The City of Helsinki is organising an international invitational competition for the artistic lighting of the new Kruunuvuorenranta residential area.

It would appear to be a topic that we cannot lay to rest: the phasing out of the incandescent lamp, and its well advertised replacement, the compact fluorescent lamp. As of 1. September it is no longer permitted to manufacture 60 watt incandescent lamps in Europe. Just 14 days later the documentary film “Bulb Fiction” opened in the cinemas.

Jerusalem has become a world famous destination for pilgrims of the three main monotheist religions. The Israeli authorities in charge of the development of Jerusalem decided to create a lighting master plan for the old city and its surroundings in order to promote a night-time image to enhance cultural activities and support tourism. Roger Narboni was commissioned to develop the master plan. One of the first projects to be realised is a pedestrian square with a colourful Greek bazaar in Muristan in the heart of the Christian quarter. The Mora fountain in the centre of the rectangular square is set up on an ellipse comprising strips of stone.

Built on the site of the famed Ambassador Hotel where Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park pays tribute to Kennedy’s life. The one-third acre public park is located at the base of a 24-acre campus for the RFK Community Schools.

The escape of radioactivity in Japan as a result of the earthquake has again raised the question how safe nuclear power plants are. The installation Radioactive Control, created by Luzinterruptus for the Dockville Festival in Hamburg, was designed to simulate life under the constant threat of nuclear accidents.

The GC Corporation was founded around 86 years ago when three young men who had just graduated from Tokyo Imperial University (now known as the University of Tokyo) with a degree in Applied Chemistry set up a small research company in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The company specialises in dental products and is today a global player. The GC Prostho Museum Research Centre in Aichi Prefecture, Japan tells the story of dentistry through the ages.

Sutterlüty, a family-owned Austrian supermarket chain with 23 stores throughout the country, has come up with a new idea to welcome customers to one of their stores. The new Sutterlüty supermarket in Hohenems/A boasts attractive architectural design combined with a high-tech lighting scheme that sets new standards for this type of building.

The owner of a small coffee shop in Milwaukee got lucky this year when he approached a team of architecture students to design something unique for his premises. The result is a customized lighting structure - a gigantic “wave” of wood and light suspended above the curved bar.

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has honored the designers of University of Colorado Center for Community in Boulder, Colorado with a 2011 Illumination Award for Control Innovation. The 302,000-square-foot university property is configured with Encelium Technology's Energy Control System^TM (ECS). Encelium specializes in integrated lighting control systems for commercial buildings.

Nach 31-jähriger Firmenzugehörigkeit und mehr als sechs Jahren als Vorstandsvorsitzender der Panasonic Electric Works Europe AG wird Dr. Ernst Weber zum 30. September 2011 aus dem Vorstandsgremium ausscheiden und in den Aufsichtsrat wechseln.

LIGHTFAIR International (LFI), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, will feature three dynamic keynote presentations on topics relating to technology, entertainment and energy efficiency. 

The programme of the 2012 edition of the Luminale is currently in preparation, and Frankfurt is full of urban architecture projects. On the embankment of the river Main new or renovated museums like the Städel, Deutsches Filmmuseum and Deutsches Architekturmuseum highlight the night.