Fairfield, IA
Aperture SkyCeiling is a biophilic design application for enclosed interiors.August 20, 2019 – Aperture, the latest generation in Sky Factory’s line of Luminous SkyCeilings, uniquely modifies our perception of customary planar relationships, boosting the spatial plausibility of interior skies... View full entry »
May 22, 2019 – Sky Factory introduces the INFINITY SkyCeiling, a suspended, image-based ceiling cloud designed for high ceilings and open plenum spaces. This circular virtual skylight generates a visceral experience of vertical space when viewed directly underneath its circumference. When viewed... View full entry »
September 17, 2018 – Sky Factory, a design/manufacturer of research-verified virtual skylights, will present its research abstract, Applied Cognitive Architecture: The Restorative Impact of Perceived Open Space, at the 3rd conference of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), at the... View full entry »
September 27, 2017 – Sky Factory SkyView™ is a high-tech architectural illusion of sky designed to restore occupant comfort and wellness in enclosed interiors via a ceiling-mounted, digital portal that portrays the dynamic beauty of sky events in unedited, real-time sequences lasting an... View full entry »
April 24, 2017 – Neural Correlates of Nature Stimuli: an fMRI Study, the award-winning study in neuroarchitecture spearheaded by the Department of Design and the College of Human Sciences at Texas Tech University, in collaboration with Sky Factory, will be awarded a Certificate of Research... View full entry »
On March 30th, the Marker and Bednarz families, distinguished members of the Rush and Oak Park Hospitals, along with Sky Factory representatives, came together for an evening dedication ceremony at The Women’s Board Center for Radiation Therapy at Rush University Medical Center.The group... View full entry »
A great conversation with Kenneth Betz, senior editor of Commercial Architecture magazine,about biophilic design, deep plan buildings, and how to mitigate the deleterious effect of enclosed interiors is all part of a new article in the January/February issue about healthcare design, human... View full entry »
Contributed article as it appeared in High Rise Buildings magazine in October 2015.The universal experience in high rise buildings, no matter what floor is your destination, starts in the lobby—waiting for the elevator. Surrounded by strangers, even a small wait can feel lengthy. Most... View full entry »
September 21, 2015 – The October issue of the Health Environments Research & Design Journal features a new study by Texas Tech University in collaboration with Covenant Health and the Sky Factory that examined the positive impact of Luminous SkyCeilings on acute stress and anxiety in a... View full entry »
Contributing article as it appeared in Facilities Executive Magazine Online (July 30, 2015)LEED Certification’s drive for energy efficiency and resource conservation has led to high performance sustainable buildings. However, this transformation hides a more substantive change, one that has... View full entry »
June 16, 2015 – The Sky Factory and the Tennessee Aquarium collaborated to bring ēSea, a Digital Cinema underwater portal to marine habitats, to the Children’s Hospital at Erlanger, the 1st of its kind in the state. The partnership enabled the Sky Factory to film the... View full entry »
May 15, 2015 – The Revelation SkyCeiling won the Popular Choice Award at the 3rd Annual A+ Architizer Awards. Architizer, called the “Facebook for Architects” by the New York Times, is the world’s largest and fastest growing website for architecture with a global award... View full entry »
