Once a large printing factory in Manhattan’s Midtown West, this piece of old New York is now the site of Ink 48, a boutique hotel presented by Kimpton Hotels. The luxury hotel brand collaborated with the design team at Rockwell Group and architect Carlos Zappata to transform the warehouse into a chic urban retreat. The [...]
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Museum of Science and Industry
March 3, 2010 – 9:01 am
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 [...]
Crystals at CityCenter, Las Vegas
January 15, 2010 – 9:32 am
Focus Lighting collaborated closely with architects Studio Daniel Libeskind, Rockwell Group, DIRT Studio and WET Design to create a visually complex and technically advanced lighting design for this LEED Gold Certified interior urban park. Hundreds of drawings, three models and multiple full-scale mock-ups were completed over the course of three years to fully integrate the [...]
Mikimoto at CityCenter
January 10, 2010 – 1:55 pm
The challenge for Mikimoto’s new retail location inside Crystals at City Center was to adapt the retailer’s initial design concept to conform to the strict energy restrictions within this LEED Gold Certified building. The “Deep Blue Sea” concept recalls the natural origins of pearls and the watery depths where they are formed. An eco-friendly approach [...]
Davis and Warshow Flagship
January 8, 2010 – 2:30 pm
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 home products center in the [...]
Setai
January 2, 2010 – 2:13 pm
Opening its first location in the Northeast, Setai Condominiums NYC offers elegant condos, a spa and restaurant for their residents and for guests. Focus Lighting, Inc. worked to bring interest and dynamism to the lighting of the lobby, restaurant and residential rooms. In the exterior and lobby, up-lights highlights the columns, custom designed decorative pendants [...]
Canyon Ranch Hotel
January 2, 2010 – 1:55 pm
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, uplit [...]
Cooper Square Hotel
January 1, 2010 – 9:26 am
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 [...]
Aureole
August 27, 2009 – 12:29 pm
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, [...]