
The $100 million project would add more programming space and a new band shell and renovate the Rock Hall’s original I.M. Pei building in Cleveland. The Rock Hall announced that the architecture firm PAU will lead the project, which will bring 50,000 square feet of programming space and a new band shell overlooking the shores of Lake Erie. The lighting of the addition and the grounds, like the best stage lighting which enhances not upstages the performance, was conceived by L’Observatoire to be electrifying, warming Cleveland’s cold winters, cloudy skies, and early dusk with the glow of the beat. https://www.nytimes.com

Hervé Descottes has received the Interior Design's Best of Year Award for Best Lighting Designer. See announcement https://vimeo.com/492002633

Inspired by the Junichiro Tanizaki book In Praise of Shadows homage to “well-placed darkness,” the fourteenth biennial Virginia Design Forum: In Praise of Shadows embraces this theme through an exploration of craft and materiality. A lecture by Hervé Descottes and Yves Seban
See the video here https://vimeo.com/486506473

Take to the skies for a behind the scenes look at Edge with stunning views and insider design tips. Join Marianne Kwow, Senior Designer at KPF and Hervé Descottes, Principal at L’Observatoire International and visit the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere. Info and link here https://ohny.org/sites/edge-at-hudson-yards

Join Senior Designer Mint Thumrongluck and Senior Associate Jenny Ivansson from L’Observatoire International for an exclusive virtual presentation and gain insight into the firm’s process of designing the lighting for the reimagined suite of ten galleries. Info and link here https://ohny.org/sites/metropolitan-museum-british-galleries

Influencing Emotions Through Sensory Design- October 7th at 4PM ET
To explore the importance of captivating the senses in design, Hervé Descottes and Jean-Georges will discuss how our five innate senses are activated through each artisan’s respected field in lighting and culinary, and why it is important to leverage these elements when creating compelling designs.
Join the talk here https://www.design-pavilion.com

Interior Design's first annual Innovation Conference, February 5th, will focus on future trends, breakthrough ideas and cutting-edge technology that will drive us forward into the next decade. More info Innovation 2019.

L'Observatoire is pleased to be part of the Open House New York 2018 and will present Pier 17 lighting design. For more information please visit https://ohny.org

Hervé Descottes will discuss the importance of lighting in the public realm on October 1st at the Frank Lloyd Wright during the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Three partners have come together to develop a series of lights that offer intelligence and simplicity—Richard Meier, the Pritzker-Prize winning architect; Ana Meier, product designer with a strong, modernist voice; and lighting master Hervé Descottes. The collection will launch at Ralph Pucci‘s New York showroom on March 14 under the name Richard Meier Light.

Fondation Louis Vuitton is the Architizer A+Award Popular Choice Winner in the Plus Categories | Concepts: Architecture +Light category!

L'O is pleased to announce the opening of the H Stern Flagship in New York designed by Studio Arthur Casas. The smooth velvety texture of the dome creates a homogeneous atmosphere whereas spotlights hierarchize the space, intercalating moments of discovery on scales that range from a gem to the entire architecture.

Hervé Descottes, Principal at L'Observatoire International, Foro Lighting en Site IES 2015 Lecture in Mexico. September 24th, 2015 More Info Here

Hervé Descottes, Principal at L'Observatoire International, will give a lecture at University Penn Design, Philadelphia, PA on September 16th, 2015. More Info Here

L'Observatoire is pleased to announce the opening of the new House of Dior boutique in Seoul, designed by Peter Marino and Christian de Portzamparc.