NEW: lighting management software by ZUMTOBEL

Some situations demand light in its purest form: when maximum concentration is required. When hygiene and resistance are top priority. When every inch of a room needs to be brightly illuminated. In a hospital, a laboratory, a food production facility. The supreme and industry versions of Zumtobel's CLEAN II take on these special lighting tasks. With their ultra-resistant...

70 years ago the company, initially a family business, started manufacturing ballasts for the newly introduced fluorescent light fitting technology: in 1950 Dr. Walter Zumtobel founded “Elektrogeräte und Kunstharzpresswerk W. Zumtobel KG”. At the time, the replacement of incandescent lamps by fluorescent lamps marked the beginning of a new era in lighting technology and ...

The James Simon Gallery is the new entrance building for Berlin’s Museum Island. From August 2019, it will serve as the po int of entry for visitors from all over the world. But it wouldn’t be fair to reduce this streamlined, graceful building to a simply functional entity. In both architectural and practical terms, the building by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin c...