Frame has featured the latest Clive Wilkinson designed Macquaire Bank headquarters in its Jan/Feb 2012 edition, located in London, UK.

Speirs + Major worked closely with Clive Wilkinson Architects to help develop the striking lighting scheme, featuring a vibrant red staircase which wends its way throughout the building. The idea was to not only create a functional way of linking floors, but to deliver a statement feature which is actively used, enabling people to come together, aiding communication and flow, and creating a glowing heart for the building.

Mark Major has been showcased in the 'SNAPSHOT' section of January's edition of Inside, a magazine by World Interiors News. Mark reveals his highlights of 2011, what he is looking forward to in 2012 and his dream project. To read the article, click here.

We are delighted to be working on the development of the Red October Chocolate Factory site in Moscow, Russia. We will be working closely with Foster and Partners as we bring a culturally sensative yet vibrant lighting solution to this well-known site.

A former chocolate factory, the site is being redeveloped into a residential area, complete with cafes, shops, galleries and private sports facilities around a central boulevard, with a number of the original 19th century buildings being retained and integrated into the new design.

A new bridge linking two Deutsche Bank buildings in London has been featured in this week's edition of Building Design. We have been working closely with Wilkinson Eyre to create a glowing, light, airy feel, achieved by using back-lit translucent glass floor panes along the length of the walkway.

Lovely short art video concerning the waste of energy caused by lights left on.
http://vimeo.com/sundaypaper/light

Nice. And we would generally agree with the agenda. However, light is always the visible building service... the easy target for the general public when it comes to energy. We'd love to see someone talking to the public about heating, air-conditioning, IT and all the other things in modern buildings that suck up power!

As Architectural Lighting magazine celebrates its first 25 years, Mark Major and Keith Bradshaw reflect on the changing nature and practice of architectural lighting design.

The Chicago Tribune has run a story on the shortlisted teams for the Navy Pier, of which we are fortunate enough to be a part of.

The shortlist to remake the public spaces of this famous Chicago pier omitted some hot favourites, it said, but left the team consisting of AECOM, BIG, WET Design, Lead Pencil Studio, Project Projects, Tivoli and ourselves. The final result will be announced mid-February 2012.

We are excited to show our winning entry for a light commission for Dom Square, Utrecht in Holland as part of the city's 'Trajectum Lumen'. The commission will be opened in April 2013 to mark the 300th Anniversary of the Treaty of Utrecht. The proposal uses light to celebrate the composition of square, tower and cathedral as living organisms in the city.

Calls for Stonehenge to be lit at night has sparked wider discussion as to the necessity of lighting monuments, the BBC has reported. To read the whole article, go to the BBC website.
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Drawings of the City of London by 100 prominent architects, including our own Mark Major, will be auctioned for disaster relief charity Article 25 on 1st December.
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