The Elizabeth and Leslie Richard Student Union at McNeese State University sits at the center of campus life in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a flexible hub for dining, studying, collaboration, and student activity designed by AQ Studios Architecture. Working with Lighting & Electrical Associates (LEA), the project team needed bright lighting within generous open interiors. Sabin TAPER downlights were specified throughout dining and lounge areas, using the form factor and grouping to carve smaller gathering zones out of the larger open plan. Ranging from 1500 to 2500 lumens with a 40° flood distribution and 940K light quality, each TAPER provides comfortable, even illumination across both circulation paths and extended seating areas. The TAPER pendants were specified in dual-toned Sapphire and Canary, a palette that nods to McNeese's blue and gold branding, with a neutral Pumice that brightens the mix and maintains a neutral reflected light temperature on the inside of the fixtures. Sabin's colored power cord in grey was selected to dissolve the composition into the ceiling rather than assert itself with black lines. In high-bay spaces where every cord is visible, color coordination and small details are the difference between an overhead plane that reads as busy and one that reads as considered. The PET felt construction does additional work here. In an active cafe and circulation area where sound accumulates quickly, the acoustic absorption built into every fixture means TAPER is contributing to the atmosphere well beyond the lighting. Lighting Representative: Lighting & Electrical Associates (LEA) Photographer: Chipper Hatter

Sketch 2 defines the journey through this striking corridor, where light becomes both guide and gesture. The fixture's refined form factor brings a quiet confidence to the passage, transforming a transitional space into an experience that's purposeful, warm, and unmistakably considered. Sketch earns its place beyond aesthetics: its precision optics deliver controlled, comfortable illumination across the length of the run, while its slim profile respects the architecture without competing with it. The corridor becomes more than a path between destinations; it becomes a destination in itself. Photography © Kendall McCaugherty Rep KSA Lighting

A boutique hotel in Palermo where the contemporary lighting scheme compliments its historical legacy The architect Floriana Parisi has carried out a restoration project on an historic 18th Century palazzo once occupied by the local aristocracy in the centre of Palermo (Italy), converting it into a boutique hotel. Nobility and memory come together through sensitive contemporary design, placing particular attention on the lighting scheme to reinforce the identity of the hotel spaces. The Array collection introduce a variety of luminous effects within two of the hotel’s most important public areas. The 18th Century palazzo which has been converted into a four-star boutique hotel is located at the historic heart of the Italian city of Palermo, both the architectural and the interior design were managed by Arch. Parisi. This hospitality project is a carefully curated example of how to reinterpret the historical legacy of a building adapting it to the needs of the modern-day traveller while equally conserving the value of its noble lineage. After wandering through the vibrant streets surrounding Via Maqueda and crossing the threshold of Palazzo Balsamo Boutique Hotel visitors are invited to relax and surrender themselves to the calming ambience of the hotel where the lighting is designed as an inviting immersive experience perfectly integrated within the various spaces, starting with the entrance. Just past the threshold guests are presented with a vivid atmosphere that reflects the surrounding cityscape, raw tones, pastel and oak timber colour shades, fill the interiors with a sensual presence, with its arches, vaults and custom furniture. The light fittings create a pleasant and seamless transition from the noisy streets outside to the more intimate and human scale of the hotel interior. Curved forms are one of the defining elements of the project, beginning with the entrance doors. Another of the hotel spaces where the lighting enhances the guest experience is the breakfast room. Here, the Array collection designed by Umut Yamac is presented as a series of suspended sculptures placed over the tables and chairs, featuring the same curvilinear silhouette designs. The fine tensile threads stretched between the metallic rings reflect a downward and upward illumination that wraps around the space to create a subtle yet spectacular lighting effect. The dynamic perception of the oversized volumes gives off a balanced light that eases the guests into the day ahead while enjoying their breakfast. The interior design project for Palazzo Balsamo Boutique Hotel is a refined combination of craftsmanship and design, from the selection of the materials to the shapes of the various elements with careful attention paid to the lighting which helps reinforce the warm feeling of the interior spaces. The project illustrates how lighting can be the common thread that connects past and present, lighting the historical architecture with the contemporary design language of the Array collection in the breakfast room, introducing a rhythm and lighting gradation that compliments the start of the day. Project by Arch. Floriana Parisi Interior Design by Celestina Sgroi Dealers Cocolumo, Agency Light Style Project by The Atlas Way

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