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Welcome to the inaugural issue of G2LDesign Notes!
Wondering what we've been up to at Gandy2 Lighting Design? You're in luck-read on for our latest news, ideas, and a little bit of lighting humor...
Case Study: When hiring a lighting consultant can save money
Conventional wisdom holds that you hire a lighting consultant only for fancy jobs with big budgets. But can paying a lighting consultant actually help lower the project cost? Indeed!
To learn more about a recent project in which the client saved tens of thousands by hiring us, click here
On the Boards: Dickinson First United Methodist Church
We're pleased to announce that Dickinson FUMC is under construction and on track for a Summer 2011 completion. Our scope includes house and theatrical lighting for a new 500 seat sanctuary, welcome center, surrounding support areas, and facade lighting. Gandy2 Lighting Design is working with Houston architects Hall Barnum Lucchesi on this project. Stay tuned for completed photos. For more on this and other current projects, click here
In the News:
G2LD helping with 2011 AIA Gala-Viva Houston
For the second time in the last four years, Sarah Gandy has been asked to join the Environment Committee for Houston's AIA Gala. As luck would have it this year's Gala will be held in the "new" City of Houston Central Permitting Center (actually a refurbished rice warehouse slated to achieve LEED Gold), which G2LD has worked on extensively over the last year and a half with Studio Red Architects.
The theme for 2011 is "Viva Houston!", so look for a colorful and festive atmosphere. Hope to see everybody there!
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Lighting Bloopers
It's a hazard of the job - we
can't go anywhere without
analyzing the lighting. We've
seen it all-the good the bad,
the ugly, and the so-bad-it's
hilarious. So we've devised this
column to share some of the
funniest lighting mishaps.
In this episode we find an
exterior church pendant in
which someone was trying to
create a "best of both worlds"
scenario. And yet they fell short.
Was the high bay fixture already
there but they wanted it to look
more 'churchy'? Was the
decorative pendant there but
somebody thought of a great
way to get more power out of
it? Hard to say, but this hybrid
made us laugh:
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