San Antonio-based Lucifer Lighting has opened a 3,000 square foot pop-up showroom for the month of June in New York City’s SoHo. The temporary location is open for the month of June.

Tridonic supplied linear LED-based light engines that Multiline integrated in custom luminaires that fit the unique and irregular architecture of the dramatic new Havenhuis Port Authority building in Antwerp.

Seattle, Wash.–Expedia, Inc., the world’s largest online travel company, today announced EPC Points of Interest, a new tool available in Expedia Partner Central (EPC) which allows properties to create a custom list of cultural landmarks, activities, and experiences in their local neighborhoods that can be viewed on their property’s listing.

The ownership change turns Venue Builders into Genova-Detwiler Custom Builders.

According to figures from the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service, the USA imported 8.456m m3 of softwood lumber from Canada, which amounts to a 16% reduction against last year’s volume in the first quarter.

LOUISVILLE, KY.—21c Museum Hotels announced the opening of its seventh property in Nashville, Tenn. Building on its mission of engaging the public with contemporary art and supporting the revitalization of American downtowns, 21c has rehabilitated the historic Gray & Dudley Building in Downtown Nashville near Printer’s Alley.

Rabobank London embarked on a long-term refurbishment project with the aim of reducing energy consumption and heat emission. All the building’s services were assessed and lighting played a crucial role in meeting the objectives.

As Feilo Sylvania readies a smart lighting initiative expected as soon as next week, it has quietly rolled out a financing program to help building operators afford new LED lighting, even on small installations where Feilo says financing can be difficult to obtain from conventional sources such as banks.

Radical Innovation, an annual competition that seeks game-changing ideas and concepts in hospitality design and operations, has recently announced its finalists for the competition’s 11th edition.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solid-State Lighting program has released a new CALiPER (Commercially Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting) snapshot report for LED Industrial luminaires. Report finds the latest generation of LED products in this category offer greater performance than their non-LED luminaire counterparts.

Osram will acquire San Jose-based LED Engin while Nitride Semiconductor has sued RayVio, and ERP Power signed a global distribution agreement with Future Lighting Solutions.

Formerly a Young & Rubicam Group executive, Quinnipiac University vice president of brand strategy and integrated communications Keith Rhodes envisioned an urban-style, loftlike space for his group. What he got was an 1850’s colonial-style house owned by the school in Hamden, Connecticut. Nevertheless, Amenta Emma Architects was able to fulfill his wish.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Baywood Hotels announced the dual-brand Hampton Inn by Hilton Washington, D.C. NoMa Union Station and Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington, D.C. NoMa Union Station have been awarded LEED Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Osram Opto Semiconductors has added to its infrared (IR) portfolio with the launch of the SFH 4055 LED that emits at 850 nm. The LED is specifically intended for eye-tracking applications such as the emerging augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets. The IR LED has a tiny footprint that will allow integration into or around glasses in headsets worn by users, from gamers to scientists.

While most cities are known for skyscrapers made of steel buildings, wood may soon reshape the landscape of some of the country's biggest concrete jungles. A number of development companies are exploring a new kind of high-rise structure built entirely from timber. WIRED's Liz Stinson discuses the use of timber as a building material.

Warfel was one of the first generation of lighting designers whose work bridged between theatrical and architectural lighting design.

It is not very often that you can see a contemporary – almost industrial interior that carries warmth and joyful feeling with ease, so this creation of designer Bogdan Ciocodeica located in Bucharest, Romania is worth exploring.

Rhenac GreenTec designed a large-scale wheeled lighting structure using LEDs and LEDiL optics that is utilized to optimize the grass conditions on training and match soccer pitches for the FC Koln (FC Cologne) football club of the German Bundesliga.

Lighting is an essential element within a home and is one of the most effective ways to enhance the ambience of a room. Appropriately installed, lighting can also create the illusion of space and therefore shouldn’t be an aspect that is overlooked, but embraced.

EnOcean is launching wireless switches based on kinetic energy harvesting that will work with emerging Bluetooth Mesh networks and is partnering with Silvair for a low-power network implementation.