Lighting plays a crucial role in architecture: to allow users to see, safely inhabit spaces, and carry out their daily activities. But its power has long exceeded these basic functions, primarily ...

Architectural lighting designer Howard Brandston, best known for his work on big public-facing projects such as the American Museum of Natural History and the 1980s restoration of the Statue of ...

Offering a comprehensive history of lighting design from the 20th and 21st centuries, Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting explores how lighting has been integral to the development of modern ...

Through research, discussion and hands-on making, students will find sources of inspiration, sketch and make design drawings, and learn the fabrication skills necessary to build a lamp. We will ...

Lighting has evolved remarkably throughout architectural history, driven by significant technological advances. Despite these changes, its central purpose of enhancing aesthetics, functionality, and ...