Francis Krahe & Associates

We welcome this news of a change of seasons. We also welcome the news of one of our design team members, Lindsay Stefans, on becoming a #WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP). Circadian #lighting, visual comfort, daylighting fenestration, electric light glare control, solar glare control, color quality, #circadian emulation and daylight modeling are all features of the LIGHT concept of the WELL Building Standard. https://www.fkaild.com/news/be-well-for-the-equinox

We are honored to work with IQHQ, a premier life sciences real estate development company, and Gensler to provide lighting design for this iconic development site along San Diego’s waterfront. The Research and Development District (RaDD) is situated on more than eight acres and occupies three entire city blocks on the San Diego Waterfront along California's Pacific coast. #lightingdesign #lifesciences #Sandiego #iqhq https://www.fkaild.com/news/life-sciences-at-radd-san-diego

The intersection of advances in the color quality and range of LED chips, the lighting controls embedded within LED chip programming, wireless communications, and the Internet of Things will create the greatest change in the lighting design field. https://www.fkaild.com/n/architectural-lighting-innovations

This recently completed beautiful project for Dr Barbara Sturm store in LA. #lightingdesign #archictecturallighting #beauty #light https://www.fkaild.com/news/dr-barbara-sturm

Read about our thoughts in Architect Magazine: Five years ago, we anticipated that the advance of LED technology and concurrent developments in materials science, interconnectivity, and media technology would revolutionize the #lighting industry and offer new opportunities for design. Today, these changes are evident: The power and impact of light are prominent, lighting components are less visible and more integrated with the architecture, and the boundary between lighting a...nd media design is nebulous. Five years from now, #responsive lighting designs will be the norm. We see great opportunities to create spaces with #interactive #light, where its intensity, color, and movement respond to occupants or to programming, changing the use of any space, on any given day or days. These options, available for many years at high cost, now bring creative programming within reach of any project. The intersection of advances in the color quality and range of LED chips, the lighting controls embedded within LED chip programming, wireless communications, and the Internet of Things will create the greatest change in the lighting design field. https://www.architectmagazine.com//nine-architectural-ligh

As lighting designers, we love astronomical events. Today is Groundhog day which occurs on a "cross-quarter day," or a day that falls exactly between a solstice and an equinox . On this day we would like to announce the launch of our new website!!! Please visit us https://www.fkaild.com/

Daylight Design and Lighting Design can be rewarding and awarding! Illuminating Engineering Society Merit Award Francis Krahe & Associates for the Lighting and Daylighting Design of the renovation of postmodern masterpiece Philip Johnson's Christ Cathedral with Johnson Fain! #lightingdesign #lightinginspiration #architecturallighting #architecture #lightdesign #lighting #daylighting

In solidarity and grief, FKA stands with communities of color nationwide. We recognize that words alone are not enough. We commit to being open to ideas and various viewpoints. We welcome the courageous conversations.... Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. ~Maya Angelou

May 16th is The International Day of Light. Celebrate the role light plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, and energy. This day is a call to strengthen scientific cooperation and harness its potential to foster peace and sustainable development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf-9ALTf6Tk&feature=youtu.be

This was a cool event sponsored by AIA Pittsburgh and AIGA Pittsburgh.