Long Beach, California, USA

The City called upon Mitch Payton of Showpro to illuminate several notable downtown landmarks in vibrant color-changing light. They wanted lighting fixtures that would consume little energy, require little to no maintenance, and produce colorful effects without the need for maintenance-intensive colored gels or filters. Also, the plans called for an installation in which fixtures could be controlled wirelessly across four city blocks � a first in public lighting design.

Payton and his design team selected several thousand Philips Color Kinetics LED lighting fixtures to illuminate prominent buildings throughout downtown Long Beach. Each landmark was uniquely lit, creating distinct presences within a colorful landscape. With low energy consumption and the ability to generate color and dynamic effects without gels, filters, or mechanical scrollers, the LED lighting fixtures met all of the design objectives.

One of the landmark buildings, the Long Beach Convention Center, was already undergoing major restorations. The center뭩 most eye-catching renovation is the vivid lighting that bathes the glass atrium in color-changing light. The Convention Center uses over 100 high-performance ColorBlast� Powercore fixtures, ideal for wall-washing and floodlighting applications. Twenty compact ColorBlast 6 LED floodlights highlight the Center뭩 unique glass palm trees within the atrium.Outside, the Long Beach Terrace Theater Fountain displays a striking water feature that catches the eye of theatergoers and pedestrians. The fountain uses 60 durable and submersible C-Splash� 2 fixtures to produce colorful light shows in the fountain.

Near the Shoreline Village, a waterfront gazebo glows along the walkway of the Promenade. Overlooking the harbor, this birdcage-shaped structure is outlined by iColor� Flex SLX strands. These LED-based strings are composed of 50 full-color LED nodes, and their flexible structure allows for them to wrap around the building뭩 structure. Each node is individually controllable to produce dynamic light sequences and dazzling color-changing effects.

Along Rainbow Harbor sits the Lions Lighthouse for Sight. This 105 ft (32 m) structure is illuminated by three high-performance ColorReach� Powercore architectural floodlights and 12 ColorBlast Powercore fixtures. These floodlights project colorful, uniform light onto the lighthouse. Visible from both land and sea, the dynamic lighting makes a distinctive impression on the shoreline.