Olympic legacy role for Grubb
The Olympic Development Authority has appointed Michael Grubb as its Learning Legacy Ambassador for lighting as part of the largest-ever effort to gather and share the lessons from a major construction programme in Britain.
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Appointment: Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
Sutton Vane Associates will masterplan the lighting of Ireland’s biggest single visitor attraction, the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. The plan covers the whole building and surrounding structures such as bridges as well as display and exhibition areas.
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Nominations for Lighting Design Awards
Sutton Vane Associates has been shortlisted for five 2012 Lighting Design Awards including Design Practice of the Decade. The practice’s shortlisted projects are also in the exterior lighting, International Project (Interiors) and Low Carbon categories.
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Ecolite Keynote Speech
Michael Grubb is presenting a keynote speech on the lighting strategy for the Olympic Park, at the low carbon Ecolight Conference in London. The strategy emphasises energy saving, recycling and biodiversity into the Games’ legacy.
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Teamwork helps Ireland's treasures shine
Sutton Vane Associates worked closely with the architect, curators and showcase fabricators throughout the refurbishment of the National Museum of Ireland's Treasury Gallery, to create a fitting home for the country's most precious artefacts.
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Fun and Games at LoveLight 2011
Sutton Vane Associates took on a dual role at the recent LoveLight architectural lighting event with Michael Grubb presenting the practice's role as Olympic Park lighting strategist and later with Stuart Alexander as video jockey.
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A11 underpass ready for Olympics
Specially designed LED lighting has transformed the atmosphere of a British Waterways riverside path under the A11 near the Olympic Park. Video shows how the low carbon scheme makes the towpath safer and more welcoming.
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London and Southwest studios expand
Three talented young lighting designers recently joined the teams at Sutton Vane Associates’ London and Southwest offices. With backgrounds in sustainability, lighting technology and interior architecture, they are already hard at work on a range of projects.
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Lighting enters the Age of the Dinosaur
Dynamic lighting effects add to the excitement and educational aspects of stunning exhibition at the Natural History Museum called the Age of the Dinosaur. Sutton Vane Associates lit the whole show including animatronic pre-historic creatures.
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Leighton House wins award
Sutton Vane Associates has won a Lighting Design Award for its scheme for Leighton House, London, which replicates the electric lighting installed in 1896 but also allows the museum to work to 21st-century environmental standards.
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Low Energy Earth Summit role
Mark Sutton Vane has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Low Carbon Earth Summit to be held in China in October 2011. The international conference has ‘Leading the Green Economy, Returning to Harmony with Nature’ as its theme.
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Appointment: Titanic Signature Project
The Titanic Signature building opens in 2012, the centenary of Belfast’s most famous but ill-fated ship. Sutton Vane Associates is lighting the plaza, exterior and all public spaces including nine galleries and a dark ride.
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Daylighting challenge at London museum
The Museum of the Order of St John in London reopened in November following a £3.7 million refurbishment, with lighting design by Sutton Vane Associates that skilfully balances the use of daylight and conservation needs.
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Drama outside Geffrye Museum, London
Sutton Vane Associates has added drama (and visibility) to the exterior of London’s Geffrye Museum using uplighting to emphasise the architectural rhythm of the building housed in a series of Grade II-listed, 18th-century alms houses.
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LEDs transform Mercers Hall, London
Sutton Vane Associates’ versatile scheme for the revamped Ambulatory at the Mercers’ Hall in the City of London enables it to be lit only with LEDs – a surprising but inspired choice for a heritage project.
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