There is a lot to be said for subtlety. Measured and understated, architectural detailing is intended to be an inflection that reinforces rather than alters. An overly generous use of lighting, however, can overwhelm a building and drown out its features. An example of the former, the series of lights that run up the north side of the Shangri-La are an example of a careful and thoughtful accent to a prominent building.

Lighting detail on the Shangri-La, image by Forum member Jack Landau

Developed by Westbank Corp., the 66-storey mixed-use building was designed by a collaboration of James Cheng and local firm Hariri Pontarini Architects. To learn more about the project, a link to our dataBase page as well as associated Forum thread can be found below.

Related Companies:  Hariri Pontarini Architects