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El-Space: first, the after-dark site study
It was cold, it was dark…normal site study conditions. Arup staff and I braved the night with cameras, illuminance meters, laser...
A Slice of Light: Selections from Fusing Art + Design
A launch to the season of golden slanting sun and naturally tinting leaves, here is a seasonal selection of commentaries voted the best...
SpectraScape Spring Transforms into Summer 6/21/2011
Public Art at Main Street Garden Park: SPRING Lights Change to SUMMER SpectraScape, the public art installation comprised of video bands...
Report: “21st Century Parks” Book Reception, January 6, 2011
The line crawled out the door half the block down La Guardia Place… the seating once inside filled three spaces – the multipurpose hall...
LightWalk Times Square with Author Dietrich Neumann and his Architectural History Class
I was thrilled to receive a message from Dietrich Neumann, whose “Architecture of the Night” has inspired so many. He indicated that he...
SpectraScape morphs into winter, one year after commission
SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands of light that scroll across the green glass shelters at Main Street...
Transforming a Darkened Underpass into a Brightly Breathing Bridge and Streetscape Lighting Design
Less than one year after the contract was awarded, Light Projects’ illumination and color design for Louisville’s 2nd Street Bridge and...
NightSeeing™ in Washington D.C. (with Landscape Architects)
In the evening Washington D.C. NW is a monochromatic blend of light. People are the action. The shifting interplay of nighttime dark and...
Schwendinger Podcasts Recorded by Museum Without Walls
CultureNow is focused on cultural mapping and exhibitions about New York City. They called the other day and asked if I would talk about...
Light Planning; Chinatown Little Italy Historic District
Light Planning and Community Involvement Official map of the Chinatown Little Italy Historic District boundaries The Chinatown Little...
SpectraScape Winter Morphs into Spring 3/20/2010
PUBLIC ART AT MAIN STREET GARDEN PARK WINTER LIGHTS CHANGE TO SPRING SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands...
Accolades and Finales (and the Winter LightWalk)
Leni Schwendinger Light Projects’ recent projects win American Society of Landscape Architects awards. In the General Design Category HtO...
Ribbon Cutting! Video from Dallas Main Street Garden Park
Way back in November I had an opportunity to speak at the opening celebration for Main Street Garden Park in Dallas. Here, from our...
Mexico City; Las Calles y Luz de “La Capital”
Born to go to Mexico City, “La Capital” Leni aspired to Mexicana status, here pictured in red dress with Aztec-inspired embroidery...
Interview with Leni Schwendinger about SpectraScape
A discussion in two parts, with Kay Kallos, Dallas Public Art Program Manager, covers the inception and objectives of the integrated...
HTO Park, in Toronto, submitted for 2009 Toronto Urban Design Award
Leni Schwendinger Light Projects: Lighting Design Submissions were accepted in seven categories. The competition collected a total of 117...
SpectraScape – an interactive, media artwork for Dallas Main Street Garden Park
Downtown central Dallas is being recast. Traditionally, the city center has been associated with such iconic non-residential structures...
Queens Plaza, New York City — Groundbreaking, August 3rd 2009
Elevated tracks at Queens Plaza, NYC - repainting begins The groundbreaking ceremony for Queens Plaza was hot, the traffic non-stop and...
dérive*: A Cultural Week in Manhattan – 090725
July 19 — Washington Square park Walking home, in the warm breezes of this summer’s evening — Washington Square Park is alive! It seems...
Hangzhou to Suzhou: From the Elegant (Grand Canal) to the Sublime (Lion Forest Garden)
Hangzhou (杭州市区) Today Hangzhou is an important cultural center in China. It was the capital of the Song Dynasty, starting 1127, for...
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