LightMapping NYC – Join the exploration of light and dark November 11-18
LightMapping NYC is intended to provide the New York City lighting design community with a forum to consider the current, past and future conditions of their urban environment at night.  The multi-part program will include a walking tour of The High Line, interactive group walks in the city at night, and a group discussion / [...]

Public Lighting Walk With Leni… Video Shoot Preview
The urban nighttime environment is a dark canvas that humans have created – our previously daytime oriented “clocks” have been extended into the night. Lighting designers work with architects, engineers and landscape architects to illuminate city structures – including buildings, bridges, parks – to make these places visible and safe to walk at night. But, before that [...]

HTO Park, in Toronto, wins 2009 Toronto Urban Design Award!
Submissions were accepted in seven categories. The competition collected a total of 117 entries, including 73 built projects, 24 unbuilt projects, master plans and visions, and twenty student projects. HTO Park was the only winner in “Large Places or Neighbourhood Designs”,  a design plan for a new or renovated large-scale area of [...]

Design Observer/Change Observer Debate: A Thousand Points on Light!
A Thousand Points on Light: Part I: A dark-sky activist and a celebrated designer discuss the best (if not the brightest) ways to light the environment. By Karrie Jacobs — Susan Harder/International Dark-Sky Association; Leni Schwendinger A Thousand Points on Light: Part II: Is a well-lit neighborhood really safer? Is “pollution” the best way to describe excess [...]