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Burj Khalifa. Space Cannon headlights on the roof of the world. - 4.01.2010

Space Cannon illuminates the spectacular opening ceremony of the Burj Dubai's Khalifa, with 320 xenon headlights, 7KW each, the Ireos. In this occasion Space Cannon launches the biggest and most impressive searchlight in the world, with its 72,000 watts of power...


New sales structure for Space Cannon - 5.11.2009

With immediate effect, the Space Cannon company will use Zumtobel’s sales channels to market its luminaires and control systems in Europe. Space Cannon, the Italian expert for high-quality presentation of architecture and interactive media façades...


Space Cannon’s “Tribute in Light” memorial for the victims of 9/11 - New York - September 11, 2009

The “Tribute in Light” is a mighty lighting installation at Ground Zero, which commemorates the events of September 11, 2001. For the eighth time in succession, Space Cannon has replicated the contours of the twin towers and in so doing created a shining memorial for the victims...


Rundle Lantern - Adelaide, Australia - 2008

Display space of one thousand square metres, made up of 714 "tiles", forming a permanent covering on the large building used as a car park in the centre of Adelaide. The city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia, launched a design contest to find ideas for animating the pedestrian area at night...


Towers of Light - New York, U.S.A. - 2008

It is always a very emotional moment when the spotlights that re-create the virtual Twin Towers are switched on. Since the tragic events of the terror attacks the New York city council has relied on the professional competencies of Space Cannon for every anniversary...


Tv Tower - St. Petersburg, Russia - 2008

The St. Petersburg TV Tower, built in 1962, was the first radio-television communication aerial in the Soviet Union. 310 metres high, it consists of a central tower surrounded by steel latticework. The tower also has an observation platform at a height of 191 metres.


Lights from the City of the Future - Milan, Italy - 2007

The "Lights from the City of the Future" project, devised by Uncsaal for MADE Expo, implemented by Space Cannon and premiered for the Expo 2015 committee, is to be repeated for the thousands of visitors and exhibitors who from 5 to 9 February 2008 will be part of the first MADE Expo event...


Peace Tower - Reykjavik, Iceland - 2007

In 1967, John Lennon invited Yoko Ono to lunch at his home in Kenwood, England, and described to her his vision. He told her he had visited one of her exhibitions at a London gallery, had been very struck by one of her conceptual works of art, "Light House"...


Towers of Light - New York, U.S.A. - 2007

It is always a very emotional moment when the spotlights that re-create the virtual Twin Towers are switched on. Since the tragic events of the terror attacks the New York city council has relied on the professional competencies of Space Cannon for every anniversary...


The Pope’s Podium - Rome, Italy - 2007

Space Cannon has designed "Benedictus", the lighting system for Podium, the Pope’s mobile dais. PODIUM, the new mobile dais, meets the needs of the large gatherings presided over by the Pope in Piazza San Pietro. The design idea is that of the engineer Pier Carlo Cuscianna...


AIDAdiva - Hamburg, Germany - 2007

On the night of 20 April, almost three hundred thousand spectators were packed together on the banks of the Elbe in the port of Hamburg to watch, entranced, the launch of the new passenger ship AIDAdiva, accompanied by an exciting fireworks and lighting show...


Altarpiece by Ghirlandaio - Narni, Italy - 2007

The impressive Pala or altarpiece by Domenico Bigordi, known as Ghirlandaio, is housed in the museum in Palazzo Eroli in Narni, a tourist attraction in Umbria. Commissioned from the Florentine artist in 1486, it is one of the highest expressions of renaissance style...


Bulgaria in Europe - Sofia, Bulgaria - 2007

1 January 2007 – Space Cannon luminaires move to the tune of the "Ode to Joy" in Sofia to celebrate Bulgaria’s entry in the European Union. Light Designer: Gert Hof.
Public events, concerts, exhibitions, fireworks, lights and colours...


Gazprom - Siberia, Russia - 2006

In December, Massimo Moratti from our technical department went to Russia to assist an important Moscow-based building company, SeverStroy-Komplekt Ltd, with many projects in northern Russia...


Towers of Light - New York, U.S.A. - 2006

It is always a very emotional moment when the spotlights that re-create the virtual Twin Towers are switched on. Since the tragic events of the terror attacks the New York city council has relied on the professional competencies of Space Cannon for every anniversary...


Dexia building - Brussels, Belgium - 2006

The lighting project created by Space Cannon for the Brussels headquarters of the Dexia Group is now reality: an extraordinary scenic effect with a breathtaking visual impact. Space Cannon beat off the competition with its ability to offer cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions...


Berta distillery - Casalotto Monferrato, Italy - 2006

Light takes centre stage in spaces and reinterprets them, adding shape and colour. The Mini Athena LED bars, with external DMX control, with their soft and saturated colours, paint and accent the typical barrel ceiling...


XX Olympic Winter Games - Turin, Italy - 2006

Space Cannon illuminated the international sporting event of the year: the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, dealing with the supply, installation and management of the projectors.
The Turin Olympic Games were an extraordinary event, capable of ...


Palazzo Asperia - Alessandria, Italia - 2005

Space Cannon spotlights also cover the historical location of the Alessandria Chamber of Commerce with light. To highlight Palazzo Asperia, which currently houses the exhibition "Dreams. Visions between Symbolism and Liberty" organised by Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio...


Towers of Light - New York, U.S.A. - 2005

It is always a very emotional moment when the spotlights that re-create the virtual Twin Towers are switched on. Since the tragic events of the terror attacks the New York city council has relied on the professional competencies of Space Cannon for every anniversary...


Enosis - Fubine, Italy - 2005

In the Monferrato area of Piedmont, a new door has opened on international winemaking. Those that in the past were the new frontiers of "the art of producing and storing wines" have been overcome thanks to a single name...


Fountain - Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy - 2005

Space Cannon illuminates the entrance fountain in Lignano Sabbiadoro with Aquarius, a 40W underwater LED spotlight. 102 projectors were positioned inside the fountain, with diameter of 56 metres, at the water jets...


Buddha - Sanya, China - 2005

Architectural lighting has been created for one of the tallest Buddha statues , built on an artificial peninsula at Sanya, China. The lighting system was produced by combining two different technologies, for which Space Cannon holds sole rights at an international level...


Towers of Light - New York, U.S.A. - 2004

It is always a very emotional moment when the spotlights that re-create the virtual Twin Towers are switched on. Since the tragic events of the terror attacks the New York city council has relied on the professional competencies of Space Cannon for every anniversary...


Taipei 101 - Taipei, Taiwan - 2004

Always striving to set new records is an Italian company which over the years has made a name for itself with its creations, so that now it simply couldn’t refuse a new challenge offered: lighting the world’s tallest building, the 101 in Taipei, Taiwan...


Towers of Light - New York, U.S.A. - 2003

It is always a very emotional moment when the spotlights that re-create the virtual Twin Towers are switched on. Since the tragic events of the terror attacks the New York city council has relied on the professional competencies of Space Cannon for every anniversary...


Greenfield prize - Turin, Italy - 2003

In a setting as splendid as the Teatro Regio in Turin, on the occasion of the Christmas concert organised by ITP (Invest in Turin and Piedmont) and masterfully compered by Italian comic Piero Chiambretti...


Towers of Light - New York, U.S.A. - 2002

It is always a very emotional moment when the spotlights that re-create the virtual Twin Towers are switched on. Since the tragic events of the terror attacks the New York city council has relied on the professional competencies of Space Cannon for every anniversary...