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New Concepts in Retail Lighting
Focus recently developed several new concepts for retail lighting design. The projections shown in the attached video were part of a presentation called The Power of Light given by Paul Gregory. The presentation centered around creativity and innovation in lighting and was delivered to several brand managers, executives, and CEOs as part of a private symposium on retail design.
Bill's Bar & Burger in Rockefeller Center
In collaboration with BR Guest and SLDesign, Focus designed the lighting for Bill's Bar & Burger in
Atlantic Grill - Lincoln Center
In collaboration with BR Guest and SL Design, we designed the lighting for
The Hurricane Club
The Polynesian-inspired Hurricane Club was created in partnership with designers AvroKO and Fourth Wall Restaurants. The 10,000 square foot space includes dining and lounge areas, and up to five flexible private dining areas, affording opportunities for events of any size. The dramatically lit space transports guests from the streets of
The Chandelier at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Resort
Rockwell Group and Focus Lighting collaborated on the Chandelier Feature Bar at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Resort to create an elegant, multi-tiered, immersive environment for this new
Crush - Teen Club at Atlantis
Crush is an exciting, energetic club designed for teenagers at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. Focus Lighting worked closely with Jeffrey Beers International to create an environment on par with world class nightclub venues that give teenagers a unique experience, unrivalled by other teen clubs. The compelling graphic design utilizes a series of long lines punctuated by dots of light to create an undulating environment of contrasting light a [...]
Atlantis, The Palm - Dubai
The Atlantis Hotel and Resort in Dubai is the crown jewel of the Palm Jumeirah, currently the world’s largest man-made island. Dreams are never scoffed at and plans are rarely halted on this island that epitomizes wonder and luxury. The resort is a major contributor to this growing superlative, boasting a landmark hotel, the largest outdoor salt water aquarium in the Middle east, a sta [...]
Piers 88 & 90
The vibrant portals at Piers 88 and 90 were conceptualized by NYCruise and the NYC Economic Development Corporation in order to provide a visual landmark and enhance the profile of the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. Focus collaborated with designers Bermello Ajamil & Partners, engineers WSP Flack + Kurtz, and graphic designers Two Twelve to create the captivating new signs.
Museum of Science and Industry
Focus Lighting’s design for the newly opened Science Storms at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago creates a dramatic interactive environment where guests can explore the science behind powerful forces of nature including tornados, avalanches, fire, tsunamis and sunlight. In collaboration with lead exhibition designer Evidence Design, Focus Lighting helped shape a space intended t [...]
Crystals at CityCenter, Las Vegas
Focus Lighting collaborated closely with architects Studio Daniel Libeskind, Rockwell Group, DIRT Studio and WET Design to create a visually complex and technically advanced ligh [...]
Mikimoto at CityCenter
The challenge for Mikimoto’s new retail location inside
Davis and Warshow Flagship
Davis + Warshow, one of the country’s leading kitchen and bath distributors, re-designed their flagship showroom to create a streamlined, modern environment for their products. Emanuela Frattini Magnusson of EFM Design laid the framework for the interior of this showroom in the A&D Building, the largest luxury kitchen, bath and ho [...]
Canyon Ranch Hotel
For the introduction of this holistic resort to Miami from the Southwest, Focus Lighting sought to intergrate lighting into the natural architecture and create an energy efficient system that would mimic sunlight or moonlight. Backlit columns in the lobby, uplit wood and agate sculptures in the restaurant, backlit wormy wood panels at the bar, [...]
Cooper Square Hotel
Focus Lighting and Antonio Citterio collaborated on the Cooper Square Hotel to create a fashionable and elegant retreat for stylish professionals. Softly glowing sheer curtains divide the expansive lobby into an intimate seating area. Two walls of dark wood stand in textural contrast to the diaphanous space, accented by slots of light. Glowing millwork and pools of light guide guests along two bars to the restaurant where signature Citterio decorative pieces are featured. The Cooper Square Hotel [...]
Aureole
Charlie Palmer’s newest restaurant, Aureole in the new Bank of America building at 1 Bryant Park, is a sleek and modern dining establishment for business meetings and intimate dates. The lighting design helps bring a sense of versatility and class to the forefront. Tihany Design seamlessly incorporated unique decorative ceiling fixtures, custom above ground wine shelving, and back lit partitions in the bar and reception areas to make the lighting one with the architecture. The curved glass [...]
Times Square Exhibition Center
At Times Square Exhibition Center, Focus Lighting created an exciting, yet flexible lighting design for the entryway and transition spaces of the exhibition hall. Drawing on the aesthetic of the nearby New York Times building and a partnership with Discovery, the lighting accentuates the raw industrial details of this unique space. Original floor tiles, exposed columns, and radical changes in elevations create excitement in this subterranean environment. To contrast the seemingly stark interi [...]
Boca Beach Club
The 212-room Beach Club a
Bourbon Steak
At Bourbon Steak in Phoenix, AZ, a sleek and sturdy environment was created for this one-of-a-kind desert steakhouse. A boardwalk, lined with up-lit and down-lit wine racks behind glass walls, greets the patrons upon their initial entry into the space. In the main dining rooms, three different versions of a custom solid glass fixture hang over the wooden dining tables. The lit glass fixtures are reminiscent of milks jugs or mason jars in their timeless style and solidity. A finished dome acts [...]
Koi Restaurant
The main challenge for this restaurant was adapting the design concept to the existing space. The client's goal was to make minimal architectural changes to the space. The architect in turn, added elements independent of the space without changing the integral architecture, such as the wooden partitions and the lattice ceiling decoration. Paul Gregory and Michael Cummings of Focus Lighting created simple, yet elegant lighting solutions that enhanced the environment of the space without making ma [...]
Charlie Palmer at the Joule
Texas is the nation's top producer of wind energy, leading Focus Lighting to incorporate a natural yet mechanical theme into the restaurant lighting for Charlie Palmer's Steakhouse at the Joule Hotel. Custom fixtures protrude from the ceiling and rest at angles which allow slivers of light to penetrate the dining space. The lazily spinning turbines, in their glowing platinum ceiling coves, impart a sense of graceful tranquility to the dining room. The adjacent walls feature walnut vertical [...]
The Social House at Treasure Island
The interior design for Social House, the popular Las Vegas sushi restaurant, was inspired by ancient Japanese fishing villages. Focus Lighting used light to accentuate texture, enhance color, and focus the patrons’ attention to its many unique features. Although lighting is a critical element in this design, it was decided early on that lighting fixtures should be conceled as much as possible. A great deal of coordination with the design architect, AvroKO, allowed for the tight integration [...]
Company American Bistro
A restaurant such as Company American Bistro stands out in the flamboyant Las Vegas. The cozy, modern and luxurious ski-lodge restaurant, located at the Luxor Hotel, is adorned with authentic rusted steel panels, vintage skis and sleds, tree trunk pillars and old barn wood paneling. To make the dining experience intimate in this large, yet warm dining room, track lighting is designed to bring attention to each table. The ceiling track is ideal for making adjustments as the interior arran [...]
Mondrian Hotel
Whimsy and glamour combine at the Morgans Hotel Group’s newest hotel, The Mondrian in Miami South Beach featuring interior design by Marcel Wanders. Focus Lighting balances Wanders’s hallmark patterns of dizzying delicacy, his unique interpretations of material and scale with lighting that adds subtle depth, creates visual dynamism, and supports the numerous instances of decorative playfulness that Wanders imbues his spaces with. Upon entering the lobby, large plaster rosettes float on ha [...]
LIV at Fontainebleau
Focus Lighting’s design for LIV Nightclub at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach has helped breathe new life into the historic space originally designed by Morris Lapidus in 1954. Formerly the Tropigala, a club once frequented by Frank Sinatra, the newly renovated LIV features a cylindrical central space capped by an expansive 80 foot dome. A state of the art lighting system contr [...]
101st Anniversary of the Times Square Ball
101 years of New Year celebrations in Times Square marks the installation of a permanent Times Square Ball that will be twice the size of the 100th anniversary ball. Using similar techniques of mirrored chambers, LEDs and custom-cut crystal, Focus Lighting looks to out-do themselves this year with this new edition to a New York City landmark neighborhood.
Wukesong, Beijing Arena
As a part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Focus Lighting developed a concept for the Wukesong Arena inspired by a significant symbol in Chinese culture, the lotus flower. Surrounded by a pool, vertical ribbons of undulating, perforated metal envelop the large glass structure, extending from the top of the building to below the surface of the water. Each ribbon is lit along its entire length with color changing LEDs, creating a delicate, shimmering layer of color upon which the entire building appe [...]
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is one of the Midwest’s premier theater venues. To make the building more iconic, a concept was developed that revolved around bathing the exterior facade in washes of colored light. This light shifts in color and pattern, creating a work of kinetic art on the building. The strong building designed by architect Harry Weiss and the sensitive colors that are found within local artist Georgia O’Keefe’s work inspired the designs that paint the building [...]
Royalton Hotel Lobby
Focus Lighting, together with Roman and Williams Design undertook the challenge of revitalizing and redesigning New York's original boutique hotel: The Royalton. Bold design gestures create spaces as memorable and dramatic as the original design by Philip Starck. Sensuously dark lounges, luxurious materials and highly textured sculptural elements surround and entice guests to relax and absorb the rich visual environment before their eyes. Two teakwood beaded screens flank the main entry, dram [...]
Color Kinetics Corporate Headquarters
The Challenge was to integrate art, light and architecture into a multi-use corporate headquarters, showroom and [...]
New Meadowlands Stadium
At the New Meadowlands Stadium, Focus Lighting is helping to design lighting for the new home of both the New York Giants and the New York Jets. The design is required to provide visual unification for the stadium itself, while also creating a clear presence for both NFL teams as well as several corporate sponsors.
Plans include lighting that highlights the repeating elements that define the architecture of the stadium and lights that can change from Giants Blue t [...]
Prudential Center - Newark Arena
At the center of Downtown Newark’s urban redevelopment stands the Prudential Center, the recently completed new home of the New Jersey Devils. In addition to being quickly considered one of the best arenas in hockey, the Prudential Center is also redefining the usual functions of arena lounges, restaurant spaces and entries. Entering the arena through towering 130’ glass drums, fans are bathed in red light and patterns that can only mean that this is the home of the Devils. The Premium Re [...]
Lumen Award of Merit
Power Deep Studios Carlos Miele
Burj Al Arab
The "Burj al Arab" in Dubai, UAE is the tallest hotel in the world at 1,053 feet to the top of its spire. Focus Lighting designed, coordinated, and programmed the control system for the Burj al Arab exterior lighting, which was designed by Speirs & MajorAssociates, UK. A single automated, touch-screen system contols: 148 Irideon AR500 computerized color changing fixtures illuminate the tower's impressive fabric "sail" facade. 90 High End Systems Dataflash strobes line the tower, individua [...]
Knoll NeoCon Chicago
When one thinks of the office, refinement and high design are not always on the forefront of the imagination. Yet with Knoll (a workplace furniture and textile company), the office is where design thrives. Knoll has over 30 offices and showrooms around the country, all of which are LEED certified and equipped with unique solutions to the age-old office scenario. In an on-going string of collaborations, Focus Lighting most recently designed lighting for Knoll’s anual
Knoll Miami
Certified LEED Silver, the Miami office is a 17th floor, glass enclosed, high-rise overlooking
Michigan Vietnam Memorial Monument
Positioned between the state Capital and the state Supreme Court, the Michigan Vietnam Memorial Monument stands illuminated as an ever-present reminder to the past. Our aim for this site was to create a warm and comfortable environment for visitors to reflect upon the events of the past and remember those who gave their lives. The monument is comprised of two major elements: a semi-circular bench with an open plaza on one side- designed for contemplation and reflection; and a cantilevered ste [...]
100th Anniversary of the Times Square Ball
The theme for the 100th anniversary of the Times Square Ball was “Let There Be Light” so the goal was obvious – to create a sparkling “gem” more colorful, dynamic, and earth-friendly than ever before. The ball’s triangular crystals had to sparkle as much when viewed from 500ft away as they did 10ft away. This was achieved utilizing energy-efficient red, green, blue, and white LEDs with specially designed mirrored baffles and with double facetted crystals - creating incredible sparkle [...]
The Greenwich Hotel
Grayling Design, known for their superb craftsmanship and studied attention to authentic detail partnered with Focus Lighting on Robert DeNiro and Ira Drukier’s Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca. The hotel’s abundant use of natural materials combined with artisan workmanship hearkens back to a romantic age of understated elegance, Old World textures, and quiet luxury. To compliment the subtle grace of the Hotel’s accommodations, Focus Lighting concentrated on achieving the delicate balance betwee [...]
Mohegan Casino Phase III
This project is the 3rd addition to the Mohegan casino in Uncasville, CT. The concept for this space is "Casino of the Wind", in contrast to the existing casino of the Earth & Casino of the sky. The Casino of the wind is a dramatic space, with soaring heights & large themed elements with integrated lighting, evoking windswept dream landscape, theatrical accents & intricate decorative fixtures create a rich & unique gaming environment.
Chambers Hotel
For the Chambers Hotel, Focus Lighting turned to the art galleries in New York's Tribeca And Chelsea neighborhoods for conceptual inspiration. In addition to providing boutique accommodations for its guests, the hotel is also home to an extensive collection of original art, displayed in the lobby, corridors and guest rooms. To define the art in relation to the space it inhabits, accents were used on each piece to highlight the work's presence on the hotel's wall space. The resulting juxtaposi [...]
Semiramis Hotel
The Semiramis Hotel, located in Athens, Greece uses innovative lighting fixtures embedded into the architecture to accent the distinctive materials. The lighting and architectural design blends together so seamlessly that it is hard to imagine one without the other. At the entry to the hotel, stairs of glass backlit by white LED's, greet guests as they view the rear-illuminated yellow-green glass balconies above. The front lobby is a dramatically changing environment created by color changing [...]
Beach Club
Lighting was integral to creating a warm luminous environment for this multi-use club overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on the New Jersey Shore.The main floor, Restaurant Avenue boasts a broad interior with 18 foot ceilings. But through use of gentle lighting treatments at the ceiling and column coves, and the addition of internally glowing resin panels which embrace several seating areas, each area of the restaurant allows patrons to experience a wonderful intimacy around their dining group while [...]
Carlton Hotel
The architectural concept was to use imagery of the landmarked building facade throughout the design we were able to call upon the one time grandeur of the existing hotel and revive it's faded elegance. This concept culminates in the water feature where a show happens every 5, 10 or 15 minutes revealing an over sized image of the building exterior facade from the early 1900's (printed on theatrical scrim fabric) behind the textured glass panel. Alternately the image slowly transforms into a f [...]
Sea Blue
Located in Atlantic City, SEA BLUE operates as a retreat from the chaos of the surrounding casinos. This noble new restaurant, designed by Adam Tihany boasts a blue color scheme with a breath-taking blue-veined marble bar that greets guests as they enter through the lounge. A custom-designed fiber-optic chandelier hangs above cocktail tables. This was created by alternating layers of clear plexi-glass with fiber-optic cables in a ring of frosted glass. The multiple layers of effects give the cha [...]
Bar Americain
For celebrity chef Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain, Focus Lighting and the Rockwell Group collaborated to create a visually distinct restaurant with bold architectural elements balanced with glowing amber accents. A welcoming ambiance envelops guests, providing an intimate dining experience within the voluminous space. Sheer curtains surrounding the bar, grazed with light from above, create a softly luminous barrier between the restaurant and the bustle of the world outside. Frosted glass, [...]
Strip House
Our goal was to design a space where the patron would experience an intimate dining environment, using light to both create visual depth thoughout the restaurant, as well as gently casting a flattering glow of light onto customers while they dine. Internally glowing sepia light boxes, featuring images of burlesque models from the 1920's. The boxes are configured into room dividers, while the pleasant amber glow of the lightbox casts an almost fireplace-like quality of light into the Dining Ro [...]
Virgin Atlantic Club House
The 7,000 square foot Virgin Clubhouse is a study in "architectural elan". Created by Shop Architects, with the lighting design by Focus Lighting, Inc., the lounge is a beautiful sanctuary for Virgin passengers where they can rest in a soothing atmosphere whilst being offered the most up to date technology, giving them an unrivaled journey experience from JFK to London. The main lighting features in the lounge are the custom designed partition walls that separate the dining area into cozy enc [...]
Le Cirque 2000
Modern, surreal interiors within landmark architecture meld to create Le Cirque 2000. Our goal was to accent the fantastic design while enhancing the beautiful existing structure. As the building's landmark status prohibited any attachment to the existing framework, our solution was to use the new architectural elements as light sources, creating ambient glows and highlights. Numerous examples of these creative techniques for internal illumination can be found throughout the restaurant. The G [...]
Le Cirque 2006
The challenge for this space was to overcome the business-like feel of the chrome and glass architecture by wrapping the restaurant with soft light. Fabric panels over the expansive windows were backlit to create a glowing field around the room. A 50? diameter internally illuminated lamp-shade chandelier adds flattering light and provides positions to spotlight the tables below. The bar consists of “magic boxes of light” that appear and disappear behind its one-way mirrored façade, and [...]
Rosa Mexicano
In its new Lincoln Center home, Rosa Mexicano has been described as a "Modern hacienda that fuses elements from contemporary and traditional Mexican art and architecture." The most striking element in the restaurant is the two-story water wall in iridescent cobalt blue glass mosaic tile, complete with two hundred miniature white cliff divers pinned off the surface of the wall in neat rows. A two-fold approach was used in lighting the water wall, which is visible through both first and second [...]
Sushi Samba
Deep in the heart of downtown Chicago, locals and tourists basque in the exotic atmosphere of Sushi Samba - the warm, colorful lights bring the hot, romantic nights of Little Rio to this chilly mid-west city. On entering, patrons are greeted by an exciting first view of glistening faceted metal beads, lighted from above and below by MR16's. In the bar area, "flame caldrons" mounted within glass floor boxes create a romantic light on the faces of those seated nearby. Floating bar bottle holder [...]
Town Restaurant at the Chambers Hotel
Town Restaurant is located at 15 West 56th Street within the Chambers Hotel (both of which were architecturally designed by the Rockwell Group with lighting design by Focus Lighting). The concept was to simultaneously provide patrons with a series of striking vistas while offering an intimate dining experience. The challenges for the lighting designers included effectively illuminating the environment in an underground space, a tight budget, and the need for minimal maintenance. The first vi [...]
Morimoto
For Morimoto, one of Stephen Starr's most popular restaurants, Focus Lighting designed sleek, angular, color-shifting booths to contrast strongly with an undulating ceiling and organically shaped plaster walls. The booths are internally lit with programmable LED fixtures and shift through a custom color palette in 1-hour cycles. In order to keep the food and patrons looking great, Focus Lighting used overhead accents and table lamps to cut through the colored light and create a beautiful warm [...]
Bobby Flay Steak
Located in Atlantic City, Bobby Flay Steak was created as a modern take on the traditional steakhouse. 11,000-square foot space that fuses sleek, contemporary design elements that incorporate natural materials such as leather, cast glass and hewn woods. The immediate view of the spaces features a wrap-around chandelier. Tipped with amber-colored resin blocks which are backlit with an LED cluster to create an energy efficient ambient light that fills the room. Amber uplights wash the front and [...]
W Hotel New York - The Tuscany - Audrey Lounge
Located inside the W Hotel-Tuscany in New York City, Audrey Lounge serves as an elegant breakfast cafe during the day and a sophisticated bar/lounge in the evening. The concept was to create a custom lighting scheme within the space that transforms from morning to night, creating different environments within the space to fit its two alternate uses. Colored LED's shine through the sand-blasted chandelier pattern on the mirrored doors on the bar back wall, giving the room a subtle hint of colo [...]
Powder Deep Studios
Powder Deep Studio presented a unique collaboration between architect/designer Karim Rashid and Focus Lighting to realize a new, ultramodern, hip-hop nightclub with Rashid’s iconic “sensual minimalist” design aesthetic expanded into a lively, colorful, dance space. The lightly colored walls, and dance floor provided perfect surfaces to project vibrant color, and dynamic patterns upon using MR16 strips with dichroic color filters, and metal halide color changing fixtures to i [...]
AMC Loews 42nd St E-Walk Theater
Barry Loeks, then the co-chairman of Sony/Loews Theatres approached Focus Lighting to design a sign on the landmark marquee of its newest, high profile multiplex on 42nd Street in Times Square, New York that would stand out amongst the sea of neon and flashing lights. After extensive tests and comparisons using a variety of halogen sources and LED luminaires, Focus Lighting created a sign using a stunning array of high intensity LED fixtures, and Loews Theatre elevated its visibility by becoming [...]
Crobar
Club goers enter Crobar through a maze of fractured glass, vivid television screens and riveted steel, giving them glimpses of the varied worlds that lie within. With design concepts based on an exploration of the natural world, the reed room is a trip through a fantastical landscape. Guests make their way through a glowing forest of "reeds"; tall fiberglass cylinders with amber-colored Par30 spot fixtures shining through from the top create a soft, diffused light. Tight beams of blue "moonli [...]
Charles Schwab
The intent of the project was to create a clean bright environment of daytime transactions and a dramatic, identifiable and memorable after-hours experience. This was achieved through the use of ceiling coves and recessed wall coves to hide a dual-color lighting system. T5H0 lams allowed for a (2) color system while still keeping the coves small, while also using the fewest number of fixtures and meeting the required light levels. The marketing program required changing the "light color" of t [...]
The Babbio Center at Steven's Institute of Technology
Located directly across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan on the New Jersey Palisades, this 90,000 square foot, state-of-the-art technology learning center is a sparkling presence that also adheres to "green building" design guidelines. The glazed 4-story atrium was designed to appear jewel-like from across the river. Metal halide accent lighting streak the truss work of the window wall and illuminate a large-scale suspended mobile sculpture. The blue wall of the lecture hall can be see [...]
I.D. Magazine Awards display
The space is infused with blue light while each of the displays are individually accented with MR 16 framing projectors. The displays appear to float within the sea of blue light. Shuttering the Framing projects tightly on the display eliminates any spill light on the floor which would dispel the illusion.
Shark Exhibit at the New York City Aquarium
The shark exhibit is a wonderful and fascinating addition to the Coney Island Aquarium. The concept behind this design was to showcase the sharks as more than just one of natures greatest predators. It was important to illustrate their lives and educate viewers on their fragile ecosystems. We faced special challenges in devising appropriate methods in tank lighting metal halide flood lights recreated a natural sunlight spectrum, while fiber optics provide uplighting and accenting within the tank [...]
Chelsea, NY Penthouse
This Chelsea duplex combines beautiful interior spaces with lovely terrace views looking both North and South. The Lighting goal was to feature decorative French Modern light fixtures, allowing them to act as the apparent source of light for the rooms, while using small aperture adjustable light fixtures to accent artwork and architectural features throughout the residence. Features of the residence include: - Individual Shelf Lighting throughout the Library and Galley Pantry areas. - A [...]
7 Hubert Street Residence
Working with Ferguson Shamamian Architects, and Douglas Durkin Design, Focus helped convert a Tribeca loft into sumptuous residential environment, allowing the spacious elements of the loft to be experienced through the intimacy of a small art gallery sensibility. Features of the residence include: - Adjustable pinspot artlighting accents located within rectangular plaster openings in the ceiling. - Art display niches, lit from discrete positions within the niche above. - Custom decor [...]
Joseph Residence
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Weil Residence
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Morton's Square Residential Lobby
Morton Square is a luxury apartment community located in Greenwich Village. From the outside, the entrance to the lobby features a glowing, metallic awning. Six recessed fixtures in-ground on either side of the door illuminate the awning. Inside the main doors, green LED's are mounted to the front desk in glass strips. This lobby's main arresting features are the colorful glass installations by artist Tom Patti. A suspended orange glass sculpture hangs above a circular seating area next to th [...]
Delaney Herman Residence
Focus Lighting, Inc., a New York City based Architectural Lighting Design firm teamed up with Architect Fredric Schwartz on this modern 2-storey 3,500 square foot residence in New York's Greenwich Village area. The design team wanted to integrate modern lighting treatments into the clean architectural design of the space to create an open space that felt warm and inviting. The centerpiece of the space is a glass staircase which is internally illuminated with LED's. The architects initial conc [...]
Atlas Residential Lobby
Focus Lighting, Inc. collaborated with avant-garde architects Stephen Alton to create this stunning new entrance to the Atlas residential complex in New York City. The main feature of the lobby is a 12' high, 18' long backlit glass artwork image. It is backlit with T-8 fluorescent strips with 3000K lamps, Hi-lume dimming ballasts and R08 color sleeves. This gave us the best color to reproduce the artist's intent and the control to vary the intensity of the wall with the incoming daylight. The [...]
Fisher Residence
The goal for this project was to highlight architectural features of the residence, while also creating an intimate living environment from which to observe the 360 degrees of NYC skyline views which the apartment affords. Features of the residence include: - Entry Ceiling Cove emulating the form of the building?s exterior. - Hidden display niche lighting accents the client?s extensive antique pen collection from above. - Horizontal Library shelf lighting to create a warm inviting atm [...]
Entel Tower
As the tallest building in the country, the Entel Tower in Santiago, Chile is an official aviation landmark. Now, the headquarters and telecommunications tower of the country’s largest telephone company is bathed in a continual nighttime feast of colors. Its dramatically colorful exterior lighting has transformed this structure into one of the most prestigious and well-known buildings gracing the Santiago skyline. The dynamic lighting scheme utilizes technology that works well with both bo [...]
Mansfield Hotel
A return to old world splendor and elegance makes a new impression in 21 century at the Mansfield, a luxury boutique hotel in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Renowned for its well-appointed, romantic appeal, this historic hotel built in 1903 enjoys a contemporary facelift while its celebrated Beaux Art history remains intact. The elegant façade required hidden and subtly placed fixtures so as not to detract from the formal architectural composition. Emphasizing the stone’s color, the elabo [...]
Prudential Center - Newark Arena
At the center of Downtown Newark’s urban redevelopment stands the Prudential Center, the recently completed new home of the New Jersey Devils. In addition to quickly being considered one of the best arenas in hockey, the Prudential Center is also redefining the usual functions of arena lounges, restaurant spaces and entries. Entering the arena through towering 130’ glass drums, fans are bathed in red light and patterns that can only mean that this is the home of the Devils. The Premium Re [...]
New Meadowlands Stadium
At the New Meadowlands Stadium, Focus Lighting is helping to design lighting for the new home of both the New York Giants and the New York Jets. The design is required to provide visual unification for the stadium itself, while also creating a clear presence for both NFL teams as well as several corporate sponsors. Plans include lighting that highlights the repeating elements that define the architecture of the stadium and lights that can change from Giants Blue to Jets Green at the main entr [...]
Saks Fifth Ave. Snowflake Spectacle
Focus Lighting collaborated with American Christmas Decorations to create an annual spectacle at Saks Fifth Avenue that has become one of midtown Manhattans most visited holiday destinations. Snowflakes made of over 70,000 LEDs adorn the facade of the building. The illuminated snowflakes are synchronized to an upbeat rendition of "Carol of the Bells". The light show which plays every 15 minutes features over 450 cues in 90 seconds. The final result is a show that aims to give viewers the qual [...]
Yankee Stadium
Focus Lighting worked closely with HOK Sports to develop interior lighting for retail and hospitality spaces at Yankee Stadium. The retail designs help display the newest sports collectibles and team merchandise. Glowing wood veneer shelves and specialized color-changing display cases outfit all the team stores. In the restaurant space, a clean and modernist aesthetic was preserved. Marble and onyx lit accents and a collage of backlit baseball cards adorn the classy bar, creating an atmosp [...]
AER Lounge
Reality and illusion blur at AER, a sophisticated, 10,000 square-foot lounge in Manhattan’s fashionable Meatpacking District, where Focus Lighting utilized a range of visual effects with highly reflective materials to create an elegant, dreamlike space. Butterflies suspended in glowing resin dewdrops, with each drop lit with a single embedded fiber optic point, greet patrons upon entering. Sensually curving walls boldly lit with strong colors surround the main dance floor, providing a str [...]
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
During their stay at this extraordinary facility, the youngsters served by the Children's Hospital at Montefiore are encouraged to become explorers on a journey to healing and knowledge. The architecture was created to be a clear reminder of our connection to the whole of the universe through references to the micro and macro cosmic worlds we inhabit. Upon entering, the visitor is greeted by a curved, backlit frosted glass reception desk (representing the planet of Jupiter) behind which is a [...]
Museum of the City of New York
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Aura Nightclub at Atlantis - Bahamas
The goal for the design of this Bahamian nightclub was to create an exciting and dynamic atmosphere through the use of light. The solution was to paint the club's vertical surfaces with color both reflected by and emanated from within each wall creating a horizon line around the perimeter of the club that unified all the interior spaces. The energy efficient color-shifting LED's that were utilized could be controlled by the club's DJ, giving him complete flexibility to enhance not only the energ [...]
Tribeca Grand Hotel
The Tribeca Grand is a New York Hotel dominated by an 8-story open atrium capped with a 50" skylight. Steel columns at the atrium's perimeter are streaked with light by metal mesh sconces. Ceiling coffers in guest floor hallways which are visible from the atrium, are uplit in amber. Each floor's coffers are lit with a progressively deeper color. At the top, the skylight glows with a deep blue light, creating dramatic contrast. The entry greets patrons with a translucent water effect using cus [...]
Star Southfield Center, MI
With 20 movie screens with stadium-style seating for over 6,000 guests, and several outstanding restaurants all in one location, Star Southfield Entertainment Center is one of the nation’s most visited complexes. Upon its Grand Opening,
Rye-NY Residence
This home situated on the Long Island Sound boasts a remarkable art collection. The Client demanded a strong degree of flexibility to balance the interior light with the daylight reflected into the home from the water and beach outside. The lighting program included both an artlighting component as well as a general lighting component to work together to create a variety of looks throughout the day and evening, both for entertaining and the Client's everyday use. Features of the residence inc [...]
Carlos Miele
Located in the heart of the ultra trendy meatpacking district in New York City on West 14th Street, the lighting design in Carlos Miele's first store outside of Brazil is a stunning tribute to his style. Architects Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote designed a dreamy, melting landscape with an arctic palette under a drippy heat-formed plastic ceiling. As customers approach the store they are presented with wall planes infused with a crisp, white light in both the front display and [...]
The Pier at Caesars
Stretching nearly a quarter mile into the Atlantic Ocean, a new destination has emerged for visitors in search of high end boutiques, entertainment and fine cuisine. The Pier at Caesar's, developed by The Gordon Group who created the Forum Shops at Caesar's in Las Vegas, opened in 2005 and has transformed Atlantic City's historic boardwalk into an international landmark of commerce and entertainment. Drawing inspiration from the neighboring vistas of the ocean and the sky, Focus Lighting co [...]
FAO Schwarz
The newly renovated FAO Flagship store was redesigned by architect David Rockwell in collaboration with lighting designers Focus Lighting, Inc. NYC. The famous store reopened its doors on Thanksgiving Day amid thousands of awaiting fans. The brightly lit store features almost 80,000 LED lights mounted on the ceiling above the main atrium space (roughly 140-feet by 60-feet). Each LED light is individually addressable and creates a dynamic light show intended to inspire creativity and capture imag [...]
Tourneau - The Forum Shops at Caesars
The Tourneau flagship store in Las Vegas brings a visual excitement to an otherwise traditional retail space. To create a dynamic and surprising space where the product is king, spherical and circular design elements are used to create a central axis for retail success. A dome ceiling hovers over the central area and encapsulates the product cases below. The inside face of the dome transforms into a canvas of projections and color illumination for product graphics and themed shows. Above the [...]
Toys R Us
The Toys 'R' Us' new Flagship Store in Times Square, New York encompasses more than 100,000 square feet of retail space on three levels. Interior features include a three story atrium just inside the main entry, crossed by glass bridges. A full-sized, operational ferris wheel fills the atrium; an added attraction to bring kids into the store and make their experience memorable. Focus Lighting provided the ideas that are the main component of the store's exterior design. Glass windows on all t [...]
Mall at Millenia
Focus Lighting's goal for Mall at Millenia was to create a regional mall that surpassed all current design expectations. Upon entering the mall, which encompasses over a million square feet, patrons are welcomed by soaring ceilings that Focus lit with soft blue light. The Grand Court surrounds guests with sound, light and images. The trusses that line the 1,200 foot long shopping concourse are graced with light to reinforce the architecture while the wall's quarter-dome is bathed in colors an [...]
Knoll Philadelphia
In designing the Knoll showroom, our main goal was to light the product in a beautiful, yet energy efficient method in order to qualify for LEED certification (awarded LEED Silver). Our goal was achieved by mixing a variety of sources, primarily metal halide and fluorescent. In addition to keeping the wattage down, the client also wanted to reuse fixtures previously installed in another showroom. This posed a particular challenge because in the Philadephia showroom, we were determined to keep th [...]
Inside CNN
Inside CNN provides a front end to the up close, and in depth view of the 24-hour global news coverage network in the making. Located in the new Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, the exciting new attraction showcases the network's key place in the coverage of events that shape our world, and its efforts to report the news to millions of people around the globe. Collaborating with Regh Associates, our design objective was to recreate the experience of being in an actual CNN studio and new [...]
Rice to Riches
Rice to Riches is a rice pudding lover's paradise located just north of Little Italy in New York City. Our goal was to create a bright, crisp environment inspired by the unique and unusual concept of the store. Backlit resin strips running the entire length of the bar highlight the facade of the serving area. A neon source was used. Light is also incorporated directly into the walls and furniture. Rounded tables in the seated areas have mini fluorescent luminaries hidden within and provide an [...]
Dylan's Candy Bar
Dylan Lauren, daughter of famed designer Ralph Lauren, has inherited an eye and appreciation for chic visuals that combine style and substance. The architecture of her store uses a combination of light, color and surface textures to transport visitors to a modern day version of Candy Land.The centerpiece of the bulk candy area is a giant candy "tree" that projects illuminated colored disks onto the ceiling, lending an air of lollipop fun. The ceiling itself changes color, transformed by a sophis [...]
Regis School
This prestigious Upper East Side high school is designed to maximize learning potential and stimulate students. Even lighting on desks, chalk boards, and work tables helps visibility and focus for long study periods. The school's motto, "Deo et Patriae" (For God and Country), speaks to its intention to produce a men committed to devoting the advantages education to the service of society and the underprivileged. Overall, the look is classic and refined, creating a serious ambiance for d [...]
Forth and Towne
Focus Lighting, Inc. and The Rockwell Group designed the sparkling crystal chandelier in the center of the dressing room. The chandelier is made up of two parts. The first part is the 20-watt Xenon lamps, which hang in a circle on steel stem rods in the center of the dressing room; the second part of the chandelier is the curving metal bead curtain, which hangs from the ceiling above the circle of individual dressing rooms. The metal bead curtain is uplit by MR16's and allows the dressing area t [...]
Nobu - Las Vegas
Nobu Las Vegas, located in the Hard Rock Hotel, maintains a rich diversity of natural elements and sparkling accents. A luminous ceiling crafted of thin pieces of ash exists over a large part of the restaurant. Decorative abstract patterns created with chopstick-like materials graced the soft glow of the ceiling. This gentle radiance caps the space. Up-lights atop the framing create reflecting light, evenly illuminating the canopy and giving the space a warm glow. Tables under the canopy are [...]