Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the fifth busiest airport in the world, accommodating more than 61 million travelers per year. In 2006 it undertook a major lighting renovation to both improve visual impact and reduce energy and maintenance concerns by taking advantage of intelligent LED illumination.

The pylons of LAX Gateway are visible to airline passengers at 3,000 feet. A series of dynamic light shows was designed for the new LED-based installation, including a patriotic sequence of red, white and blue to observe the anniversary of September 11, 2001. The distinctive, architectural structures were originally designed as part of a $112 million construction and landscaping program intended to make the airport more welcoming and convenient for passengers. They have since become an iconic component of the Los Angeles cityscape for residents and visitors alike.

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A prominent Kowloon skyscraper occupied by Canon has installed LED lighting technology from Laservision, enabling the building to participate in Hong Kong’s Symphony of Light show.

The design utilizes 6-watt LED dots, each containing 6 LEDs, 2 each in red, blue and green. A total of 14 rows of LED dots, with 30 dots per row, have been installed along each of the building’s external ribs. The design solves light trespass and light pollution issues that are problematic in illuminating glass surfaces.

Conventional lighting designs utilizing wash lighting and floodlight techniques require approximately 200 kilowatt hours of electricity to run them per night. In comparison, Laservision’s LED technology uses 5 % of this energy per night.
The low energy design for the Canon building uses only 12.5 kW.hr at a cost of under US $2.00 per hour. At such a low energy requirement, this lighting design has the option to be serviced by sustainable energy solutions such as solar power.

The final view provides spectators with intensely bright, color-changing effects, regardless of the audience’s viewing position, even from oblique angles.

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The Palace Exchange is a brand new retail development in the centre of Enfield, UK, and a key feature is the 120 m Enfield Word Wall, which features passages of conversation from the town past and present.

Hoare Lea specified lighting with the concept of backlighting the Wall behind the large text and simultaneously illuminating the Wall with LED projectors from across the street. Specialists Architen Landrell were drawn in to carry out the entire installation. The Graphic Design was done by Lara Farnham of Portland Thanks.

A total of over 100 Tryka Strip Module Optic IP67 in a variety of lengths were used on this project, and were fitted with 25° optics, to best backlight the Wall with a wash of endless hues. The LED units were powered and driven with 27 Tryka IDS-4s – the Intelligent Drive System capable of running large numbers of LED fixtures with a wealth of pre-built functions.

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Element Labs, Inc., an industry leader in LED video technology, was contracted by Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC) to created the largest custom LED screen ever used for a live event. Especially designed for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, the exterior Versa® RAY screen made its debut during the Opening Ceremony on December 1, 2006 at Khalifa Stadium.

DAGOC main contractor David Atkins Enterprises was the producer of both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. DAGOC & DAE challenged Element Labs to create a massive LED screen for the ceremonies having the highest possible resolution and video performance. The entire screen is 165 meters wide along the curve, reaching 39 meters at its highest point. The screen is comprised of 20,000 individual Versa RAYs, which laid end to end would span 58 kilometers (over 36 miles). 762,000 individual LEDs were used, with a pixel pitch of 77 millimeters.

The Versa RAYs themselves were mounted onto large trusses with integral catwalks called “spines”. These spines are approximately 11 meters long and hold 148 Versa RAYs in varying lengths, from 750 millimeters to 3 meters.

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During November 2006 BLIP set up a transparent ten metre LED display in the botanical glasshouse of Sunderland’s Museum and Wintergarden for the National Glass Centre’s Snowdome project. Until early January 2007 an international group of artists including Flunk from the UK, Claire Davies from Germany and China’s 3Gi exhibited works on the display using the internet.

ElementLabs LED curtain was used in a flexible free-hanging installation which allowed display of full motion imagery both from within the glasshouse as well as the public space of the park, where there was also a webcam enabling the building to be viewed online.

BLIP’s Display Manager computer installation, using WiFi links to connect distant cameras and image generation provided secure websites; allowed moving imagery developed in other countries to be loaded on to the installation and viewed immediately. Curators were able to change the program of works remotely from any internet browser. This was the first time that the development and curation of a public installation had been conducted completely over the internet.

Snowdome was funded by Culture10, Sunderland and Newcastle and Gateshead councils and the Arts Council of Great Britain.