Journal
Landmark lighting, taken apart
Case studies of famous lighting projects — who made them, how they were built, and what specifiers can learn.
Art & Museum · 9 min read
The Weather Project: How Olafur Eliasson Built a Sun Inside Tate Modern
A semicircle of mono-frequency lamps, a mirrored ceiling and a fine artificial mist turned the Turbine Hall into one of the most visited art installations of the century.
Infrastructure & Public Art · 10 min read
The Bay Lights: 25,000 LEDs on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
Leo Villareal turned the western span's suspension cables into a 1.8-mile, algorithm-driven light sculpture — one of the largest LED artworks in the world.
Architecture & Daylighting · 11 min read
Louvre Abu Dhabi's “Rain of Light”: Daylighting Under Jean Nouvel's Dome
A 180-metre dome of 7,850 layered stars filters the desert sun into a shifting dapple — a masterclass in using architecture itself as the luminaire.