Lighting Design Alliance (LDA) is an internationally known, full-service architectural lighting design firm located in Long Beach, California. Since forming in 1992, they have delivered almost 7,000 projects across the United States and globally, mostly for repeat clients. Those projects have varied greatly in size,...
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Chip Israel of Lighting Design Alliance in featured in LD+A magazines Tools of the Trade segment. In the digital era, all trades seem to be losing their craftsmen. From machinists who could create products from a block of metal with incredible accuracy to photographers who actually...
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Chip Israel of Lighting Design Alliance in featured in Lytei most recent video. Creating exquisite luminous environments is at the heart of every lighting design. Learn about this profession from 20 people who are passionate about what you see, feel, and experience. Video ...
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Architectural engineering alumnus organizes donation for people without homes UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When a cold snap plunged Los Angeles, California, into temperatures below 30 degrees in early November, Charles (Chip) Israel thought about the many people without homes that he sees regularly on his commute. Israel, a Penn...
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iilluminati: Chip Israel Some people spend their entire lives searching for the light. For others, the light finds them. Chip Israel falls into the latter category. He enjoyed drawing, designing and building things as a child, whether creating houses with Legos or building go-karts out of...
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Congratulations to Chip Israel on receiving the IES Distinguished Service Award! The Distinguished Service Award is presented in recognition of continuous dedicated service to the Society, principally of a non-technical nature, having significantly furthered the purpose for which the Society was founded, and continued over a...
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In the hospitality sector, it’s not about lux levels and uniformity. This 12-stop tour shows how designers create drama By Kyllene Jones The world of commercial lodging has evolved during the past several decades. Originally, as the U.S. Interstate Highway System expanded, so did the need for...
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Wirecutter A New York Times Company, Feb 2019 Lighting designer Geoff Goral told us that CRI as a metric has come under fire for measuring bulbs based on how well they portray pastel colors (instead of more saturated colors). Some bulbs now also list an R9 value,...
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Metropolis magazine, in partnership with Lutron, presents The Right Environment: a series of profiles featuring experts who are helping to make buildings better for occupants. For the first installment of the series Metropolis caught up with lighting designer Chip Israel. Israel shared his insights on the lighting industry and the...
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LD+A, 2018 The IES Illumination Awards provide a unique opportunity for public recognition of professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design based upon the individual merit of each entry judged against specific criteria. This program is not a competition. Full Article...
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SLS Las Vegas, Hotel Design, 2015 THE FORMER Sahara Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas got new life last summer when its doors reopened as the SLS Las Vegas after a $415-million renovation. The 62-year-o ld property had been dark since May 2011, but under the...
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Optic Arts A Light Read - Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2018 For this first issue, we had a chance to catch up with Andy Powell, principal at Lighting Design Alliance. A lighting designer for more than three decades, Andy’s work has taken him all over the...
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Silver-screen glamour pervades the Hollywood Roosevelt's sister property, which also happens to be the first ground-up hotel by Gulla Jónsdóttir. A 12-story glass tower, the newcomer even boasts a suite called the Marilyn Penthouse, as in Monroe. Alongside the Hollywood moments, however, other references add...
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It seems like yesterday that David Martin presented journalists with the architectural model for a mixed-use project that would alter the city’s skyline. Martin, then design principal, revealed a tower with a hotel and offices, plus a podium at the bottom, capped by a pool...
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Over the following years, we monitored progress. From an adjacent office building, we gazed down into the gargantuan hole in the ground. We watched the foundation’s celebratory “big pour”—at 1,180 cubic yards, it was promoted as the world’s largest continuous flow of concrete. We viewed...
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