Hall Lanterns Deconstructed

The two different lantern jobs shown below were lots of fun to work on. I actually managed to take photos are all the different stages of them as well. You can see my initial conceptual drawings, partially built pieces and then the final assembled parts.

This one was slightly different then normal because instead of having two separate pieces that attach to each other, it was one solid piece that was welded together. To get the letters to light up I made an acrylic block with LEDs lighting up the edge and then slid the entire block into the metal frame.

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This is the only lantern I made that had a wooden mounting frame. Making the 3d model really helped because I wasn't able to use the regular methods I use with metal components.

Hall Lanterns

 

Although these lanterns are small they require a surprising amount of work to make. A more complex one could have laser cut parts, welded parts, custom cut and formed metal parts, wooden parts, machining of plastic parts, painting, laser cut parts and soldering of wires to make them light up.

This is the the more common "flag" style lantern that has a plastic piece with the elevators letter/number on it. I have done painted letters, metal or plastic inlayed letters, and vinyl decals.

The plastic protrudes from a mounting plate that usually contains LED light strips that light up to indicate when the elevator has arrived at your floor.

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Here is one of the flag style lanterns and a picture of it actually installed at the building. (I don't normally get to see it in its finale home, so that's cool)

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These are some flat panel lights that also are made with or without lighting depending on the needs of the customer

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This is another flag style lantern but much bigger. It covers up the entire wall above the elevator doors and I engraved the buildings logo onto the stainless steel plate.

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I made nearly 200 of these bronze lanterns with a custom paint filled engraving on the plastic. Most buildings only get a round 10 lanterns for the whole building but when doing a high-rise is S.F. it gets kind of crazy.

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"Static" signs are some of the easier ones to do because they don't involve any electronics or lighting. The ones above still have some unique design choices with shape and material but they can be as simple of putting a vinyl decal on a flat piece of metal.

Faceplates

These are some of the faceplates that I made for various customers.

Most commonly they are made from stainless steel but depending on the customers needs can be made from steel, bronze, plastic, aluminum or have a painted finish to match existing materials and design schemes in the building

 

Digital To Reality

This job started off with a 3d model so the customer could see the light fixture that I was going to make for them. I then turned it into a flat pattern and sent that out to get water cut into several smaller parts. When the parts were ready I bent and welded them together. I cut some white plastic to act as a light diffuser and mounted that to the inside of the metal frame. I then made a panel to go on top and wired in some LED strip lights to complete it.

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These signs went through several different design changes before finally getting approved to make the actual ones shown in the bottom image.