From the Pacific Northwest to the Pacific Rim, lighting benefits centers of culture, commerce, and transit

摘要

Arriving, departing, staying a while, or just passing through, patrons of urban centers worldwide are being romanced by new architectural spaces with particularly effective lighting. This month we report on three metropolitan projects from the Pacific Northwest to the Pacific Rim that represent different building types- a bar and restaurant enclave, an airport transit station, and a renovated performance hall for symphony and ballet. Each project required creative lighting tailored to its individual architectural details and program. In each case, lighting functions as an integral component of the architect's space-making, whether as a signature visual element or inherent wayfinding device.