Inventing Nighttime Design
Nighttime design and its concomitant Shades of Night analysis were born out of the NightSeeingâ„¢ Program During the dark hours, a nexus of...
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El-Space: first, the after-dark site study
It was cold, it was dark…normal site study conditions. Arup staff and I braved the night with cameras, illuminance meters, laser...
As You Light It: Dwell Magazine Video and Leni Schwendinger
Dwell Magazine’s series, As You Light It <link here>, focuses on my idea of the City as home and the NightSeeing™ program. The video...
NightSeeingâ„¢ in Washington D.C. (with Landscape Architects)
In the evening Washington D.C. NW is a monochromatic blend of light. People are the action. The shifting interplay of nighttime dark and...
Schwendinger Podcasts Recorded by Museum Without Walls
CultureNow is focused on cultural mapping and exhibitions about New York City. They called the other day and asked if I would talk about...
Light Planning; Chinatown Little Italy Historic District
Light Planning and Community Involvement Official map of the Chinatown Little Italy Historic District boundaries The Chinatown Little...
Atlantic Avenue Tunnel; Vertical Layers of New York
Much has been written about the Atlantic Avenue tunnel since Bob Diamond rediscovered access through a manhole to the storied passageway...
Public Lighting Theory – developing the nexus of lighting and urban design
Are you a lighting designer or an artist?Are you a theorist or practitioner? These questions are bound to come up at the end of every...
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...
Queens Plaza, New York City — Groundbreaking, August 3rd 2009
Elevated tracks at Queens Plaza, NYC - repainting begins The groundbreaking ceremony for Queens Plaza was hot, the traffic non-stop and...
Quick, Fresh News on Infrastructure-related Funding in the U.S.
Image: MTC/California High-Speed Train from 1999 From Progressive Railroading: The Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009...
Triple Bridge Gateway: Award and Lecture (June 4 – NYC)
Triple Bridge Gateway was honored by the Society For Environmental Graphic Design’s MERIT AWARD on May 30, 2009. To learn more, join Leni...
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Federal Omnibus Budget, 2010 Federal Budget: Ready for fundi
A/E firms (and sub-consultants who regularly team for public works) should get their Federal Forms SF 330 updated and ready to create...
Leni Unpacks “Constructing The Economic Recovery; Business Opportunities for the Construction
Greater New York Construction User Council and the Building Trades Employers’ Association at AIA Center for Architecture (NYC), April...
PUBLIC ART NEW YORK, a new guidebook, features Coney Island Parachute Jump illumination
Jean Parker Phifer, author and Francis Dzikowski, photographer have published a useful and inspiring guide to permanent public art in...
Italy: iGuzzini joins the race for LED street lighting
iGuzzini factory near Ancona, Italy The iGuzzini lighting factory is set near the Adriatic sea, tucked into a composition of small...
Downstate (New York) Construction Conference, February 4, 2009
The visiting agencies were very helpful with the certification forms. Additionally, we visited with MTA/LIRR and learned about the GEC...
Leni’s eclectic coverage of the Greater New York Construction User Council Breakfast: Infrastructure
Greater New York Construction User Council Panelists: Jason Bram (economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York), Seth Pinsky (President,...
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