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 <title>The Pavilion @ Regents Place, London, UK</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Rob Honeywill, Director of Maurice Brill Lighting Design, explains the process of designing an integrated scheme for this urban space.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[ERCO and Checkland Kindleysides have produced a dramatic and inspiring interior scheme for Levi’s relaunched flagship store in London.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Rated world class in the sustainability stakes, Sydney’s One Shelley Street has propelled green office design into a new realm. Vision Design’s lighting and control scheme played its part]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Completed last year in the run up to China’s National Games, the Shandong Radio & Television Center has become a landmark structure in the provincial capital of Jinan. ]]></description>
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 <title>Salah Al Din Citadel, Cairo, Egypt</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:16 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Tough installation restrictions and even tougher environmental conditions made creating a new design for the Alabaster Mosque in Salah Al Din Citadel a challenging proposition.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With the use of crystal chandeliers and LED cove lighting, Pfarré Lighting Design has added a ‘festive glamour’ to Uzbekistan’s impressive Palace of International Forums]]></description>
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 <title>Temple Quay Bridge, Bristol, UK</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Temple Quay is a pedestrian and cycle bridge located in the centre of Bristol. The bridge consists of an organic steel form where the cladding performs structurally and is perforated where less material is required for strength. ]]></description>
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 <title>Infinity Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees, UK</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT Designed by Expedition Engineering, the slender bowstring bridge cuts a distinctive silhouette across the River Tees. A 230m-long concrete walkway is supported by a pair of asymmetric steel arches that appear to skip across the river like a pebble skimming water.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title>Biloxi Bay Bridge, Mississippi, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[When Hurricane Katrina swept into the Gulf Coast of the Unites States in 2005, it wrought devastation on much of the region. Among the infrastructure destroyed that day was the Biloxi Bay Bridge, severing the connection between the close knit communities of Biloxi and Ocean Springs, Mississippi. ]]></description>
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 <title>The Wit, Chicago, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Lightswitch Architectural’s lighting scheme for this funky Chicago hotel has benefited from early involvement in the design process]]></description>
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 <title>Liberty Hotel, Boston, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Converting a prison building into a hotel is a difficult task - especially when the rough edged character of the jail is to be retained. A combination of dramatic, decorative and low level lighting from C.M. Kling & Associates has helped to achieve a stunning transformation]]></description>
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 <title>Crystals, Citycenter, Las Vegas, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Part of the CityCenter hotel complex owned by MGM in Las Vegas, Crystals retail centre is Focus Lighting’s latest ‘super project’. mondo*arc takes a look inside]]></description>
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 <title>Hard Rock Hotel, City of Dreams, Macau</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Hong Kong office of Isometrix was tasked with creating a dynamic and exciting scheme befitting the Hard Rock image]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[When Hotel Felix opened in Chicago in 2009, lighting designers Schuler Shook set out to prove that sustainable design does not need to be boring design. Maureen Mahr, IALD, LC, LEED AP, of Schuler Shook explains the LEED Silver rating scheme]]></description>
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 <title>M Resort, Las Vegas, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Opened in March 2009, the $750M M Resort is not your typical Las Vegas hotel, thanks in no small part to CD+M Lighting Design Group.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Drama exudes at the Crown Towers Hotel and Casino thanks to a lighting scheme by Australian practice PointOfView]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Consisting of three hotels, an entertainment complex, casino and retail space, the City of Dreams is Macau’s latest high profile commercial development. Here we take a look at three of the attractions on offer - the exciting Hard Rock Hotel,  the classy Crown Towers and the Bubble Theatre, a technical marvel of media and design integration.]]></description>
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 <title>Carre de Soie, Vaulx en Velin, Lyon, France</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In March 2009, the lighting studio Les Eclairagistes Associés finalised the lighting of this 180,000 sqm shopping mall, a part of ‘Carré de Soie’ that has been enhanced by 16,000 RGB LED pixels from Philips Color Kinetics.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Situated on the longitude of 8° East, Klimahaus’s concept is based on a mix of science and entertainment representing selected climate zones along this longitude across the globe. With a length of 125 metres, and with its totally glazed facade, the building is a key landmark in the city of Bremerhaven. The façade lighting scheme, by pfarré lighting design, employs 1900 individually addressable, cold-white LEDs.<br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Though there was once a time when a cinema-goer’s experience was heightened by the grand auditoria in which films were shown, the arrival of multi-screen megaplexes in recent decades has caused a significant shift in the way we now consume movies. Where the emphasis was once on glamourous theatre interiors, today most cinema design settles for a more functional, often generic, look.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT<br/><br/>Completed in time for the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix, Arup Lighting’s phenomenal LED gridshell enveloping the Yas Hotel is the largest LED project in the world. We spoke to Arup’s Brian Stacy about the dream that became reality in front of the world’s TV cameras.]]></description>
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 <title>SWFC, Shanghai, China</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The latest addition to the Shanghai skyline and China’s tallest tower, the SWFC has been given top billing with a scheme by Motoko Ishii Lighting Design.]]></description>
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 <title>Fira de Barcelona Gran Via, Spain</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I.C.O.N. have created a lighting scheme for Toyo Ito Architects’ sea-inspired remastering of the Gran Via exhibition centre in Barcelona ]]></description>
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 <title>Addleshaw Goddard, London, England</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Chapman Bathurst has completed an understated yet distinct lighting scheme at a top London law firm’s office building.]]></description>
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 <title>Armani Fifth Avenue, New York City, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT<br/><br/>Speirs and Major Associates’ scheme for Armani Fifth Avenue is finally complete with the installation of the media façade LED system.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT<br/><br/>Abu Dhabi’s royal family may have made Manchester City the richest football club in the world, but there has been another project they have just completed much closer to home. Paul James visited Abu Dhabi to take a look.]]></description>
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 <title>Swarovski, Tokyo, Japan</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Lighting Planners Associates has added sparkle to Swarovski's flagship store in Ginza by keeping lighting to a minimum.]]></description>
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 <title>Tiffany & Co., Tokyo, Japan</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Uchihara Creative Lighting Design has created a shimmering façade for Kengo Kuma’s Tiffany & Co. flagship store in Ginza using LED technology.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[dpa lighting consultants, in association with Universal Design Studios, have produced two retail landmark projects in Japan for H&M, the international retail outfit that has entered the Japanese market with the opening of the Ginza and Harajuku stores in Tokyo. dpa associate Richard Bolt explains the different approach needed for the two stores]]></description>
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 <title>Westminster Academy, London, England</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Martin Lupton and Luke Smith-Wightman of BDP Lighting explain the art of lighting design in school environments. using their work at Westminster Academy as a case study, they emphasise the important role of daylight, the guidelines associated with it and the need to consider electric light as an holistic element of the architecture and overall visual environment.]]></description>
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 <title>Active Learning Laboratory, University of Liverpool, England</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:47 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT<br/><br/>Arup Lighting has created a spectacular façade to brighten up Liverpool's Active Learning Laboratory - by using colour changing LEDs from Siteco.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 07:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With the opening of W Hong Kong in the burgeoning West Kowloon district, luxury has finally caught up with 21st century attitude. Boasting the talents of two interior design firms and a lighting designer, the hotel offers guests a feel that is refined as well as being contemporary.]]></description>
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 <title>Pan Peninsula, London, England</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT<br/><br/>Maurice Brill Lighting Design has delivered an extraordinary scheme for this residential development to set it apart from commercial activity in the area.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Trilux has provided lighting for a sustainable workplace environment.]]></description>
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 <title>Old Spitalfields Market, London, England</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT<br/><br/>For centuries Spitalfields Market was the hub of activity in the east end of London. Now it has been restored to its former glory aided by a dynamic lighting scheme.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:19 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT<br/><br/>Thanks to its sparkling façade, Kaohsiung’s Star Place has become one of the most outstanding landmarks in southern Taiwan. Jimmie Wing reports.]]></description>
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 <title>Mauboussin, New York City, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The French jeweler Mauboussin, renowned for its fashionable and colourful collections, recently opened its first flagship store in the United States. ]]></description>
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 <title>National Library, Minsk, Belarus</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[VIDEO CONTENT<br/><br/>A new architectural symbol has emerged in Minsk. The national library of belarus features a stunning form and an eyecatching led display that shines at night.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title>Nordwesthaus, Fussach, Austria</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ledon underlines the harmonious interplay between architecture and light with 1,500 individually controllable LEDs]]></description>
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 <title>Triple Bridge Gateway, New York City, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Leni Schwendinger has helped to transform a desolate area into a destination.]]></description>
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 <title>Grand Canal, Hangzhou, China</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Hangzhou's Grand Canal has benefited from Roger Narboni's Chinese lantern treatment.]]></description>
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 <title>German Stock Exchange, Frankfurt, Germany</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:11 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Architects Atelier Brueckner have transformed the historic Frankfurt Stock Exchange with a dynamic lighting scheme aided by Rolf Derrer and Lightlife  ]]></description>
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 <title>Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Light and art converge in the newly illuminated face of the Marcus Center for the performing arts.]]></description>
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 <title>Schatzalp Funicular, Switzerland</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ledon provides spectacular lighting for the famous Schatzalp funicular railway.]]></description>
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 <title>Selexyz, Maastricht, Netherlands</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ansorg light a bookshop with a difference in Maastricht.]]></description>
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 <title>World Duty Free, Terminal 5, Heathrow, England</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Light Tecnica has completed the design of the World Duty Free store, amongst others, in Terminal 5.]]></description>
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 <title>Terminal 5, Heathrow, England</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Mark Major of Speirs and Major Associates tells the story of the practice's involvement in the lighting of the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. Carried out over an eight year period, the scheme is one of the largest, most extensive and ambitious public lighting projects seen in the UK in recent years.]]></description>
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 <title>Armani Ginza Tower, Tokyo, Japan</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Keith Bradshaw, Associate Director at Speirs and Major Associates, describes a challenging project with interesting results in Tokyo.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title>Tempo, Husnes, Norway</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Architects Lead Inc and Lighting Designer Arne Grønsdal have created a Ligh_Tecmasterpiece influenced by Duchamp<br/>]]></description>
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 <title>Hungerburg Funicular, Innsbruck, Austria</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[An unusual lighting solution for an unusual mountain railway.]]></description>
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 <title>EMPAC Arts Center, Troy, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Robert Such explores legendary theatre lighting designer Jennifer Tipton's first foray into the  architectural market with an installation at a new facility for media artists in New York State.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Andrew Howis of Speirs and Major Associates explains the design behind the lighting scheme at the new Skylon restaurant at London’s Royal Festival Hall<br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As a result of a five year partnership between Philips and the National Theatre, the first external lighting phase began in autumn 2007. Fundamental to the project was the vision to combine architectural sensitivity and audience enhancement with energy efficiency ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Bob Bohanon, General Manager of Sill Lighting UK, recounts the teamwork in arriving at a harmonious and energy-effecient lighting scheme for the renovated St. Pancras International, the new terminal for High Speed 1]]></description>
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 <title>O2 Uptown, Munich, Germany</title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:11 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[KMS has enlisted the help of Element Labs to create a VersaTILE entrance hall based on O2’s brand identity for their German headquarters. ]]></description>
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 <title>Allsteel / Gunlocke, Atlanta, USA</title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The United States has not been particularly well known for its environmental stewardship in recent years; however, in certain pockets of the design and construction industry, this trend is changing.]]></description>
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 <title>Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, England</title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Country houses like Muncaster have a great history of pioneering new technology. Peter Frost-Pennington, whose family has occupied the castle for 800 years, was thus maintaining a proud tradition when he turned to Marl for innovative LED lighting solutions that would not only make access safe and practical for visitors, but could become an attraction in themselves.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[The London based lighting design practice MBLD recently completed this resort hotel project where the focus was very much on the creation of mood and atmosphere with light.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Firefly Lighting Design has answered the call for a contemporary look to Hong Kong’s newest boutique hotel.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Lighting Design Partnership International picked up the melda Middle East Project of the Year for their work on the Barr Al Jissah Resort in Muscat, Oman. Here, Lawrie C Nisbet of LDPi explains the challenges that had to be overcome for this mammoth project.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[When Hilton Hotels wanted a change of style for their Tower Bridge site, Lighting Design International was brought in to ring the changes. Chris Lewis, Principal Designer for the project, explains all.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Mima is the first building in the UK by Erick van Egeraat Architects (EEA), whose works include the ING Head office in Budapest, the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Warsaw, the City hall in Alphen, aan den Rijn In holland University,  Rotterdam as well as works in Russia, Germany and Italy. The scheme includes a spacious foyer and a new 5-acre public square between the gallery and Middlesbrough Town Hall, created by landscape designers  West 8. Both feature spectacular lighting solutions from se’lux.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[The Bloch Building expansion to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City by Steven Holl Architects provides a counterpoint to the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building. Five lenses of glass walls emerge from the ground and create a luminous, undulating interplay between architecture, landscape and art. Here Rebecca Malkin and Richard Renfro of Renfro Design Group give a personal account of their involvement in the lighting design.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Graham Festenstein discusses the high points and pitfalls of delivering a street level strategy for Liverpool’s Feature Lighting Programme. ]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[MoreySmith designed and implemented the refurbishment of Exemplar Properties’ headquarters, located in the heart of the London property market at St. Christopher’s Place.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Design teams Ron Arad Associates and David Atkinson Lighting Design were approached to liven up this traditional hotel in an attempt to attract a younger clientele. the result is a dynamic and modern venue that’s scooping awards all over the world.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Concrete Architectural Associates has designed a dynamic space in an inspirational building designed by UNStudio...]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Marco Ludwig, author of papers on James Turrell and Villa Panza, gives a fascinating personal account of the epic project that has split opinion and created a public storm in the German capital and beyond...<br/><br/>]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Jakarta's most recent external LED installation has become symbolic of the urban complex it enhances.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Five years late and up to £30 million over budget (nothing to do with the lighting!), Thermae Bath Spa has been labelled the ‘Scottish Parliament of the South’ for all the problems it encountered. But when it finally opened its doors to intense media and public interest, it was a big hit for most.  Claudia Clements of Speirs and Major Associates explains the role of the lighting design in the project.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Richard Rogers’ dynamically designed airport has been nominated for a Stirling Prize. the lighting is equally as inspirational. Jonathan Speirs explains... ]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Two French giants of lighting design, Yann Kersalé and Georges Berne, have tackled the exterior and interior lighting schemes of Jean Nouvel's latest iconic building...]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[The new Uniqa Tower on Vienna’s Danube Canal has been outlined as the spectacular headquarters for the huge insurance group. ]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Vincent Laganier interviews the Swedish lighting designer Stefan Wiktorsson of Ljusdesign AB, the brains behind the scheme...]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Vincent Laganier talks to Yann Kersallé, the light artist behind Jean Nouvel’s masterpiece in Barcelona, about his experiment with diffraction...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:40 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Perhaps no other architect has been linked so much with the new wave of school building projects than Will Alsop. At the Queen Mary Medical School, Alsop teamed up with lighting guru Janet Turner for a radical lighting design aimed to stimulate the medical students...]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Delivered on budget (£41.5 million) and in time to be opened by the Queen on St. David’s Day, the Senedd has attracted as much good publicity as the Scottish Parliament gained bad. here, Matthew Winter of consulting engineers and lighting designers for the project, BDSP, gives a personal account of Cardiff’s latest iconic building.]]></description>
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 <title>The Water Cube, Beijing, China</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Arup has engineered a bubble structure that maximises daylighting and lends itself to dynamic LED lighting at night.]]></description>
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 <title>The Egg, Beijing, China</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Jimmie Wing reports on Kaoru Mende’s latest offering to the Beijing cultural scene.]]></description>
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 <title>Greenpix Media Wall, Beijing, China</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:19 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Simone Giostra & Partners Archietcts has designed the Greenpix Zero Energy Media Wall - a groundbreaking project applying sustainable and digital media technology to the Xicui Entertainment Complex in Beijing, near the site of the Olympics.]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Lighting from ERCO is a long-term investment in the Forbidden City.<br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The innovative use of LEDs has created a technological marvel at the Digital Beijing Building.]]></description>
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 <title>Beijing International Terminal, Beijing, China</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Speirs and Major Associates has once again completed a scheme for a high profile airport terminal. This time the Foster and Partners designed Beijing international, the largest airport building in the world. one of the lighting design team, Claudia Clements, takes us through the scheme.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The eyes of the  World will be on the National Stadium when it hosts the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Games. Arup Lighting had to create a lighting scheme that worked just as well for the TV cameras as it did for the thousands of visitors.]]></description>
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 <title>Vision Express, Westfield White City, England</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Illuma has hit upon an LED solution for Vision Express in Westfield White City.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Into Lighting design consultants are instrumental in creating the ‘De Lux’ in Showcase Cinemas’ latest concept.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[BDP Lighting has created the masterplan for the UK’s capital of culture’s iconic retail quarter, linking together important areas of the city.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Bristol’s city centre has been rejuvenated with the help of Pinniger & Partners. Lighting designer Ian Payne explains]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Westfield had to start somewhere in the UK and that was Derby. Hoare Lea Lighting was responsible for the complete lighting design package.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Matteo Thun and AJ Weissbard have collaborated to create a dynamic LED lighting scheme for the Hugo Boss flagship store in New York City.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Martin dynamic lighting highlights unique Parang facade’s possibilities.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[LAPD has designed a remarkable scheme at the new Marks & Spencer in Westfield White City involving a heliostat system that tracks the sun.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[London-based artists ObSquare has completed a six-month project designed to encourage students to create kinetic sculptures using lasers, lights and recyclable materials]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Dynamic and versatile, the brand new Riccione Conference Centre (Rimini – Italy) excels with a distinctive multi-functional structure and an outstanding ambience. ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[EncapSulite’s recently introduced T8 HFI Stick-Lite has been specified in the newly opened Café Toscana in Austria to create eye-catching lighting effects.]]></description>
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 <title>Open University Jennie Lee Building</title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[When The Open University wanted to create a cutting edge research department for its Institute of Education Technology and Computing Department, the design concept called for a comprehensive lighting solution.]]></description>
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 <title>Mr Start, London</title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:34 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Situated in the heart of Shoreditch, Start is a labour of love for owners Philip Start (founder of established men’s store Woodhouse) and Brix Smith-Start (former member of legendary band The Fall).]]></description>
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 <title>Quatro Tower, Dubai</title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[On the 20th May in Dubai Marina, Abyaar Real Estate Development opened its new Venti Quattro Tower, which is being managed as residential and hotel apartments by Radisson SAS.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Mayfair restaurant, Maze is the latest establishment in the Gordon Ramsay group to benefit from the ongoing expansion of the empire with the opening of its sister restaurant, Maze Grill.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:34 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[For over a hundred years now, Swarovski has been the leading manufacturer of precision-cut crystals worldwide. ]]></description>
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