors, lighting, facade, and patio of a 5,300 square foot interior restaurant with 805 square feet of outdoor dining within a freestanding building as part of a new mixed-use development in Fresno, CA.  In the design for Saizon, Studio UNLTD explores the tension between the opposing qualities of permanence, represented by architectural structure, and fluidity, symbolized by the perpetual ebb and flow of the ocean.  Heavily plastered columns and beams, reminiscent of decaying concrete pier supports add a dramatic gridded framework to the room while board-formed concrete wall tiles provide texture and depth.  Contrasting with the... More

Project • By Studio PonsiHousing

Trasimeno House

The house is located on the slope of a hill facing south and overlooking Lake Trasimeno. With an elongated shape, it has two lateral appendages: to the west the volume turns towards the ground creating a basement floor surmounted by a terrace, to the east it rises in a small tower. Caption All the facades are clad in rough gray stone crossed by horizontal brick strips, in dialogue to the facade of a church located in the hamlet adjacent to the site. The external stairways are in basalt stone and brick. The lighting of the steps is placed inside the custom designed iron balustrades. The entrance to the house is created in a niche on the north-facing wall in correspondence with the garage and driveway. The wall on which the entrance do... More

Project • By ExpolightRestaurants

MAO Restaurant

Mao Yerevan is another exciting project where we combine architectural lighting with unique decorative elements of our glass-blowing brand Optical Metaphor.The customer is one of the most successful restaurateurs of Yerevan, Arsen Hovhannisyan, under whose leadership the best establishments in Armenia were created. He set us an exciting task — to help the institution transform. The idea was that MAO is a restaurant during the day and a bar at night. Expolight Expolight There is a legend around the restaurant that the owner, being a person during the day, turns into a cat by evening. To emphasize this transformation, we have developed unique lighting scenarios. During the day, we used warm accent lighting in the evening - br... More

Project • By FluxwerxUniversities

Wayne State University STEM Innovation Center

Designed by NORR and Fishbeck, the new STEM Innovation Center at Wayne State University transforms what was a dated, seven-storey library into a state of the art, 116,467 sq. ft interdisciplinary teaching and learning hub. The building pushes the boundaries of what classrooms, laboratories, and collaboration spaces look like and function—aiding the university’s public research focus, while preparing students for successful careers in STEM industries. Justin Maconochie Photography As learning spaces evolve from eyes-front classrooms into multifunctional workspaces, their lighting approach must support the various activities these environments demand. Flexibility, comfort, and performance are critical for productivity and we... More