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Leni Schwendinger
Apr 20, 20232 min read
Facets of Light
City planners, developers and design professionals regard evening and nighttime hours as critical for master planning, cultural diversity...

Leni Schwendinger
Apr 5, 20234 min read
Urban Nighttime Design: Bridging the Gap Between Community and Technology
Nighttime experts and aficionados envision that public street lighting and private lighting will create a connective tissue that adapts...

Leni Schwendinger
Feb 9, 20231 min read
6th Street Viaduct: is it a bridge or a place?
Proposed archway illumination envisaged real time traffic data displayed through tints and nature’s rhythms Significantly, LSLP was...


Leni Schwendinger
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Urban Lighting Design: Contemporary Vision for Nocturnal Environments
Visit the re-energized Leni Schwendinger Light Projects website Feast your eyes, intellect and imagination on images and text about the...


Leni Schwendinger
Apr 11, 20173 min read
Inventing Nighttime Design
Nighttime design and its concomitant Shades of Night analysis were born out of the NightSeeing™ Program During the dark hours, a nexus of...


Leni Schwendinger
Apr 7, 20171 min read
El-space recognition from Fast Company
Link here for Design Trust for Public Space updates on Under the Elevated, Phase 2


Leni Schwendinger
Mar 16, 20161 min read
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...

Leni Schwendinger
Mar 22, 20152 min read
Nighttime Design Has its Day
Here, the Arup description: “In the past, the attitude of ‘the more light the better’ has led to a general abundance of light, especially...


Leni Schwendinger
Mar 10, 20123 min read
International NightSeeing, Planning Continues: Megacities
Lighting is an essential element of our 24/7 world The world is urbanizing at an unprecedented pace. Once dominant, rural and...


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 13, 20113 min read
Islington After Dark (A London LightWalk)
Photo by Leni The NightSeeing program’s intention is to open people’s eyes to an existing nighttime milieu, as well as providing an...


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 3, 20101 min read
As You Light It: Dwell Magazine Video and Leni Schwendinger
Dwell Magazine’s series, As You Light It <link here>, focuses on my idea of the City as home and the NightSeeing™ program. The video...


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
Oct 7, 20102 min read
THE DIRT: Connecting the Built + Natural Environments, Interview with Leni Schwendinger
Interview with Leni Schwendinger, Light Artist and Designer (Full text and images link) Cities of Light, Planetizen’s version (Link to...


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
Feb 11, 20102 min read
Atlantic Avenue Tunnel; Vertical Layers of New York
Much has been written about the Atlantic Avenue tunnel since Bob Diamond rediscovered access through a manhole to the storied passageway...
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