Focus Lighting is a New York City based architectural lighting design firm founded by Paul Gregory in 1987.
Focus Lighting designs include the Entel Tower in Santiago, Chile , which was the first automated color changing exterior lighting display in the world and the first building to have an automatic color-change at night. The 40-story tower opened in October 1994.[ 1] Times Square Ball for its 100th and 101st anniversaries.[ 2]
Focus Lighting creates lighting designs for hotels, restaurants, residences, retail stores, art installations, sports venues, and museums. Their design philosophy centers on creating an emotion with light.[ 3]
Notable works
Previous works include the lighting design for:
Atlantis Resort (Palm Island, Dubai)Atmosphere on the 122nd floor of the Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE)
Aureole (NYC)[ 4]
Bourbon Steak (Phoenix, AZ)[ 4]
Cloud Installation for Boffo Showhouse[ 5]
Condado Plaza Hotel (San Juan, Puerto Rico)[ 5]
Dream Hotel (NYC)
Entel Tower (Santiago, Chile)[ 6]
Letifly Lighting NYC High quality lighting retailer[ 7] Dinosaur Hall Exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, CA)[ 8]
FAO Schwarz Flagship Store (NYC)[ 9] Food Hall at the Plaza Hotel (NYC)
Frye Flagship Store (NYC)[ 10] Klyde Warren Park (Dallas, TX)[ 11] Knoll Showrooms (LA, SF, Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia)[ 12] Le Cirque 2000, 2006 (NYC) [ 13] Mall at Millennia (Orlando, FL)Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (Milwaukee, WI)[ 14] Mohegan Casino Phase 1 & 3 (Connecticut)[ 15]
MoMa Home Delivery Exhibition (NYC)Mondrian Hotel (South Beach, FL) [ 16] Morimoto (Philadelphia, PA)[ 17]
One and Only Ocean Club (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Proenza Schouler (NYC)Public Theatre Library Lounge (NYC)
"Reflect" Installation at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center (Miami, FL)[ 18]
Retail Concourse at the Plaza Hotel (NYC)
Royalton Hotel [ 19] "Science Storms" Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL)[ 20]
Semiramis Hotels (Athens, Greece)[ 9]
Shigeru Ban ’s Metal Shutter House Condo (NYC)Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (NYC)[ 21]
The Crystals at MGM City Center (Las Vegas, NV)Times Square Ball 100th and 101st Anniversary Ball (NYC)[ 22] Todd English's Olives (NYC)
Toys "R" Us Times Square (NYC)YOTEL (NYC)[ 23]
Awards
1995 Lumen Award , Waterbury Award of Excellence - Entel Tower[ 24]
1997 Lumen Award - Mohegan Casino Phase I[ 25]
1998 Lumen Award of Merit - Best Cellars[ 26]
1998 Lumen Award of Merit - ID Magazine Exhibit[ 26]
2002 IALD Award of Merit - Morimoto Restaurant[ 17]
2002 Lumen Award Citation - Town Restaurant[ 27]
2003 Lumen Award, Edwin F. Guth Award of Excellence - Mall at Millenia[ 28]
2004 Lumen Feltman Award - Carlos Miele[ 29]
2004 Lumen Award of Merit - Powder Deep Studios[ 29]
2005 Lumen Award of Merit - FAO Schwarz[ 30]
2005 Lumen Award of Excellence - Teatro Bar[ 30]
2005 Lumen Award of Excellence - Semiramis Hotel[ 30]
2005 AL Light & Architecture Design Award – Carlos Miele[ 31]
2006 IALD Award of Excellence – Tourneau Flagship Store[ 32]
2008 Lumen Award, Citation for Increasing Public Awareness of LEDs - Times Square Ball[ 33]
2009 Lumen Award – Royalton Hotel[ 34]
2009 Lumen Award - Mohegan Sun Casino of the Wind[ 15]
2009 Lumen Award, Citation for Courtyard Design- Rock Sugar L.A.[ 15]
2010 Lumen Award – Bourbon Steak[ 4]
2010 Lumen Award – Aureole [ 4]
2011 IALD Award – Science Storms at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago[ 20]
2011 Lumen Award – Science Storms at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago[ 20]
2012 Lumen Award – Yotel[ 35]
2012 IALD Award – Yotel[ 23]
2013 IES Award of Excellence – Reflect[ 18]
2013 AL Light & Architecture Award – Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid[ 36]
References
^ "Landmark moments in the architectural lighting profession" . ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine . December 14, 2005.^ "Focus Lighting designs LEDs into Times Square Ball" . LEDs Magazine . 21 Nov 2007.^ "Paul Gregory" . Mondo Arc . Oct–Nov 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03.^ a b c d "2010 Lumen Awards: Winners" . Illuminating Engineer Society .^ a b Dave (5 June 2012). "Cloud by Focus Lighting for Boffo Show" . Contemporist . Contemporist Enterprises. ^ "Landmark moments in the architectural lighting profession" . Architectural Lighting . Hanley Wood.^ "High quality lighting retailer" . Letifly Lighting . Hans.^ "Dinosaur Hall - Behind the Scenes" . Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.^ a b "Eleven Projects Recognized at Annual Lumen Awards" . Architectural Lighting . Hanley Wood.^ "Frye Co Flagship Store New York" . Design:Retail . Nielsen Business Media.^ "Klyde Warner Park" (PDF) .^ Knoll Offices ^ "Le Cirque" .^ Sokol, David. "Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Focus Lighting readies the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts for its solo" . Architectural Record . ^ a b c "2009 Lumen Awards Winners Announced at the 41st Annual Lumen Gala" (PDF) . Illuminating Engineering Society NYC. Retrieved June 30, 2009 .^ "Mondrian Hotel" . Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-08-10 .^ a b Lampert-Greaux, Ellen. "Magic at Morimoto" . Live Design Magazine . Penton. ^ a b "IES Illumination Awards 2013" (PDF) . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ "Royalton Hotel" . Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-08-10 .^ a b c "2011 Lumen Awards Winners Announced at 43rd Annual Lumen Gala" (PDF) . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ Donoff, Elizabeth. "Commendable Achievement, Exhibit Lighting and Temporary Installations - Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, New York" . Architectural Lighting . Hanley Wood. ^ Architectural Lighting Staff. "100th Anniversary of the Times Square Ball" . Architectural Lighting Magazine . ^ a b "Yotel Honored With IALD Award of Merit" (PDF) . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ "1995 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ Weathersby Jr., William (Oct 1, 1997). "Lumen Awards honor IESNA's brightest" . Studio Live Design . ^ a b "1998 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ "2002 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ "Lumen Awards 2003" . Studio Live Design . Jul 1, 2003.^ a b "2004 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ a b c "2005 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ Architectural Lighting Staff. "Commendable Achievement, Retail - Carlos Miele" . Architectural Lighting . ^ "2006 IALD Award Winners" . International Association of Lighting Designers .^ "2008 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ "Lumen Awards 2009: Royalton Hotel by Focus lighting" . Enlighter Magazine . June 30, 2009.^ "Winners: 2012 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .^ "Commendable Achievement, Exhibit Lighting and Temporary Installations - Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, New York" . Architectural Lighting .
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