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Two-thirds of women want better-lit streets at night

Nearly two-thirds of women (63%) want to see more lighting on streets to make them feel safer at night, government-backed research has found. The survey...

France’s Hervé Descottes honoured with American Academy Architecture Prize

French lighting designer Hervé Descottes has been awarded the Architecture Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the first time this prestigious...

York among European cities to join ‘Art of Darkness’ project

York has been named as one of 11 ‘follower cities’ joining the European ‘Art of Darkness’ project. It will mean the city, which is aiming...

From the edition – ‘HOW DO WE GET MORE OF THE SKILLSETS WE NEED?’

The ILP surveyed local authority members over the summer to find out what was most keeping them awake at night. Skills, asset management, attachments,...

From the edition – ‘CRAFTING A LIGHTING LEGACY’

For the first How To Be Brilliant of the autumn, SEAM Design’s Marci Song discussed how to craft a build environment legacy as a...

From the edition – ‘A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET OF OUR FUTURE CITIES’

A keynote speaker at the London and South East Region’s ‘Serendipity in Lighting’ event, Brian McGuigan outlined how column-based sensor technologies are transforming our...

LED may be one cause of increased headlight glare, study argues

The driving public isn’t imagining it – there is evidence that modern car headlights are brighter than they used to be, and LED and...

Get ready for a seriously spooky How To Be Brilliant

How To Be Brilliant is set to go gothic next week for a special Halloween-inspired talk by Jono Kenyon (above) and Martha Godfrey, director...

Major cities heating up, and will need to rethink night-time spaces, as climate change accelerates

The world’s major cities now experience a quarter more very hot days per year on average than they did three decades ago, according to...

From the edition – ‘PORTRAYING QUALITY’

The layered, integrated and discreet new lighting scheme within Exeter College’s dining hall at Oxford University has ensured its magnificent portraits can be properly...

From the edition – ‘THERE IS CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC’RISK PUBLIC’

The sudden spate of flags being hung from lampposts and in other public places during the summer prompted the ILP to issue a warning...

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Two-thirds of women want better-lit streets at night

Nearly two-thirds of women (63%) want to see more...

France’s Hervé Descottes honoured with American Academy Architecture Prize

French lighting designer Hervé Descottes has been awarded the...

York among European cities to join ‘Art of Darkness’ project

York has been named as one of 11 ‘follower...

New senior environmental lighting specialist at WSP

Congratulations to Hannah Holmes, who has joined WSP as...

Gary Thornton to be Nulty’s first ever director of education

Global lighting design consultancy Nulty has appointed Gary Thornton...
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