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Drinking the LED Kool-Aid

By Glenn Heinmiller

I love LEDs. Really, I do! They offer so many possibilities for new ways to light our world with less negative environmental impact. And besides, they’re cool! What I can’t stomach is the continuing hype. Frustration with LED hype is old news for lighting designers and for readers of this blog, but I thought... »

Photo of the Month: December 2009

By Amber Hepner

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

By Jennifer Pieszak

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... »

Custom House Tower: Relighting a Boston Landmark

By Will Lewis

Custom House after lighting restoration In the Fall of 2008, Boston’s oldest skyscraper was showing its age. Originally completed in 1849, the twenty-year-old façade lighting on the 1915 tower addition was in disrepair. The building maintenance budget could not keep up with the required frequency of re-lamping in such precarious locations, and only a few... »

Photo of the Month: July 2009

By Amber Hepner

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... »