Birkenstock Lighting Design is committed to providing you with the best architectural lighting design. We approach every project with a focus on aesthetics, functionality, cost, maintenance and energy efficiency.
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Birkenstock Lighting Design is committed to providing you with the best architectural lighting design. We approach every project with a focus on aesthetics, functionality, cost, maintenance and energy efficiency.
What is distinctive about Birkenstock Lighting Design firm?
• Lighting solutions that are seamlessly integrated into the architecture
• Ease of maintenance, cost control and energy efficiency are key components of our commitment to green building practices and owner satisfaction.
• With old world work ethics and new age competencies, the team at Birkenstock Lighting Design has a track record to prove:
- On-time performance
- Flexible fees
- Honesty, integrity, and value
- Responsiveness to client needs
- Collaborative spirit
Birkenstock Lighting Design is a member of the following professional organizations:
• International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)
• Illuminating Engineering Society of America (IESNA)
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA)
• Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
Birkenstock Lighting Design is a certified woman owned economically disadvantaged small business. BLD is incorporated, registered with Dunn & Bradstreet, and carries professional insurance levels to meet large scale commercial design project requirements.
Birkenstock Lighting Design is a leader in use of technology to provide creative lighting designs. Some of our tools in technology include:
AutoCAD
Basic, yet powerful, Birkenstock Lighting Design utilizes AutoCAD for documentation and coordination.
Revit
Utilizing BIM technologies Birkenstock Lighting Design streamlines the design process and helps our architectural clients with clash detection by implementing lighting equipment in real time right along with them.
Elum Tools
• Allows us to provide realistic photographic renderings utilizing the materials and finishes provided by our design clients within their REVIT model.
• This is especially beneficial for presentations to our client’s clients (the owners and end users) to completely visualize the end product from the lighting approach.
Sketch Up
This 3D modeling program has been a vital tool to quickly explore concepts and visualize designs. It also allows us to communicate our ideas to the architects and interior designers we work with easily, by modifying their models.
Photoshop
During Design Development Photoshop allows us to manipulate the renderings, provided by our clients, to show how we will incorporate our lighting within their design. It is a great tool to show the client how the lighting will bring their space to life!
AGi32
This tool provides us with a method of creating accurate lighting calculations for any interior, exterior, or roadway application. As we perform calculations throughout the design process, this tools helps us ensure we are meeting all foot candle requirements, per IESNA standards. AGi32 also creates renderings in gray-scale or pseudo color to help us show clients how the light will effect the space.
Visual Lighting Calculation
During the design phases of our projects, we continually run in-house photometry lighting calculations to ensure proper foot-candle levels per the IESNA standards are met. Visual also allows us to calculate daylight contribution as well as produce 3D renderings with color representative of lighting levels throughout the space.
Energy Calculation
In our “back or house” design phases, we run in-house energy calculations to ensure code compliance, as well comparative calculations towards the targeted LEED or other energy goals. We work with several programs (due to varying state codes), and typically hand this electronic documentation to the electrical engineering consultant, eliminating the redundancy of work efforts.
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Projects/Clients
To see more photographs of Birkenstock Lighting Design's work, click on the project links below.
COUNTRY CLUBS
Ladera Oaks
Portola Valley, CA
CAMPUS / PLAZA
CREATE, Campus for Research*
Singapore
Perkins + Will, San Francisco
Fillmore Center*
San Francisco, CA
Axis, San Francisco
Kilroy Realty - 100-150 Hooper St.
San Francisco, CA
PFAU LONG Architecture & FME Architecture + Design
Kilroy Realty - 333 Dexter St.
Seattle, WA
Miller Hull, Seattle
Kilroy Realty - Academy Square
Los Angeles, CA
House & Robertson Architects, Inc.
Symantec Headquarters*
Cupertino, CA
HOK, San Francisco
CORPORATE /
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
Amazon SJC14
San Jose, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Baker Botts, LLP
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, Houston
Baker McKenzie, LLP*
San Francisco, CA
Fee Munson Ebert, San Francisco
BPM
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Ramone
Covington & Burling, LLP
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Crowell & Moring, LLP
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Cushman & Wakefield
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Dodge & Cox
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Friedkin Companies
Houston, Tx
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe*
Seattle, WA
Studios San Francisco
IBM SLV Cafeteria Remodel
San Jose, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Intel - The Junction Café/Salon
Santa Clara, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Investment Firm*
San Francisco, CA
Tom Eliot Fisch, San Francisco
Keller & Heckman
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Kilroy Realty
San Francisco, CA
Kilroy, San Francisco
Kramer & Levin
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Latham & Watkins, LLP
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
O’Melveny & Meyers
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff*
Los Angeles, CA
Studios, Los Angeles
SF Association of Realtors
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Sidley Austin, LLP*
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Think Panamure
San Francisco, CA
FME Architecture, San Francisco
Thornton Thomassetti
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
CORPORATE TI
A9
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Air BnB
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Adobe
San Francisco, CA
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Akamai
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
AKQA
San Francisco, CA
Jones Lang LaSalle
Amazon
Sunnyvale, CA
IA Interior Architects, San Francisco
Apple
Cupertino, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Amazon
Sunnyvale, CA
IA Interior Architects, San Francisco
Baidu
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Capital One
San Francisco, CA
IA Interior Architects, San Francisco
Confidential Client
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
D’Décor
Mumbai, India
Gensler, San Francisco
EA (Electronic Arts)
Redwood City, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Facebook
Menlo Park, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Google
Mountain View, CA
Gryphon Studios, Daly City, CA
Hewlet-Packard
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, San Jose
IBM
Foster City, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Jamestown Creative
Sunnyvale, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Morrison Foerster
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, San Jose
NetApp
Sunnyvale, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Neustar
San Francisco, CA
Studios, San Francisco
Parkside Lending
San Francisco, CA
Topetcher Architecture, San Francisco
Rohan
Mumbai, India
Gensler, San Francisco
Stripe
San Francisco, CA
Rapt, San Francisco
Stryker
San Jose, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Symantec
Cambridge, MA
Gensler, San Francisco
Synopsys
Mountain View, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Ten Cents
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Terradata
San Francisco, CA
Embarcadero Partners, San Francisco
USPTO
San Jose, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Venable, LLP
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Verifone
San Jose, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Yahoo
Playa Vista, CA
Gensler, San Francisco & EDG
Yahoo
Sunnyvale, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING CENTERS
Apple
Cupertino, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
IBM
San Jose, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Microsoft Envisioning Centers*
Irvine, Atlanta, NYC, Las Colinas,
Chicago, Malvern, Southfield
Studios, Los Angeles & NYC & Microsoft
Verizon Innovation Center
San Francisco, CA
Nelson
HEADQUARTERS
Autodesk
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Guess Headquarters*
Los Angeles, CA
Studios, Los Angeles
Intel
Santa Clara, CA
Gensler San Jose
Kilroy Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Kilroy, San Francisco
Nokia Headquarters
Sunnyvale, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Suzhou Industrial Park*
Suzhou, China
IA Interior Architects
Gallo
Modesto, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
HEALTHCARE
Hoag Memorial Hospital*
Newport Beach, CA
KMD Architects, San Francisco
Stanford Hoover Pavilion*
Palo Alto, CA
Tom Eliot Fisch, San Francisco
Stanford Executive Medical Center*
Palo Alto, CA
Brayton Hughes Design Studio,
San Francisco
Stanford Women’s Cancer Center*
Palo Alto, CA
Brayton Hughes Design Studio,
San Francisco
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
888 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Disney Fantasia Theater*
Burbank, CA
Studios Los Angeles
Hana Haus
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Investment Firm @ Pier 5*
San Francisco, CA
Tom Eliot Fisch, San Francisco
Rosie the Riveter*
Richmond, CA
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, Berkeley
Stanford Hoover Pavilion*
Palo Alto, CA
Tom Eliot Fisch, San Francisco
The Battery
San Francisco, CA
FME Architecture, San Francisco and
Ken Fulk Interiors, San Francisco
HOSPITALITY
Disney Dream & Fantasy Cruise Ship*
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Disney, FL
HanaHaus/ Bluebottle
Palo Alto, CA
Gensler, San Jose
Intel Marketplace
Hillsboro, OR
Gensler, San Jose
Lark Creek Steak*
San Francisco, CA
Lark Creek
Letterman Cafe
The Prisidio, CA
EDG, Novato
Lorenzo 360°*
Kuwait
Alamosa Design Associates, San Francisco
Nokia Hospitality Lounge*
Sunnyvale, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Nordstrom Café Bistro*
U.S. chain wide
Nordstrom
Nordstrom Ebar*
U.S. chain wide
Nordstrom
Nordstrom 6th & Pine*
U.S. chain wide
Nordstrom
Rulli Café*
San Francisco, CA
Rulli
Symantec Cafe
Mountain View, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Spaghetti Brothers
San Francisco, CA
Topetcher Architecture, San Francisco
The Battery
San Francisco, CA
FME Architecture, & Ken Fulk Interiors,
San Francisco
Yahoo
Playa Vista, CA
Gensler, San Francisco & EDG
Yoshi’s Jazz Club & Restaurant*
San Francisco, CA
Morimoto Matano Kang Architects,
Berkeley, CA
HOUSE OF WORSHIP
South Post Oak Baptist Church*
Houston, TX
City of 10,000 Buddhas Temple*
Ukiah, CA
INSTITUTIONAL
Rice University - Rayzor Hall *
Houston, TX
Morris Architects, Houston
Master Planned Developments
(Roadways, Site, Ground-Up Commercial/ Retail/ Residential)
Kilroy Realty - 100–150 Hooper Street
San Francisco, CA
Forge (FME), San Francisco
Kilroy Realty - 333 Dexter (City Block)
Seattle, WA
Miller Hull, Seattle
Kilroy Realty - Academy (City Block)
Los Angeles, CA
House & Robertson/Shimoda Design Group
Kilroy Realty - Academy Residential Tower
Los Angeles, CA
GBD Architects, OR
Kilroy Realty - One Paseo (City Block)
San Diego, CA
Ware Malcomb/Ground Level
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING
Prometheus - Hearth Apartments
Santa Clara, CA
Gensler, San Francisco; Architects Orange
Prometheus - Gallery @ Central Park South
Santa Clara, CA
Gensler, San Francisco; Architects Orange
Prometheus - Cobalt - 45 Buckingham
Santa Clara, CA
Gensler, San Francisco; Architects Orange
Kilroy Realty - Academy Square
Los Angeles, CA
GBD Architects
Vallejo Street Project
San Francisco, CA
Jennifer Weiss Architecture, San Francisco
PHILANTHROPY / CHARITY/ EVENT SPACES
DIFFA-Dining by Design, 2009*
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
DIFFA-Dining by Design, 2010*
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
DIFFA-Dining by Design, 2011
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
DIFFA-Dining by Design, 2012
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
DIFFA-Dining by Design, 2013
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Gensler DZine Window Display
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Public Architecture 2009*
San Francisco, CA
Perkins + Will, San Francisco
Windows 2010*
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Windows 2013
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, ASD & RIM Architects,
San Francisco
REAL ESTATE REPOSITIONING (Site & Lobbies)
100 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA
Huntsman, San Francisco
100 Pine
San Francisco, CA
Huntsman/In:Site, San Francisco
115 Sansome
San Francisco, CA
Van Barton Group, San Francisco
180 Montgomery Street*
San Francisco, CA
201 Third Street
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
301 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA
Huntsman Architecture, San Francisco
303 Second Street*
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
601 California Street
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
601 McCarthy
Milpitas, CA
Embarcadero Realty Services
888 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
1455 Market Street
San Francisco, CA
ASD, San Francisco, CA
Digital Realty
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Digital Realty
Freemont, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Kilroy Realty - 100—150 Hooper Street
San Francisco, CA
Forge (FME), San Francisco
Kilroy Realty - 333 Dexter (City Block)
Seattle, WA
Miller Hull, Seattle
Kilroy Realty - Academy (City Block)
Los Angeles, CA
House & Robertson/Shimoda Design Group
Kilroy Realty - Columbia Square
Los Angeles, CA
Kilroy Real Estate
Kilroy Realty - Heights at Del Mar
Del Mar, CA
Kilroy Real Estate
Kilroy Realty - Key Center
San Francisco, CA
Kilroy Real Estate
Kilroy Realty - One Paseo (City Block)
San Diego, CA
Ware Malcomb/Ground Level
Levi’s Plaza
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
RESIDENTIAL
Arens Residence
Oakland CA
Bateman Residence
Houston, TX
Burry/Nichols Residence
Healdsburg, CA
Collins Residence
Houston, TX
Duddleston Residence
Houston, TX
Fastow Residence
Houston, TX
Fields Residence*
Houston, TX
Freiden Residence
Houston, TX
Kuwait Residence*
Kuwait
Alamosa Design Associates, San Francisco
Lost Creek Residence*
Austin, TX
Skilling Residence*
Houston, TX
Smith Residence
Houston, TX
Zucker Residence
Tiburon CA
RETAIL
Gantry
San Francisco, CA
Gensler, San Francisco
Marmot
Prototype
Gensler, San Francisco
Old Navy*
Emeryville, CA
Old Navy / Gensler, San Francisco
Kilroy Realty - One Paseo
San Diego, CA
Ware Malcomb/Ground Level
REI Flagship "Store of the Future"*
Boulder, CO
Gensler, San Francisco
THEATER
Adobe Chaplin Theater
San Francisco, CA
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Disney Fantasia Theater*
Burbank, CA
Studios, Los Angeles
Guess Headquarters / Fashion Runway*
Los Angeles, CA
Studios, Los Angeles
Kinkaid Performing Arts Center*
Houston, TX
Studio Red Architects, Houston
Microsoft Envisioning Centers*
Irvine, Atlanta, NYC, Las Colinas, Chicago, Malvern, Southfield
Studios, Los Angeles
*Indicates Inga Birkenstock's projects prior
to forming Birkenstock Lighting Design
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Publications/Awards
E.&J. Gallo Winery / Modesto, CA
12/2017 • Interior Design Magazine, issue: Best of Year, Winner: Large Curative/Consumer-Goods Office (Video)
301 Howard Street / San Francisco, CA
12/2017 • Interior Design Magazine, issue: Best of Year, Runner-Up: Commercial Lobby
2017 • National IES Illumination Award - Award of Merit
2017 • SF LUX Award of Excellence - Interior Lighting Design
07/2017 • Contract Magazine, Workplace, 301 Howard Street
888 Brannan Street / San Francisco, CA
2015 • IES Illumination Award: National Special Citation for Architectural integration with respect to historic elements
2015 • IIDA Award
2015 • IES Illumination Award: Section Award of Merit
08/2015 • LD&A Magazine: Award Winners
01/2015 • Interior Design Magazine; Best of the Year Awards (2014): Lobby
2014 • AIA San Francisco/ Small Firms, Great Projects
Baidu USA Headquarters / Sunnyvale, CA
2016 • IES Illumination Award: Award of Merit
Bank of the West/ San Francisco, CA
2017 • National IES Illumination Award: Award of Merit
Cushman & Wakefield / San Francisco, CA
2015 • IES Illumination Award: Section Award of Merit
08/2015 • LD&A Magazine: Award Winners
01/2015 • Interior Design Magazine, issue; Best of the Year Awards (2014): Mid-size Corporate Office
SFO International Airport, Terminal 3, Boarding Area E/ San Francisco, CA
2016 • AIA San Francisco Design Award
2015 • Architizer Architectural Database (Terminal 3) (International Terminal)
2015 • IES Illumination Award: National Award of Distinction
2015 • IIDA Award
2015 • IES Illumination Award: Section Award of Merit
12/2015 • Interior Design Magazine, issue; Gensler Redesigns San Francisco International Airport
08/2015 • LD&A Magazine: Award Winners
05/2015 • LD&A Magazine: Products at Work; "Top Flight"
01/2015 • Archtizer.com, Reaching a Higher State: Five New Developments in LEDs
Samsung Design Office / San Francisco, CA
2015 • IES Illumination Award: Section Award of Merit
08/2015 • LD&A Magazine: Award Winners
01/2014 • Interior Design Magazine, issue; Best of the Year Awards (2014): Mid-size Creative Tech Office (Nomination)
2014 • IIDA Award “Against the Odds”
Symantec / Cambridge, MA
2015 • Gensler Design Award
The Battery / San Francisco, CA
2015 • IES Illumination Award: Section Award of Merit
08/2015 • LD&A Magazine: Award Winners
2014 • IIDA Award
7 x 7 San Francisco (The Art + Design Issue) Nov. 2013 Issue No. 119
Autodesk / San Francisco, CA
2015 • IES Illumination Award: Section Award of Distinction
2015 • Architizer Architectural Database
2015 • IES Illumination Award: Section Award of Merit
12/2015 • Interior Design Magazine, issue; Gensler Completes Most Recent Office for Autodesk
08/2015 • LD&A Magazine: Award Winners
10/2014 • Building Design + Construction, issue; Special LED section
07/2014 • SSL Magazine, issue; “Creativity by the Bay”
05/2013 • Interior Design Magazine, issue; “All work, some play”
2013 • IIDA Award
DIFFA Dining By Design / San Francisco, CA
2012 • IIDA Award
Nokia Headquarters / Sunnyvale, CA
2011 • IIDA Award
2011 • IIDA National Interior Design Competition Winner
2011 • IIDA NC Best of Show & Honor Award / Work Big
05/2011 • Interior Design Magazine, issue; “On the Phone”
Guess? Headquarters / Los Angeles, CA
04/2011 • Interior Design Magazine, issue; “Guess Who’s Back in Style?”
2010 • IIDA National Award
12/2009-01/2010 • Artravel Magazine, issue; “Maison En Amerique”
Yoshi’s Jazz Club / San Francisco
2009 • Lounge & Nightclub People’s Choice Award / AIA Los Angeles
Restaurant Design
REI Prototype Store of the Future / Boulder, CO
2009 • IES Illumination Award: Energy & Environmental Design
2008 • DDI Magazine; “Portal to the Great Outdoors”
2008 • “Retail Store of the Year: Environmental Sustainability”
Chain Store Age Magazine February
Suzhou Industrial Park / Suzhou, China
2007 • IIDA Award
Skilling Residence
2003 • Houston by Design, Publisher: Rex Spencer Space Solutions;
First Edition (2003)
Kinkaid Performing Arts Center / Houston Texas
2000 • Society of American Registered Architects and Houston AIA /
American University & Schools
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Current Company News
Hot new lighting trends
This March, members of the BLD team went to Frankfurt, Germany to attend the largest international lighting show, Light + Building. Held every two years, lighting manufactures from all over the world come to show off their newest products, designs, and technologies. While at the show, the BLD team took tons of photos and videos to capture the newest trends in lighting design! Some trends include new form factors for standard fixtures, multitopic design, new finishes, organic LED’s, wave guide technology, beam shaping technology, and so much more!
IN THE NEWS AND ON THE TABLE
Kilroy Realty Corporation is taking over the West Coast, and we are partnering with them on many projects in creating inspiring buildings focused on “meeting the changing needs of the most dynamic companies in the world.” Birkenstock Lighting Design is traveling the west coast, truly identifying and embracing the spirit and culture of the varying diversification.
BRANDING A LIGHTING DESIGN COMPANY
The Birkenstock Lighting Design logo, busienss card, and website have been designed by Brenden Mendoza, a former employee of Gensler’s branding group in which Inga met and admired on many past projects.
For more information about Brenden’s work, (we refer to him as Brenden the Branding Guy) visit his website at: www.brendenmendoza.com.
BirKenstock LightinG Design is hiring!
Interested in working in a fast-paced, creative, and collaborative work environment? Birkenstock Lighting Design is currently looking for talented lighting designers at all professional levels.
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