Prize(s) Winners in Ambient Lighting
Company Cline Bettridge Bernstein
Lead Designers Francesca Bettridge, Alexis Arnoldi, Glenn Fujimura
Architecture Company Studios Architecture
Interior Design Company Studios Architecture
Client The Durst Organization
Photo Credits Alan Schindler Photography
Completion Date March 30, 2020
Project Location New York, NY
Entry DescriptionThe reimagined lobby of this LEED office building creates a space of grandeur and warmth.
A three-story monumental glass wall reveals a series of vertical tilted panels. Paper-thin LED fixtures mounted at the panel edge illuminate both the cove interior and the adjacent panel. This vertical cove detail continues, forming the lobby ceiling, unifying the composition, and providing ambient light.
The staggered panel motif of the rear-illuminated blue glass reception desk echoes the design of the ceiling panels. Glowing white glass forms a backdrop to the desk.
A perimeter cove softly illuminates the wood wall, while accent lights highlight the artwork. The warm surface leads the visitors to the elevator lobby.
The wood-clad elevator lobby, lit with square aperture wall washers, provides a distinct contrast to the white surfaces of the main lobby and the sparkle of the walls surrounding it.
Light-refracting resin panels are edge-lit to create a glittering perimeter wall wrapping around the lobby. The ceiling repeats the edge-lit tilted panel motif.
The lighting reveals the tilted forms, highlights the variety of materials, and welcomes and directs visitors through the lobby.
Company DescriptionCline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design (CBB) is dedicated to enhancing the grace, utility, and comfort of architectural spaces with light. The 17-person firm is certified as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) - locally by NY State and NY City, and nation-wide by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
CBB provides architectural lighting design services for buildings and sites of every type, size, and architectural style. This portfolio encompasses celebrated sites around the world.
