The profession of lighting design is a relatively young discipline among the building design and construction fields. Although lighting has certainly been an integral component of the built ...

Tim Ryan, executive director and principal designer of Lighthouse Design Studio, a nationwide leader in outdoor lighting ...

Most lighting designers would agree that asking the right questions from the start, knowing how to integrate designs with electrical engineering requirements, and understanding how to convey the ...

Simply put, uplighting is any lighting that shines upward. Most commercial lighting pendants are designed with uplighting and downlighting capability. For interior applications, uplighting reduces ...

Such is the reality of standalone builder-grade overhead lighting and the shadows it inevitably creates. And that’s exactly why we set out to uncover the biggest lighting trends for 2026—to help you ...

Lamps in all shapes and sizes can be used to recast the feel of a room, brighten dark corners and illuminate your treasures. By Tim McKeough Lighting can have a dramatic effect on the way a room looks ...

Building smart lights is tricky. This platform makes it easy to test, control, & automate multiple lights, so engineers can ...

Lighting has the ability to tell a story all on its own. It has the ability to provoke a certain emotion from audience members without having to say anything. With that said, many don't realize the ...

The simplest things can make or break the design of a room. You might have beautiful furniture, art and flooring, but if the ambience still feels off, lighting is the likely culprit. Light inside our ...

From floor plans and lighting zones to mounting specs and viewing angles, detailed AV design drawings will help keep your classroom audiovisual installation on track. This is the third article in a ...

Using neon, searchlights — or even shadows — he dramatically shaped the look of prominent spaces in almost every corner of the world. By Joanne Kaufman Paul Marantz, a prominent architectural lighting ...