As the show ended, the First Battalion Grenadier Guards (you know, the guys with the furry hats in front of Buckingham Palace -- they were flown in from London for the occasion) led models and guests outside as the end of the runway opened to the outdoors, revealing the Griffith Observatory facade, lit up with giant digital projections of British and U.S. flags.
New stores, facades, lighting, walkways, planters and downtown concerts that draw up to 8,000 people are rejuvenating the business district.
As the user hits different keys, columns of the building's facade light up in synchrony.
By hanging red drapes behind an arcaded building facade and lighting the decorative stone Turk's head above, a glamorous instant ballroom was created with a polished black octagonal dance floor over the cobblestone street.
In 1999 he transformed the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, Calif., into a check-cashing store, painstakingly replicating the street facade, interior, lighting and signs of an actual business in a Latino neighborhood on Sunset Boulevard.
The eastern facade is lit up by the early morning sun, leaving the rest of the mount plunged in a pale bluish haze.
The department store's grand facade was lit up and decked with little Christmas trees, the vitrines adorned in miniature scenes of winter, each telling a story, minute figures ranged around snowy settings busy acting out the festive narrative, which spilled from one window to the next.
Outdoors, the home's facade is lit with custom LED lights, and the salt water pool and spa are also lit with an LED light show.
The three northern facades were lit by 85 luminaries, & each of the two other facades by 18, containing 1000 watt-bulbs.
Many of the steps the city took were small in scale, like improving the sidewalks, facades, streets and lighting.
