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Project News: Avenue of the Arts 2.0 on South Broad Street in Philadelphia has Broken Ground

► 01/14/2026

Avenue of the Arts 2.0 on South Broad Street in Philadelphia has broken ground, beginning construction on the first phase of the ten-block stretch’s evolution into an arts park with landscaping, public art, and amenities that support the surrounding community. Designed by Gensler and OJB Landscape Architecture, with enhanced lighting design by LightBox Studios, this first phase is slated for completion in June.

LightBox Studios Senior Designer Julia Strapp: IES Member of the Month

► 06/01/2024

Julia is recognized as IESNYC’s Member of the Month and details her journey from having a passion for art and design to making her mark on the lighting industry.

Lighting System Cybersecurity in the Age of AI written by Michael Mehl

► 03/01/2024

Michael Mehl discusses the importance of cybersecurity for lighting systems in this new day and age.

LightBox Studios’ Senior Designer Julia Strapp Wins LightStanza’s 2023 Winter Rendering Contest

► 01/24/2024

LightBox Studios congratulates Senior Designer Julia Strapp on winning LightStanza’s 2023 Winter Rendering Contest. Julia's submission was recognized for its exceptional talent in blending technical and artistic sensibilities into architectural lighting renderings.

Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice Receives 2020 Lighting Control Innovation Award of Merit

► 08/31/2021

LightBox Studios’ lighting control design for the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice is a case study in balancing function with high-end aesthetics. The design also played a key role in support of the Foundation’s desire to establish a genuine public forum, a welcoming, accessible gathering space to foster the open communication at the heart of its social justice mission.

LightBox Studios Turns Light to Pure Aesthetics with Shiseido Americas New Midtown Headquarters

► 06/17/2020

When the cosmetics/beauty care powerhouse Shiseido Americas sought to solidify both its brand and its presence with an aesthetics-driven, high-concept headquarters at the heart of Manhattan, they looked to LightBox Studios for a lighting design concept that was at home with the subtle power of refined gradients, textures, and palettes; that understood that lighting, like makeup, could not only draw out natural beauty but actually become part of it. The result was a breathtaking demonstration of the cool possibilities of interior lighting design.

LightBox Studios Negotiates the Lighting Aesthetics for the BIG Relocation Project

► 06/20/2019

The relocation of BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) to the DUMBO section of Brooklyn was a project that brought the engineer/client relationship to a whole new level. Working within a precisely defined aesthetic—light, open spaces and clean lines—LightBox Studios created a lighting design that established and defined interior zones almost entirely through illumination.

LightBox Studios Director Michael Mehl: IES Member of the Month

► 05/01/2019

Michael Mehl, Director of LightBox Studios, has been selected by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) as its Member of the Month for May. The Society is a professional membership organization promoting the art and science of illumination, and Michael’s unique sensibility for how technology can be put into the service of the “feel” of a space makes him an apt choice for this special recognition.

Michael Mehl Serves as Guest Judge on the IESNYC Scholarship Committee

► 03/05/2019

LightBox Studios Director Michael Mehl served as a guest judge on the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) scholarship committee as it awarded its fourth annual merit-based scholarship to Brigid Hardiman, a candidate in the MPS Lighting Design program at New York School of Interior Design. The scholarship awards $25,000 to a full-time, graduate degree candidate in architectural lighting who is enrolled in an accredited college or university located in New York State, fostering the next generation of cutting-edge lighting designers.

Circadian Design: The Organic Rhythm of Light

► 07/16/2018

Circadian lighting is emerging as one of the more exciting frontiers in lighting design. Attuned to the innate human response to light as it changes during the day, it’s been hailed for its beneficial effects on health, well-being and productivity. LightBox Studios’ work on the Town Hall space at JB&B is a prime showcase of both the aesthetic and salutary possibilities presented by this cutting-edge lighting technology.

CookFox Goes Green with “Biophilic Design”

► 01/11/2018

COOKFOX Architects has a longstanding commitment to green building strategies, so when it came to the renovation of their own workspace, the focus was on “biophilic” design, that is, creating an environment that had an organic relationship with the humans occupying it. So bringing LightBox Studios on board became a true meeting of the minds, and the new office has a lighting scenario that optimizes natural light and attunes itself to the life and lifestyle of the COOKFOX staff.

LightBox Studios' Own Melissa Goren: IES Member of the Month

► 02/01/2018

LightBox Studios’ Melissa Goren is being featured by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) as its Member of the Month for February. The Society is a professional membership organization promoting both the art and science of illumination, and Melissa, with a keen sense of the aesthetics as well as the technology of lighting design, was a perfect choice for this honor.

New York Stem Cell Foundation Opens Its New Research Facility

► 04/19/2017

The New York Stem Cell Foundation’s new state-of-the-art facility on West 54th Street features a glass-enclosed research laboratory framed by open offices, corridors and common space. LightBox Studios created a light design, guided by simplicity and a sensitivity to space type, that highlighted the importance of the lab yet visually integrated the spaces surrounding it.

Melissa Goren Serves on Jury for Architectural Record

► 12/15/2016

Melissa Goren, Studio Manager at LightBox Studios, was part of a jury of architects, lighting designers and interiors experts assembled by Architectural Record to select the winners for its Record Products 2016 competition. The six-member panel considered more than 425 entries in nine different categories—facades; finishes & surfacing; furnishings; hardware, software & control systems; HVAC; kitchen & bath; lighting & electrical; openings; outdoor & recreational—rating them on usefulness, aesthetics, and degree of innovation.

New Facility Emphasizes Home

► 12/11/2012

The new Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center campus in Yonkers, NY, specializes in long-term pediatric care while also providing outreach programs to the community. The LEED Silver, 165,000 square foot, 138-bed facility has as its primary goal a homelike and stimulating experience for its young residents. The center of each of the three residential floors is primarily offices and therapy rooms, with two V-shaped wings—each wing considered a “neighborhood”—extending from the clustered core. The design emphasis was on bedrooms, family rooms, playrooms and destination spaces, and LightBox Studios played into that emphasis with a lighting design that met the demands of the professional and therapeutic spaces while establishing a warmer, homier ambiance for the residential areas.

Pediatric Center Gets a Good Prognosis

► 11/06/2012

Check out this ENR New York article about the remarkably quick realization of Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center relocation from downtown Manhattan to Yonkers. Perkins Eastman came up with a design that uniquely integrated the therapeutic and residential aspects of the facility and achieved LEED Silver certification as well.

ColumbiaDoctors Midtown Wins Best of Category 2013

► 12/31/2013

ColumbiaDoctors Midtown was awarded Best of Category for Ambulatory Care Centers in the 2013 Healthcare Interior Design Competition sponsored by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). A jury of design professionals chose the winners based on suitability of design to the project challenge, originality of the design solution, and successful integration of interior finishes and furnishings. LightBox Studios provided a lighting design that honored the interplay of reception, clinical and consultation spaces while creating an overall ambience of calm professionalism.

Photo Tour: ColumbiaDoctors Midtown

► 10/04/2013

Take a look inside ColumbiaDoctors Midtown, Columbia University Medical Center's award-winning flagship practice. Designed by Perkins+Will with lighting design by LightBox Studios, this LEED Gold certified project opened in January 2013.

Studios Architecture Composes a Perfect Harmony at Sony's US Headquarters

► 06/03/2016

LightBox Studios was the lighting designer for the cool, minimalist lobby of the Sony Building, creating a lighting scenario that softened the prevailing white marble surfaces while playing off the space’s geometric intensity. Working in tandem with Studios Architecture and JB&B, LightBox successfully negotiated the delicate balance involved in bringing a neo-Romanesque space into the 21st century.