Dear Friends and Colleagues It is with great pleasure that we share this exciting news with all of you. AWA Lighting Designers are a winner of the upcoming LUXlife UK 2021 LEADING DESIGNERS AWARD, being awarded the title “MOST INNOVATIVE CREATIVE LIGHTING DESIGN PRACTICE, 2021 – New York." The... View full entry »
Good architecture tends to be both a product of and a monument to the society as it exists in a given frame of time. The buildings of Cyber City, intricate steel and glass constructions, are exceptions to this rule. They seem to exist outside time, representing a distant future, and have little... View full entry »
The maximum footfall is at Sikanderpur, the interchange station with Delhi Metro. Once ready, the Gateway Tower station, the only one in the 5.1km Phase 1 yet to be opened, is likely to significantly add to the numbers because of its location along the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway. Rapid Metro has... View full entry »
Construction is almost complete at 320 East 48th Street, which will soon be home to Singapore’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations – in this case, the building has been designated as a ‘chancery’. Designed by HOK, the structure is rather small – nevertheless... View full entry »
Dear Clients, Colleagues, and Friends, We are excited to share with you our recently completed project- FIFC (First International Finance Center). Located in Mumbai, India, FIFC is a 14 floor office tower located in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex. The 657,000 SFT office tower began... View full entry »
Abhay Wadhwa Speaks at PLDC 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark Abhay Wadhwa, AWA’s Design Principal, has been invited to speak at Professional Lighting Design Convention (PLDC 2013) in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 31 2013. He will speak on “The Impact Of Culture And Climate On Lighting... View full entry »
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation cut the ribbon on its newest and greenest facility, an innovative 15,500 square foot multi-use building serving North Brooklyn’s waterfront. Designed by Kiss + Cathcart, Architects, this wedge-shaped structure seamlessly draws the... View full entry »
NYC Parks Commissioner Veronica M. White today joined Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, State Assembly Member Joseph R. Lentol and Council Member Stephen Levin to cut the ribbon on a brand new headquarters building with community space and an accessible green roof in Bushwick Inlet... View full entry »
AWA Design Principal and CEO Abhay Wadhwa is featured in Hotelier India’s July 2013 Issue. Click here to read the AWA Blog Article Source: Hotelier India View full entry »
AWA Lighting Designers teamed with PHOSPHORUS to create an interactive installation called “Biography Collective” for the Lumen Festival at Staten Island. The Event was held at Lyons Pool, a NYC Department of Parks and Recreation site on Staten Island, on Saturday, June 15th. The... View full entry »
Our lighting design intent responded to the Architects request to create warm and home-like spaces, while expressing the architectural massing. We also gave special attention to the local foliage in the landscape to create a sense of a nature and peacefulness. The exterior lighting approach... View full entry »
The Golden Temple complex is the most sacred place for people of Sikh faith and is considered a national monument in India. Also known as Harmandir Sahib, it is located within the holy water pond (Amrit Sarovar). The outer surface of the Golden Temple is clad with gold coated copper plates as... View full entry »
AWA will be teaming up with Phosphorus to build a 30’ by 30’ interactive installation called “Biography Collective” where spectators become the artist of a collaborative canvas of light. As four participant’s step into the role of creator, the installation will use... View full entry »
Bushwick Inlet Park transforms an underutilized site on the East River shore of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, into an intensely-usable, high-environmental-performance park. The five-acre site comprises roughly one fifth of a future city park assemblage that accompanies the rezoning of the... View full entry »
AWA Design Principal and CEO Abhay Wadhwa is featured in Index Furniture Journal’s January-February 2013 Issue. Click here to read the AWA Blog Article Source: Raising the Magic Quotient View full entry »
We are writing this entry a day ahead of time as the World may end tomorrow… After the New York Studio’s successful 12-12-12 outing, the Mumbai studio has decided to have a night of our own to celebrate the company’s 10th anniversary, the Winter Equinox, as well as the... View full entry »
On December 12, 2012 (12-12-12), The New York office went out for a night of celebrating AWA’s 10 years of existence. We started off the night by playing a few rousing matches of ping-pong on the office table, and then moved into Williamsburg to PIPS Ping-Pong Club and Art Gallery to... View full entry »
Several of the rapidly developing parts of the world have substantially different climates than Europe and most parts of North America. Fixtures or lighting systems that have essentially been developed for the milder climes will not perform as well with the aggressive climate of the Middle-East... View full entry »
On October 23, 2012, Abhay Wadhwa attended The Korean Committee for UNICEF fundraiser to honor the “Every Woman Every Child Initiative” (EWEC) at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN. The initiative has been taken on by the Secretary-General. EWEC is an... View full entry »
View of Brigade Gateway Complex from the Residential Podium The Brigade Gateway is an integrated lifestyle enclave located in Bangalore, India. The project is situated on a 40 acre site and comprises of the following areas: • World Trade Center: 32 floors • Sheraton Hotel* &bull... View full entry »
This is a fixture that we are using on a multi-use project in Gurgaon, India. The original specification was substituted with another fixture. The substituted fixture is not available with a housing that could take extra wire for fixture maintenance. Abhay was able to recognize this and suggested... View full entry »
