November 19, 2009

GSC Group Offices’ Lighting Design Featured in Illuminate Magazine

The winner of a 2009 Lumen Citation in the Featured Visual Element category, New York financial firm GSC Group’s stylish new offices have received an abundance of media attention. The main visual feature in this project’s design is a two-story digital artwork piece that wraps the core of the floor plate, connecting reception, offices, conference rooms and a trading floor and humanizing a highly functional setting with the look of an upscale boutique hotel. CBB Principal Stephen Bernstein used an innovative LED scheme to evenly backlight the artwork, bringing its digitized imagery of Central Park to life.

Click here to read the Illuminate Magazine article.

November 11, 2009

CBB’s Principals Interviewed in New Philips Lighting Publication

CBBLD Principals Francesca Bettridge and Stephen Bernstein are featured in a new book published by Philips Lighting, entitled Exploring Lighting Cultures: Light and Emotions. This study comprises a series of conversations with 47 acclaimed lighting designers from around the world.

Click here here to read the chapter of the book focusing on Francesca and Stephen.

See the Mondo.arc original flash magazine. Go to the TOC on p.18, and then read the article on pgs.34-38.

November 11, 2009

CBB Principal Francesca Bettridge Featured in Current Issue of Mondo.arc

CBBLD is proud to announce the publication of Techno-Elegant, a feature-length interview with Principal Francesca Bettridge, in the current issue of Mondo.arc Magazine. The article, illustrated with images of Francesca and some of her ground-breaking projects, celebrates her talent, inspiration and commitment to her team at CBB and to outstanding lighting design.

Click here to read this captivating study of Francesca’s career, design philosophy and project work.

November 1, 2009

LEDs Conference in San Diego

On October 20th Michael Hennes chaired a pre-conference, full-day Advanced Lighting summit at the LEDs 2009 conference in San Diego. He was also one of the presenters and moderated a round-table panel discussion at the end of the day. The summit provided an in-depth assessment of LED lighting, from design to commercial applications, providing a great perspective on how and where LED lighting can continue to grow.

October 19, 2009

OHNY Tour at 7 World Trade Center

On October 10th Mitul Parekh led a tour of the night illumination of 7 World Trade Center for Open House New York for a sold-out crowd. This was the fourth year in a row since the building’s opening that CBBLD has led this tour.

     Photograph by Richard Klapper

     Photograph by Fabio Tuchiya

August 4, 2009

A Walking Tour of New York, Illuminated

Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design's work on Time Warner Center, the Bloomberg Tower (731 Lexington Ave.) and 7 World Trade Center are in the news again. The New York Times City Room blog reports on a project of the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York (IESNY) to highlight the role of lighting design in architecture.

The 2009 IESNY publication of a self-guided tour of New York City lighting designs features Lumen Award winning lighting designs, including LEED^® Gold certified 7 World Trade Center. CBBLD has received numerous lighting awards, including a 2007 Lumen Award of Excellence for its work on 7 World Trade Center and its many innovations in energy efficient and beautiful interior and exterior lighting.

Read The New York Times City Room blog article: A Walking Tour of New York, Illuminated

July 1, 2009

ASHRAE Lighting Sub-Committee

Marty Salzberg has just been confirmed as a voting member of the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) Standard 90.1 Lighting Subcommittee as of July 1. ASHRAE 90.1 is the Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.

For information about ASHRAE standards, visit: ASHRAE Standards & Guidelines

May 2009

Slocum Hall, Syracuse University Featured in AIA New York’s Oculus Magazine

The Spring 2009 Issue of Oculus, the AIA New York Chapter’s quarterly magazine, showcases Slocum Hall at Syracuse University – a recent CBB project in association with Garrison Architects (NY). The article commends the design team’s expression of the historic building in a fresh, modern, “green” context, emphasizing daylighting, natural ventilation, and open, flexible-use spaces.

CBB developed the lighting design scheme for the refurbished building, which houses the University’s School of Architecture. The lighting honors the historic structure yet engages the students and faculty in a dialogue on 21st Century design. Our clean, modern design reinvigorates the landmarked Beaux Arts building, with a fixture budget of only $4.00/sf.

The renovation re-opened the five-story atrium, allowing daylight penetration. A key renovation principle was keeping the space visually open and making the atrium an extension of the classrooms. Originally the building contained a two story lecture hall. Reconceived, the volume is split horizontally in half with a new bamboo clad auditorium inserted and suspended above a flexible gallery space.

The lighting addresses the needs of each space, with ultimate flexibility for the gallery and architectural enhancement of the auditorium.

Read the Oculus article: Good Bones Win Out.

May 2009

Henry Miller’s Theater featured May 4th in The New York Times

Designed in conjunction with the new LEED^® Platinum (pending) One Bryant Park project, Henry Miller’s Theater will be the first new Broadway theater to open in more than 20 years and the first sustainably designed Broadway house. Energy efficient fluorescent, metal halide and halogen light sources are used to create a warm, comfortable interior environment and are linked to an automated lighting control system to reduce energy consumption over time. Salvaged architectural artifacts, such as doors and column capitals, from the original theater are highlighted with halogen spots in the new design, creating a link between the modern design and the theater’s past.

Read The New York Times article: White Way Gets a ‘Green’ Theater

March 2009

CBB Staff Members Pass LEED Exam

Michael Hennes, Alexis Arnoldi, Mitul Parekh and Nehal Youssef all passed the LEED exam and will be LEED Accredited Professionals once they receive their official certificates from the USGBC. They will now be able to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of the LEED program to our design staff when working on LEED projects, and they will provide in-house training on LEED prerequisites and credits that pertain to lighting design. CBBLD is committed to sustainable design and is a member of the USGBC.

February 8, 2009

Snuff Mill at New York Botanical Garden featured in The New York Times

Lorillard Snuff Mill is a 3-story historic building located on the grounds of the New York Botanical Garden that originally served as a factory for producing chewing tobacco. It is being renovated into a wedding banquet hall. The project was featured in a recent issue of The New York Times. CBBLD is working on this project with Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architects. The lighting for the project is designed with deference to the history of the building while being equally mindful of the modern needs for visual comfort and energy consciousness.

Read The New York Times article: From Tobacco Leaves to Wedding Bouquets, 169 Years in the Bronx

January 2009

Jazz at Lincoln Center Featured in Walking Tour

Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, was featured in a walking tour of Rambusch lighting installations in Manhattan as part of that manufacturer’s celebration of its 110th anniversary. CBBLD used Rambusch downlights to illuminate Rose Hall and The Allen Room (pictured at right), the two main performance venues in the complex.

For more information on Rambusch: Rambusch - 110 Years of Designing and Making Objects

January 2009

DOE CALiPER Program Guidance Committee Member

Michael Hennes is a new member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER guidance committee. The DOE CALiPER program supports testing of commercial solid state lighting (SSL) products available for general illumination.  The program is also working to establish standardized testing procedures and measurements for SSL products. Michael will be attending the committee’s annual conference in Denver in March 2009.

For information about the DOE CALiPER Program: DOE Solid-State Lighting CALiPER Program

January 2009

One Bryant Park Article

The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is on the cover of HQ, a new magazine for senior executives jointly published by BusinessWeek and Architectural Record.

To view the article, “Bank of America Takes Manhattan”, follow the link to page 30: HQ Winter 2009

January 2009

Cook+Fox Architects new LEED® Platinum office space Case Study

Cook+Fox Architects new LEED Platinum office space is featured in High Performance Buildings magazine as a case study on sustainable design. CBBLD worked with Cook+Fox to design their low-energy lighting system, which is linked to a dimming control system that adjusts the ambient light level in response to daylight. Innovative electronic metal halide dimming ballasts by Metrolight dim the metal halide sources to save energy.

To view the article, “Urban Stewardship in NYC”, follow the link to page 24 under the Contents tab: High Performing Buildings - Winter 2009