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12New York · Focus Lighting

Warm wood, live plants, efficient light

At 1 Hotel Central Park, Focus Lighting layered LED light to bring out natural materials and living botanicals.

Dazzle Digest desk · from the linked project pages

1 Hotel Central Park in New York. Lighting design by Focus Lighting.
1 Hotel Central ParkTimber, plants and a warm ceiling.Photo: Ryan Fischer / Focus Lighting

The hotel’s core values are environmental, and Focus Lighting says it layered light from energy-efficient LED fittings to match, bringing out the richly textured natural materials and live botanical elements1.

The architect is AvroKO, and the photographs are by Ryan Fischer1.

From the project

1 HOTEL CENTRAL PARK
1 Hotel Central Park · the facadePlanting on the facade, lit from the street.Photo: Ryan Fischer / Focus Lighting

From the street, the planted facade is part of the lighting: green in front of warm rooms.

More from the project

1 HOTEL CENTRAL PARK
Rooms for the eveningAnother frame from the project page.Photo: Focus Lighting

Sources

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  1. Focus LightingFocus Lighting — 1 Hotel Central ParkUndated page · checked 2026-09-28
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This story is from the October 2026 New York issue of Dazzle Digest, a free monthly magazine about lighting and life after dark.

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