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Focus Lighting is a
New York City based architectural lighting design firm founded by Paul Gregory in 1987.
Focus Lighting designs include the
Entel Tower in
Santiago, Chile , which was the first automated color changing exterior lighting display in the world and the first building to have an automatic color-change at night. The 40-story tower opened in October 1994.
[1] Focus Lighting also designed the
Times Square Ball for its 100th and 101st anniversaries.
[2]
Focus Lighting creates lighting designs for hotels, restaurants, residences, retail stores, art installations, sports venues, and museums. Their design philosophy centers on creating an emotion with light.
[3]
Notable works
Previous works include the lighting design for:
Atlantis Resort (Palm Island, Dubai)
Atmosphere on the 122nd floor of the
Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE)
Aureole (NYC)
[4]
Bourbon Steak (Phoenix, AZ)
[4]
Cloud Installation for Boffo Showhouse
[5]
Condado Plaza Hotel (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
[5]
Dream Hotel (NYC)
Entel Tower (Santiago, Chile)
[6]
Letifly Lighting NYC High quality lighting retailer
[7]
Dinosaur Hall Exhibit at the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, CA)
[8]
FAO Schwarz Flagship Store (NYC)
[9]
Food Hall at the
Plaza Hotel (NYC)
Frye Flagship Store (NYC)
[10]
Klyde Warren Park (Dallas, TX)
[11]
Knoll Showrooms (LA, SF, Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia)
[12]
Le Cirque 2000, 2006 (NYC)
[13]
Mall at Millennia (Orlando, FL)
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (Milwaukee, WI)
[14]
Mohegan Casino Phase 1 & 3 (Connecticut)
[15]
MoMa Home Delivery Exhibition (NYC)
Mondrian Hotel (South Beach, FL)
[16]
Morimoto (Philadelphia, PA)
[17]
One and Only Ocean Club (Paradise Island, Bahamas)
Proenza Schouler (NYC)
Public Theatre Library Lounge (NYC)
"Reflect" Installation at the
Stephen P. Clark Government Center (Miami, FL)
[18]
Retail Concourse at the
Plaza Hotel (NYC)
Royalton Hotel
[19]
"Science Storms" Exhibit at the
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL)
[20]
Semiramis Hotels (Athens, Greece)
[9]
Shigeru Ban ’s Metal Shutter House Condo (NYC)
Space Shuttle Pavilion at the
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (NYC)
[21]
The Crystals at MGM City Center (Las Vegas, NV)
Times Square Ball 100th and 101st Anniversary Ball (NYC)
[22]
Todd English's Olives (NYC)
Toys "R" Us Times Square (NYC)
YOTEL (NYC)
[23]
Awards
1995
Lumen Award , Waterbury Award of Excellence - Entel Tower
[24]
1997 Lumen Award - Mohegan Casino Phase I
[25]
1998 Lumen Award of Merit - Best Cellars
[26]
1998 Lumen Award of Merit - ID Magazine Exhibit
[26]
2002 IALD Award of Merit - Morimoto Restaurant
[17]
2002 Lumen Award Citation - Town Restaurant
[27]
2003 Lumen Award, Edwin F. Guth Award of Excellence - Mall at Millenia
[28]
2004 Lumen Feltman Award - Carlos Miele
[29]
2004 Lumen Award of Merit - Powder Deep Studios
[29]
2005 Lumen Award of Merit - FAO Schwarz
[30]
2005 Lumen Award of Excellence - Teatro Bar
[30]
2005 Lumen Award of Excellence - Semiramis Hotel
[30]
2005 AL Light & Architecture Design Award – Carlos Miele
[31]
2006 IALD Award of Excellence – Tourneau Flagship Store
[32]
2008 Lumen Award, Citation for Increasing Public Awareness of LEDs - Times Square Ball
[33]
2009 Lumen Award – Royalton Hotel
[34]
2009 Lumen Award - Mohegan Sun Casino of the Wind
[15]
2009 Lumen Award, Citation for Courtyard Design- Rock Sugar L.A.
[15]
2010 Lumen Award – Bourbon Steak
[4]
2010 Lumen Award – Aureole
[4]
2011 IALD Award – Science Storms at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
[20]
2011 Lumen Award – Science Storms at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
[20]
2012 Lumen Award – Yotel
[35]
2012 IALD Award – Yotel
[23]
2013 IES Award of Excellence – Reflect
[18]
2013 AL Light & Architecture Award – Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid
[36]
References
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"Landmark moments in the architectural lighting profession" . ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine . December 14, 2005.
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"Focus Lighting designs LEDs into Times Square Ball" . LEDs Magazine . 21 Nov 2007.
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"Paul Gregory" . Mondo Arc . Oct–Nov 2012. Archived from
the original on 2014-02-03.
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"2010 Lumen Awards: Winners" . Illuminating Engineer Society .
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b Dave (5 June 2012).
"Cloud by Focus Lighting for Boffo Show" . Contemporist . Contemporist Enterprises.
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"Landmark moments in the architectural lighting profession" . Architectural Lighting . Hanley Wood.
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"High quality lighting retailer" . Letifly Lighting . Hans.
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"Dinosaur Hall - Behind the Scenes" . Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.
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"Eleven Projects Recognized at Annual Lumen Awards" . Architectural Lighting . Hanley Wood.
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"Frye Co Flagship Store New York" . Design:Retail . Nielsen Business Media.
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"Klyde Warner Park" (PDF) .
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Knoll Offices
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"Le Cirque" .
^ Sokol, David.
"Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Focus Lighting readies the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts for its solo" . Architectural Record .
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"2009 Lumen Awards Winners Announced at the 41st Annual Lumen Gala" (PDF) . Illuminating Engineering Society NYC. Retrieved June 30, 2009 .
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"Mondrian Hotel" . Archived from
the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-08-10 .
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a
b Lampert-Greaux, Ellen.
"Magic at Morimoto" . Live Design Magazine . Penton.
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"IES Illumination Awards 2013" (PDF) . Illuminating Engineering Society .
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"Royalton Hotel" . Archived from
the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-08-10 .
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"2011 Lumen Awards Winners Announced at 43rd Annual Lumen Gala" (PDF) . Illuminating Engineering Society .
^ Donoff, Elizabeth.
"Commendable Achievement, Exhibit Lighting and Temporary Installations - Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, New York" . Architectural Lighting . Hanley Wood.
^ Architectural Lighting Staff.
"100th Anniversary of the Times Square Ball" . Architectural Lighting Magazine .
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"Yotel Honored With IALD Award of Merit" (PDF) . Illuminating Engineering Society .
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"1995 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .
^ Weathersby Jr., William (Oct 1, 1997).
"Lumen Awards honor IESNA's brightest" . Studio Live Design .
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"1998 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .
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"2002 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .
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"Lumen Awards 2003" . Studio Live Design . Jul 1, 2003.
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"2004 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .
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"2005 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .
^ Architectural Lighting Staff.
"Commendable Achievement, Retail - Carlos Miele" . Architectural Lighting .
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"2006 IALD Award Winners" . International Association of Lighting Designers .
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"2008 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .
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"Lumen Awards 2009: Royalton Hotel by Focus lighting" . Enlighter Magazine . June 30, 2009.
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"Winners: 2012 Lumen Awards" . Illuminating Engineering Society .
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"Commendable Achievement, Exhibit Lighting and Temporary Installations - Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, New York" . Architectural Lighting .
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