Pantheon of Wonder

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This is the 'Pantheon of Wonder', a journal with over 550+ essays on the poetic design of architecture, art, music, and meaning. It is a growing chronicle of over 25 years of research and innovation by Maria Lorena Lehman that helps you develop your creative projects for advanced beauty, function, and transcendent experience.

Strategy: Translate Design Language into Inner Installations

by Maria Lorena Lehman

Image Strategies

Featured Image Takeaway Design Strategy:

Many times in buildings today, lighting fixtures are added on as an afterthought. Within this Aalto work, light is deemed as special by designing and controlling the way it is emitted. Plus, the lighting design itself is a worthy design fitting into and uplifting the rest of the building. Learn to carry your design intentions through the changing spaces, scales and technologies that your architecture needs.

To Apply This Strategy, Ask Yourself:

WHEN DESIGNING OR SPECIFYING INTERIOR INSTALLATIONS WITHIN MY BUILDING DESIGN, HOW CAN I PRESERVE MY BUILDING DESIGN’S LANGUAGE AS CARRIED THROUGH THOSE INSTALLATIONS WHEN NEEDED?

Image Caption: Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum by Alvar Aalto

Image Credit: © seier+seier | Flickr

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