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Why Use Custom Lighting?
Custom lighting is about getting exactly what you want, even if what you want doesn’t currently exist. It includes everything from creating a unique fixture to its placement and lighting output strength. ADG will make it easy if you have never had custom lighting in...
Annenberg Community Beach House: A Los Angeles Landmark
Ooh, if these Los Angeles landmarks could talk…what would they say? Let’s take the Annenberg Community Beach House. From 1929 to 1942, this Los Angeles landmark was happening. Every known dignitary and movie star spent hours partying at this beautiful property. The...
Greystone Mansion is the Finest in Beverly Hills Architecture
The Greystone Mansion is one of the most famous samples of Beverly Hills architecture for many reasons, mainly for its scandalous history. Let’s review some facts about the building itself. The building was completed in 1928, and the architect who designed the main...
Achille Castriglioni and Arco Lamp
If you’re a fan of mid-century modern style, then you are probably familiar with the Achille Castiglioni Arco Lamp. Achille Castiglioni and his brother Pier Giacomo designed the original Arco Lamp in 1962. Their inspiration was a street lamp; together, they formed the...
Another Great Los Angeles Landmark: The Neutra VDL House
Richard Neutra was an Austrian-born architect, but he made Southern California the location for his life and career. He is credited for ushering the international modern architecture style into the American (Southern California) lifestyle. The Neutra VDL House fits...
ADG Lighting Designs Shade Lighting for Loews Regency New York
For Gerald Olesker, Founder/CEO of ADG Lighting, the opportunity to design beautiful shade lighting for the Loews Regency New York is something he has done in many other hospitality settings. Yet Gerald still finds it exciting to create an atmosphere in...
Los Angeles Architecture at Its Best: The Banning House
The Banning House was built in 1864 and designed by Phineas Banning. The Banning House has been called one of the best examples of Greek Revival architecture in the West. Hmmm, not bad for the reputation of Los Angeles architecture. Phineas Banning wasn’t...
The Glass House is a Spectacular Architectural Landmark
One wonders how the architect’s minds worked when they decided to design some of our most prized architectural landmarks. One thing we can all agree on is that these architects of yesteryear were all forward thinkers. These architects weren’t satisfied with the status...
The Hotel Architecture of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel is the creme de la creme in hotel architecture. It was initially built in 1954 by an architect named Morris Lapidus. The hotel architectural style is Miami Modern Architecture (MiMo). The hotel’s interior design and part of the...
Why Work With A Custom Lighting Manufacturer
So you have a great idea for lighting your beautiful home. The problem is you have never seen anything close to what is in your brain. You know this is the celestial lighting that is perfect for your home. Don’t even think about going into Home Depot; your brain...
Avila Adobe House: Notable Los Angeles Architecture
There are styles of architecture distinctive to certain parts of the country, specifically California and Los Angeles; the architecture is show-stopping here. Los Angeles architecture is a melting pot of some of the greatest works by many famous architects. Los...
It’s Googie Architecture, Not Google!
Googie architecture is both futuristic and nostalgic at the same time. Originally from Southern California and part of the Streamline Moderne architecture, Googie architecture represented America’s fascination with the future and a better tomorrow. Googie architecture...
Taliesin West: An Architectural Landmark by Frank Lloyd Wright
The Taliesin West in Arizona, located in the thick of the McDowell Mountains, is perhaps one of the most significant architectural landmarks and an exceptional legacy that Frank Lloyd Wright left behind. Frank Lloyd Wright was credited for pioneering the Prairie...
Furniture Designer Florence Knoll Gave Businesses Style
Furniture designer Florence Marguerite Schust, aka Florence Knoll, was born on May 24, 1917, in Saginaw, Michigan. By the time she was twelve, she was orphaned. Her father died when Florence was five, and her mother died when she was twelve. She was raised by a legal...
Female Architect Eileen Gray
Female architect Eileen Gray was born on August 9, 1878, in Enniscorthy, Ireland. She was born into a privileged noble Irish family, and her birth name was Kathleen Eileen Moray. An uncle of Gray’s mother anointed her a title, so she became 19th Baroness Gray, giving...
The Custom Lighting Design of the Artichoke Light
We were shocked when we thought that nothing would impress us on the topic of custom lighting design. Then we came across the revolutionary Artichoke Light created by Poul Henningsen. Poul Henningsen, referred to as PH for short, was a Danish architect and designer...