PHOTO OF THE MONTH
2010 Lighting Award Season
Spring has come and our collaborative efforts have been recognized by our peers! Lam Partners is pleased to have received the following awards this year. 2010 IES ILLUMINATION AWARDS The Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting Design Award of Merit Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS Architect: Kyu Sung Woo Architects, Inc Award recipients:... »
Happy 2010!
Photo Credits: Amit Geron (top left), Stephen M. Lee (middle left), Anton Grassl (bottom left), Peter Aaron / Esto (second from left), Barbara Karant (third from left), Shepley Bulfinch (right) »
Photo of the Month: December 2009
As each winter season comes upon us, New England celebrates with holiday light decorations at Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The promenade is lined on both sides with trees, transformed with thousands of white glowing lights that remind us of all the diverse holiday celebrations and traditions that make this season different from all the rest. The... »
Photo of the Month: November 2009
Autumn’s waning daylight gives way to seasonal celebrations centered on light. Spontaneous Celebrations’ annual Lantern Parade at Boston’s Jamaica Pond brings together a diverse community to celebrate the changing of the seasons on the fourth Sunday of October. A sliver of moon, soft breezes from the south, and a few thousand celebrants encircle the pond... »
Photo of the Month: October 2009
It’s All Relative Brightness, color, and contrast all play a role in any visual composition. This is especially true of lighted nighttime environments; the interplay of these three characteristics determines the quality and character of the lighted environment. In the foreground of this image, on the right-hand side, is a brightly lighted mock-up of what is... »
Photo of the Month: September 2009
Back to School with Architectural Photography How does one successfully photograph a piece of architecture? Do you need the widest lens available to capture as much as possible? Or the latest and most expensive digital equipment to produce the sharpest images? Sure, it helps to have the right equipment, but that is just the start. Any... »
Photo of the Month: August 2009
One of my favorite local beaches is Coffin’s Beach on Boston’s North Shore. It’s a spectacular flat arc of sand about 1-1/3 miles long and, at mid-tide, about 120 yards wide. Here’s a thought experiment to illustrate the incredible adaptability of human vision. On a nice, sunny July day around noon, the daylight on... »
Photo of the Month: July 2009
The Christian Science Center in Boston is a distinctive example of the idea of architecture and light executed together as a single element. The plaza’s expression of volume and space is a direct product of light connecting with the structure to create shadow, depth, and visual highlights. As a visitor moves through the space the... »
Photo of the Month: June 2009
The Emperor Hadrian, who commissioned Rome's Pantheon (completed around 126 AD), was an architectural enthusiast. The building incorporated amazingly innovative technologies, so it's not surprising that it also used the best available lighting technology of the day: daylight. With the exception of a little light coming through the doorway, all of the daylight in the... »
