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Agbar Tower
description Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are reinventing the look and feel of skylines, bridges, facades and other architectural surfaces around the globe. The light bulb is being unscrewed by energy-efficient LEDs that are both environmentally friendly and cost-effective. The $10.2 billion industry is growing to provide new design options for architects and planners. Left: This Barcelona office, designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, brings color 142 meters into city skyline. A total of 4,500 L3 RGB lights were installed to illuminate the 32 floors of offices in the Agbar tower. The lighting system, which contains 4,500 L3 RGB lights, is controlled from a single computer. 
Bank of Korea
description Korea’s central bank was created in 1950, to set price stability. The classically designed building has been given a modern face lift with this purple LED lighting.Photo: Courtesy of and copyrighted by Tryka L.E.D. and C C&C Electronics 
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Ben Franklin Bridge
description This bridge in Philadelphia was given a dramatic overhaul when lights were added to the anchorages and towers. Old and rusting bridges can be given new life with a rainbow of colors. With a declining cost in maintenance, LED lights can now be used to decorate bridges and other structures that are subject to rusting. 
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Hollywood Bowl
description LEDs don’t just create awe-inspiring skylines, they also enhance moods and settings. At the Hollywood Bowl LED lights are used to "choreograph" the stage ethos. Using digital technology to adjust and control the effects they create. By marrying LED technology with intelligent controls and color science the Hollywood Bowl is able to take advantage of LED lights for the use of performing arts. 
Blue Tower
description This is a picture of the United Kingdom’s tallest purpose-built advertising structure. The M4 Tower, made almost entirely from glass housing LEDs, is a reference point for commuters and travelers. Advanced computer technology allows the structure to adopt any color to meet the specific branding needs of advertisers. Located in a prime position on the M4, the gateway road from Heathrow to the center of London, the giant 7-story tower faces 1,630,000 consumers every week.Photo: Courtesy of JCDecaux and James Thomas Engineering PixelRange 
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LG Towers in Beijing
description The LG Towers in the bustling Chaoyang district of Beijing stand 460 feet high. To complement the towers’ contemporary architectural design and further distinguish their grand presence, the design team specified approximately 7,340 feet of lights to vertically line the exterior glass façade. The lights are meant to give the LG Towers an iconic place against the evolving Beijing skyline. 
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M Club Muticolored
description This Belfast bar has an impressive entrance. A standard silver film lays over the interior of each window, combined with a sealed "light box" the designers were able to create this smooth enticing facade to appeal to partygoers from around the world. A single silicon chip can generate up to 64 billion color combinations within the space of a pencil eraser. 
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Movable LED
description LEDs still have some ways to evolve. This is a proposed design for interchangeable modular panels with integrated LED lighting fixtures that "snap" in and out of an electrical grid. Occupants can change the location of light fixtures or introduce new fixtures on a whim to satisfy their needs or their mood. 
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Prow sculpture at Time Warner Building
description At Columbus Circle, LED lights have been used to blend art and architecture at the Time Warner Center. The Prow Sculpture goes 150 feet high and creates an intricate lighting sequences that run from Color Kinetics’ intelligent solid-state lighting technology shines in New York City’s Columbus Circle, blending art and architecture at Time Warner Center’s mesmerizing Prow Sculpture 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm.The prow morphs through various lighting programs, including slow, rhythmic sequences that may include seasonal elements like falling leaves or snowflakes. It also displays interludes, or static effects that are suspended for a period of time before dissolving.According to The New York Times, this "glowing nighttime exclamation point over Columbus Circle" may be most effective when seen from Eighth Avenue, "where it appears to be floating in air." 
Queen Elizabeth Conference Center
description The QEII Conference Center, situated directly across from Westminster Abbey and the chimes of Big Ben has undergone a striking application of color to their central London building exterior. To achieve this, the QEII management have embraced the latest developments in LED fixture technology by the integration of Pulsar ChromaFlood200 fixtures into their exterior lighting scheme. Only 14 RGB light fixtures create the changing color scheme which only requires 2,800 Watts, about 1,400 watts less than regular light.Photo: Courtesy and copyright of http://www.pulsarlight.com www.PulsarLight.com 
Singapore’s Safra Club This recreation and sports facility in Singapore caters to the National Service men who keep Singapore stable. The lighting design takes an otherwise ordinary SAFRA Town Club building and gives it a colorful facade. The six-story building has LEDs added as a final touch to the building, creating a smooth sequence of color changes that naturally fade into one another.Photo: Courtesy and copyright of http://www.pulsarlight.com www.PulsarLight.com
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Takarazuka University
description Japan’s prestigious Takarazuka University of Art and Design created a marriage of traditional art and modern innovation using LED lights. Its building, approximately 200-feet high, makes use of the latest advancements in intelligent LED illumination to distinguish its presence against the Osaka city skyline. Designed by internationally renowned artist James Turrell, who explores the use of light and space to create extraordinary works of art, the building’s illuminated facade is awash with color and movement. 
Hillsboro Arch
description This 90-foot arch, over an Oregon Highway, is illuminated by over 580 individual 9-mm miniature wedge based lights. Using LED lights instead of incandescent bulbs saves about 8.491.2 Watts an hour according to Ledtronics. It also affords a nice view for drivers.Photo: Courtesy of http://www.ledtronics.com www.Ledtronics.com 
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Kaberat: Kabaret’s Prophecy The first permanent installation by the United Visual Artists in England, this lighting scheme, which changes colors and mood, uses a curving, low-resolution LED design on the wall at the Kabaret’s Prophecy club in Soho, London. The wall is the main light source in the club, ramping up from serene "digital wallpaper" to intensely rhythmic, graphic visuals – performed live every night by a VJ.
Chicago Millennium Park The Crown Fountains at Chicago’s Millennium Park convert video signals (live or recorded) and stream them to an LED lighting system that projects the pixels of the images through thousands of individually controlled LED nodes. It features two 50-foot glass block towers that gradually change color and feature LED display screens that project photographs of faces of Chicago residents and video nature scenes.Photo: Courtesy of the City of Chicago
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Basketball Hall of Fame
description The basketball hall of fame is almost exclusively lit by LEDs. The globe exterior and the interior, seen here, give visitors a bright and warm atmosphere to see the sports memorabilia. The clean and sleek interior that is created by the LED lights garnered a Lumen award for design. 
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Fleur d’Eau Shopping Centre This shopping center in France won the European ReStore award from the International Council of Shopping Centres for urban revitalization. Their LED lighting was an integral part of their design and creates an inviting atmosphere for shoppers and tourists to window shop.
