With an increase in tariffs – and possible new tariffs – looming, lighting showrooms in the U.S. are keenly interested in exploring domestic lighting companies as prospective suppliers. In the past, with the exception of the high end of the market, domestic lighting manufacturers were considered too expensive for a showroom’s average (mid-range) customer to afford. Now that tariffs will most likely cause a significant price increase for consumers on imported goods, the cost difference narrows...

Hess Callahan Grey Group’s charge for the entire design and construction team on the Watershed project was to be as imaginative as possible in building a sustainable building in Seattle that would meet two primary goals: reduce harm to the salmon from stormwater runoff, and also qualify for Seattle’s Living Building certification...

When Kent Royle began his tenure with Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, Berkeley, Calif., 22 years ago, he couldn’t have anticipated the types of buildings for which he would serve as project architect—nor could he imagine the unique, high-tech intellectual property and goods that would be conjured inside these buildings...

The PAE Living Building is the first developer-driven and largest commercial urban Living Building in the world. The building marries the scale and feel of its Old Town historic district in Portland, Ore. with the highest possible energy performance and sustainability standards necessary for the future...

​Overlooking the northern coast of Sydney, Bilgola Beach House sits openly embracing its milieu through consistent visual reminders of place. Approached through a dense and natural landscape, the remote home...

Dorothy Maynor never sang at the Met, but the school she founded is glowing anew, thanks to the revitalization of its beloved “gathering place.”

"This is such a successful integration of all areas of design. It's what we all strive for – the graphics, the interior space itself, and respect for the whole building."

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-Michael Hsu, AIA IIDA 2019 IIDA Oregon Design Juror

Four years after Expedia announced it would move its headquarters from Bellevue to the former Amgen campus in Seattle, the first of the company’s 4,500 employees will enter the new space...

This project involved a significant design challenge: converting three floors in a César Pelli-designed office building with 13-ft floor-to-floor heights and deep steel girders into state-of-the art labs. Amid surging demand for biotech space in the Philadelphia area, Brandywine Realty Trust hired Strada to undertake an accelerated design process....

International Market Place in Waikīkī has been a landmark for nearly 60 years. The reimagining of the original International Market Place has breathed new life into the beloved development. Today, it is home to shopping, dining, and entertainment, including Hawaii’s first Saks Fifth Avenue department store...

This $5.6-million, 14,725-SF public safety facility was built on a tight site and features a modern, one-level design. Design elements are sleek and contemporary, integrating smart health and safety innovations that protect the first responders as they perform their duties...

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, IESNYC profiles Neri Diaz. She’s an NYC “Lightina” with a warm cultural heritage and a remarkable journey to our community...

This project is centered on the adaptive reuse of six buildings in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, where some of the most important naval innovations of the 19th and 20th century once emerged...

Meier and Frank Building Redevelopement

Citation Award

Bora Architects

Unlike the typical museum model, in which exhibition and back-of-house spaces are separated, the recently opened 105,000-square-foot Olson Kundig-designed Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture...

During this Women’s History Month, we are reflecting on the advancement of women in lighting by celebrating some of the rockstars that make up our community. To kick things off, we’re sharing eight (8) short interviews with WILD women from around the country that we think you should know better. They are business owners, artistic entrepreneurs, diversity champaigns, working mothers, and environmental activists. We hope you are inspired by their stories as much as we are...

When Jack and Dolores Cakebread starting making wine in 1973 they never could have imagined their humble efforts would evolve into a critically-acclaimed sustainable winery with a global fan base. Recently, the family opened a stunning new 36,000 square foot visitor’s center that sits squarely on the spot where it all began almost 50 years ago...

Next up in our review of the year, we look back at the houses that grabbed Dezeen readers' attention in 2022. The Analog House sits in a small opening of a forest in California, marked by a tower and material palette of metal, concrete and glass that tones in with the setting...

Why would a talented architect like Berkeley-based Gregory Faulkner turn to the celebrated Seattle architect Tom Kundig to design a house for himself and his wife, Lesa? And why would Kundig get involved in a house for another architect? The answer lies in the process of collaboration....

The Nature Conservancy in Colorado wanted to reimagine their existing 16,000-square foot interior environment and create a modern workplace...

The opportunity was too tempting to let pass. When the corporate tenants in the offices upstairs and the retail tenants below simultaneously turned over...

At first blush, it is not clear that the low-slung glass-and-metal building is a house at all. Marching determinedly over its 216-foot-wide lot on a quiet residential street in Chicago’s Lincoln Park, the structure is an enigma...