Tag Archives: Lighting

Lighting Design Awards 2015 – shortlist announced

lda-logo_0DHA Designs are pleased to announce that all four of their entries to the 2015 Lighting Design Awards have been shortlisted. The full list of shortlisted projects can be viewed here.

 

Our project entries are as follows:

Lighting for Leisure: Liverpool Everyman Theatre

Public Buildings: Navy, Nelson, Nation at the National Maritime Museum

Low Carbon: Miles Staircase at Somerset House

Special Projects: The London 2012 Olympic Cauldron: Designing A Moment

 

Rembrandt: The Late Works opens to great reviews

DHA were delighted to have the privilege of lighting Rembrandt: The Late Works for the National Gallery.  Working with exhibition designers Urban Salon, and the gallery’s curatorial team.  DHA used new LED technology with a variety of fixtures and lenses to highlight these astonishing works.  The challenge was the precision required to light such amazing portraits without shadows or reflections from glazing or varnish.

The show has had unanimous five-star reviews, including The Evening Standard, Independent, The Guardian and the Sunday Times and really is a once-in-a-lifetime show.  More information including tickets can be found here:

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/rembrandt-the-late-works

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DHA light V&A autumn shows

Dshowcase modelHA have just completed the three major shows at the V&A, all to favourable reviews.

Horst: Photographer of Style is a retrospective of one of the leading Twentieth Century photographers, and Constable: The Making of a Master shows an amazing collection of Constable’s work alongside his influences.  Most recently, Russian Avant-Garde Theatre: War, Revolution and Design, presents over 150 costume and set designs (shown above) against a dramatic backdrop.

All three exhibitions use existing fixtures from stock, which DHA needed to use creatively for three very different experiences.  More information including ticketing can be found here:

http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/e/exhibitions/

 

Everyman Theatre, Liverpool wins the Stirling Prize!

Congratulations to Steve Tompkins and his team at Haworth Tompkins Architects for winning this year’s Stirling Prize. Read the full article here or watch a BBC video here.

DHA Designs worked with HTA on the exterior and interior lighting design for the new theatre.

Stair smallDHA Designs recently completed the lighting for the new Miles Stair at Somerset House, London. The staircase was designed by Eva Jiricna Architects and is made from Ductal, a material a thousand times stronger than concrete. The lighting was supplied by Lightworks, including Prolicht’s Never Ending wall lights and Ares LED ingrade uplights.