Displays & Optical Technologies, Inc.

a solar telescope sitting on top of a high rise in manhattan at sunset

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Lightfall

architecture & design by Loisos + Ubbelohde

Innovation in Lighting

Displays & Optical Technologies, Inc. is proud to have been able to collaborate with Loisos + Ubbelohde on their award-winning “Lightfall” installation; an inventive and spectacular natural light installation that utilizes a reflecting telescope to pierce and illuminate a 15-story stairwell.

Our insights and expertise in optics fabrication allow for unique perspectives in problem-solving and enable us to assist our customers in achieving their awe-inspiring goals.

41st Annual International Lighting Design Awards

Winner:

Loisos + Ubbelohde
2024 Award of Excellence

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Winners
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Additional Awards:

2024 American Architecture Award – The Chicago Athenaeum

2023 Best Design Awards – The Architect’s Newspaper

2023 NYC x Design Awards – NYC’s Shining Moment

Gallery

a solar telescope that cascades into a building stair well to provide light
a solar telescope sitting on top of a high rise in manhattan at sunset
internal mirrors for reflecting light inside of a solar telescope
a solar telescope sitting on top of a high rise in manhattan

Articles

Front page of an article about a light installation called "lightfall" by architectural record

Light Fall

Architectural Record

by Joann Gonchar, FAIA

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a solar telescope sitting on top of a high rise in manhattan

Lightfall

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