Robert Newell Lighting Design

 

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Robert Newell Lighting Design is an architectural lighting design firm founded in 1984 which offers limited and comprehensive consultation in the design and planning of the luminous environment.  Guided by ­Robert Newell, the firm has completed a variety of diverse projects for institutional, corporate, government, hospitality, residential and commercial clients. This work has ranged from prestigious single-family homes to 600,000 square foot corporate facilities.

 

Other commissions include restaurants, spas, senior living centers, nursing homes, corporate facilities, retail spaces, educational facilities, residences, and building and site lighting for both residential and commercial applications.  Our clients include Architects, Landscape Architects, Interior Designers, Engineers, Developers, Facility Managers, Store and Office Planners, and end users who require skilled lighting design.

 

Robert Newell, Principal, is a member of the International Association of Lighting Designers and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.  He is an experienced lighting designer with an in-depth understanding of lighting design principals, techniques, and applications. He is frequently a quest lecturer on a variety of lighting design subjects for the Illuminating Engineering Society and design programs at local Universities.  He provides clients with expert testimony for Planning Boards, Boards of Adjustment, and litigation.  He is currently a staff instructor at the Philips Application Center in Somerset, New Jersey.  He is active in planning and design in Westfield, New Jersey and is Vice-Chairman of the Westfield Planning Board.

 

The reason for our success is clear; our skilled lighting design fulfills our client’s needs, whether simple or complex, by creating a cohesive illuminated environment that is both aesthetic and functional for architecture, interiors, and landscapes.   By defining spaces, reinforcing the progression of spaces and movement, heightening the visual qualities in the materials, and creating the appropriate atmosphere for the desired function of the space, our lighting design is a discipline that our clients find necessary. We also respect our client’s budget and scheduling constraints and respond to the current demands of energy conservation by utilizing the current technologies to reduce energy consumption.

 

Our library is up-to-date on light sources, current and emerging lighting equipment and lighting control systems.  We generate computer renderings lighting using “AGI 32” and use a variety of lighting calculations programs.   We use AutoCAD and use email for shipping.

 

In today’s building economy, our menu driven services offer our clients’ large and small the type of lighting design service that best fits their needs, from lighting design consultation through full service contracts. 

 

 

 

654 North Avenue West, Westfield, NJ 07090          T: 908.654.9304          F: 908.654.9302          E: robert.newell@robertnewelllightingdesign.com­­­