Focus Lighting is a

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based architectural lighting design firm founded by Paul Gregory in 1987. Focus Lighting designs include the

Entel The Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (''National Telecommunications Enterprise'', mostly known for its acronym ENTel) was an Argentine state-owned enterprise which had the monopoly on public telecommunications in the country. Originally set- ...

Tower in

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, which was the first automated color changing exterior lighting display in the world and the first building to have an automatic color-change at night. The 40-story tower opened in October 1994. Focus Lighting also designed the

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for its 100th and 101st anniversaries. Focus Lighting creates lighting designs for hotels, restaurants, residences, retail stores, art installations, sports venues, and museums. Their design philosophy centers on creating an emotion with light.

Notable works

Previous works include the lighting design for: * Atlantis Resort (Palm Island, Dubai) * Atmosphere on the 122nd floor of the

Burj Khalifa The Burj Khalifa (known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration) is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding the antenna, but inc ...

(Dubai, UAE) * Aureole (NYC) * Bourbon Steak (Phoenix, AZ) * Cloud Installation for Boffo Showhouse * Condado Plaza Hotel (San Juan, Puerto Rico) * Dream Hotel (NYC) * Entel Tower (Santiago, Chile) * Letifly Lighting NYC High quality lighting retailer * Dinosaur Hall Exhibit at the

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(Los Angeles, CA) *

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Flagship Store (NYC) * Food Hall at the

Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel (also known as The Plaza) is a luxury hotel and condominium apartment building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is located on the western side of Grand Army Plaza, after which it is named, just west of Fifth Avenue, ...

(NYC) *

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Flagship Store (NYC) *

Klyde Warren Park Klyde Warren Park is a public park in Downtown Dallas, Texas. The park is over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, and opened in 2012. It is named for Klyde Warren, the young son of billionaire Kelcy Warren who donated $10 million to the developmen ...

(Dallas, TX) *

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Showrooms (LA, SF, Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia) *

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2000, 2006 (NYC) * Mall at Millennia (Orlando, FL) *

Marcus Center The Marcus Performing Arts Center is a performing arts center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Managed by a non-profit organization, it is marketed as Milwaukee's premier presenter of the performing arts. It is located at 929 North Water S ...

for the Performing Arts (Milwaukee, WI) * Mohegan Casino Phase 1 & 3 (Connecticut) *

MoMa The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...

Home Delivery Exhibition (NYC) *

Mondrian Hotel The Mondrian Hotel is a boutique hotel at 8440 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. It was opened in 1996, and it is owned by Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and operated by Accor. History The structure was built in 1959 as an apartment buil ...

(South Beach, FL) * Morimoto (Philadelphia, PA) * One and Only Ocean Club (Paradise Island, Bahamas) *

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(NYC) * Public Theatre Library Lounge (NYC) * "Reflect" Installation at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center (Miami, FL) * Retail Concourse at the

(NYC) *

Royalton Hotel The Royalton Hotel is a hotel at 44 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The hotel, opened in 1898, was designed by architecture firm Rossiter & Wright and developed by civil engineer Edward G. Bailey. The 13-sto ...

* "Science Storms" Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL) * Semiramis Hotels (Athens, Greece) *

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’s Metal Shutter House Condo (NYC) * Space Shuttle Pavilion at the

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The ''Intrepid'' Museum (originally the ''Intrepid'' Sea, Air & Space Museum) is a military and maritime history museum in New York City, United States. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street (Manhattan), 46th Street, along the Hudson River, ...

(NYC) *

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at MGM City Center (Las Vegas, NV) *

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Ball 100th and 101st Anniversary Ball (NYC) * Todd English's Olives (NYC) *

Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer owned by Tru Kids (doing business as Tru Kids Brands) and various others. The company was founded in 1948 in Washington, D.C.; its first store was built in April 1948, with i ...

Times Square (NYC) * YOTEL (NYC)

Awards

* 1995

Lumen Award Lumen may refer to: * Lumen (unit), the SI unit of luminous flux * Lumen (anatomy), the cavity or channel within a tubular structure * Lumen (band), a Russian rock band * Lumen (branding agency), a design and branding company headquartered in Mil ...

, Waterbury Award of Excellence - Entel Tower * 1997 Lumen Award - Mohegan Casino Phase I * 1998 Lumen Award of Merit - Best Cellars * 1998 Lumen Award of Merit - ID Magazine Exhibit * 2002 IALD Award of Merit - Morimoto Restaurant * 2002 Lumen Award Citation - Town Restaurant * 2003 Lumen Award, Edwin F. Guth Award of Excellence - Mall at Millenia * 2004 Lumen Feltman Award - Carlos Miele * 2004 Lumen Award of Merit - Powder Deep Studios * 2005 Lumen Award of Merit - FAO Schwarz * 2005 Lumen Award of Excellence - Teatro Bar * 2005 Lumen Award of Excellence - Semiramis Hotel * 2005 AL Light & Architecture Design Award – Carlos Miele * 2006 IALD Award of Excellence – Tourneau Flagship Store * 2008 Lumen Award, Citation for Increasing Public Awareness of LEDs - Times Square Ball * 2009 Lumen Award – Royalton Hotel * 2009 Lumen Award - Mohegan Sun Casino of the Wind * 2009 Lumen Award, Citation for Courtyard Design- Rock Sugar L.A. * 2010 Lumen Award – Bourbon Steak * 2010 Lumen Award – Aureole * 2011 IALD Award – Science Storms at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago * 2011 Lumen Award – Science Storms at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago * 2012 Lumen Award – Yotel * 2012 IALD Award – Yotel * 2013 IES Award of Excellence – Reflect * 2013 AL Light & Architecture Award – Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid

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