El-Space: first, the after-dark site study
It was cold, it was dark…normal site study conditions. Arup staff and I braved the night with cameras, illuminance meters, laser...
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Leni Schwendinger
Oct 5, 20111 min read
A Slice of Light: Selections from Fusing Art + Design
A launch to the season of golden slanting sun and naturally tinting leaves, here is a seasonal selection of commentaries voted the best...
Leni Schwendinger
Jun 21, 20112 min read
SpectraScape Spring Transforms into Summer 6/21/2011
Public Art at Main Street Garden Park: SPRING Lights Change to SUMMER SpectraScape, the public art installation comprised of video bands...
Leni Schwendinger
Jan 9, 20113 min read
Report: “21st Century Parks” Book Reception, January 6, 2011
The line crawled out the door half the block down La Guardia Place… the seating once inside filled three spaces – the multipurpose hall...
Leni Schwendinger
Dec 25, 20104 min read
LightWalk Times Square with Author Dietrich Neumann and his Architectural History Class
I was thrilled to receive a message from Dietrich Neumann, whose “Architecture of the Night” has inspired so many. He indicated that he...
Leni Schwendinger
Dec 21, 20101 min read
SpectraScape morphs into winter, one year after commission
SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands of light that scroll across the green glass shelters at Main Street...
Leni Schwendinger
Nov 26, 20102 min read
Transforming a Darkened Underpass into a Brightly Breathing Bridge and Streetscape Lighting Design
Less than one year after the contract was awarded, Light Projects’ illumination and color design for Louisville’s 2nd Street Bridge and...
Leni Schwendinger
Sep 26, 20103 min read
NightSeeing™ in Washington D.C. (with Landscape Architects)
In the evening Washington D.C. NW is a monochromatic blend of light. People are the action. The shifting interplay of nighttime dark and...
Leni Schwendinger
Aug 27, 20101 min read
Schwendinger Podcasts Recorded by Museum Without Walls
CultureNow is focused on cultural mapping and exhibitions about New York City. They called the other day and asked if I would talk about...
Leni Schwendinger
May 16, 20102 min read
Light Planning; Chinatown Little Italy Historic District
Light Planning and Community Involvement Official map of the Chinatown Little Italy Historic District boundaries The Chinatown Little...
Leni Schwendinger
Mar 18, 20102 min read
SpectraScape Winter Morphs into Spring 3/20/2010
PUBLIC ART AT MAIN STREET GARDEN PARK WINTER LIGHTS CHANGE TO SPRING SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands...
Leni Schwendinger
Jan 24, 20101 min read
Accolades and Finales (and the Winter LightWalk)
Leni Schwendinger Light Projects’ recent projects win American Society of Landscape Architects awards. In the General Design Category HtO...
Leni Schwendinger
Jan 16, 20101 min read
Ribbon Cutting! Video from Dallas Main Street Garden Park
Way back in November I had an opportunity to speak at the opening celebration for Main Street Garden Park in Dallas. Here, from our...
Leni Schwendinger
Nov 21, 20096 min read
Mexico City; Las Calles y Luz de “La Capital”
Born to go to Mexico City, “La Capital” Leni aspired to Mexicana status, here pictured in red dress with Aztec-inspired embroidery...
Leni Schwendinger
Nov 19, 20091 min read
Interview with Leni Schwendinger about SpectraScape
A discussion in two parts, with Kay Kallos, Dallas Public Art Program Manager, covers the inception and objectives of the integrated...
Leni Schwendinger
Sep 29, 20091 min read
HTO Park, in Toronto, submitted for 2009 Toronto Urban Design Award
Leni Schwendinger Light Projects: Lighting Design Submissions were accepted in seven categories. The competition collected a total of 117...
Leni Schwendinger
Aug 11, 20092 min read
SpectraScape – an interactive, media artwork for Dallas Main Street Garden Park
Downtown central Dallas is being recast. Traditionally, the city center has been associated with such iconic non-residential structures...
Leni Schwendinger
Aug 8, 20091 min read
Queens Plaza, New York City — Groundbreaking, August 3rd 2009
Elevated tracks at Queens Plaza, NYC - repainting begins The groundbreaking ceremony for Queens Plaza was hot, the traffic non-stop and...
Leni Schwendinger
Jul 27, 20095 min read
dérive*: A Cultural Week in Manhattan – 090725
July 19 — Washington Square park Walking home, in the warm breezes of this summer’s evening — Washington Square Park is alive! It seems...
Leni Schwendinger
Jul 13, 20093 min read
Hangzhou to Suzhou: From the Elegant (Grand Canal) to the Sublime (Lion Forest Garden)
Hangzhou (杭州市区) Today Hangzhou is an important cultural center in China. It was the capital of the Song Dynasty, starting 1127, for...
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