October 2012 - AWA Lighting Designers

Getting Back to Business in New York After Superstorm Sandy

Hurricane Sandy passed over New York City beginning Sunday night and lasted into early Tuesday morning, with the strongest weather occurring on Monday night. The “super-storm” was so large that it affected an enormous amount of land in the United States; creating blizzard conditions in West Virg..

This Year Marks Abhay Wadhwa’s 10th Year as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the LRC

Abhay Wadhwa has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor for 10 years at the Lighting Research Center at RPI. Abhay teaches a Graduate studio that ranges from 8 to 12 students from diverse educational backgrounds; architecture, physics, engineering, and students from the masters lighting program. T..

Bioluminescence and the future of lighting

But the more fortunate ones are the little creatures that exhibit the quality of “bioluminescence” or the ability to generate their own light. These organisms produce the enzyme luciferase, which interacts with a particular type of light-emitting molecule called a luciferin, and this combination..

LRC: Lighting Up the Aviation Industry

The Dreamliner is a sleek, next-generation Boeing 787, a long-range twin-engine jetliner equipped with much of what the latest technology has to offer. The aircraft's modern carbon composite frame is at least 10 tons lighter than its traditional counterpart. It is also the most fuel-efficient commer..

Orion Mall Opens at Brigade Gateway

The Orion Mall is part of the 40-acre mixed-use Brigade Gateway site located at Rajajinagar-Malleswaram in North Bangalore, India. The mall totals 1.1 million square feet, is the first lifestyle mall in Bangalore, and was designed by HOK, New York. View of the Mall Atrium Orion Mall Facade- Lakes..