Continuing today’s neon/fluorescent lighting theme, we turn our focus to Dan Flavin, an artist namechecked as a favorite among architects, designers, artists (and DJs).

Even if you don’t recognize his name, you’d probably recognize his work, which has been widely copied since he began showing art in the ’60s. Around 2003 when Flavin’s work was once more enjoying renewed buzz, it found many fans in the architecture community. Since then, we’ve seen echos of his work (which, as one reader points out, are made from fluorescent bulbs) hanging from ceilings in Dallas, scaling a building, spider-style, in Chengdu, and suspended in a hanging matrix in a Spanish casino.

Check out ten neon (or neon-inspired) built works that have their heritage in Flavin’s work, after the jump.

1) Gran Casino Costa Brava,  Fermín Vázquez b720 Arquitectos, Lloret de Mar, Spain.

2) Dee and Charles Wyly Theater, REX/OMA, Dallas, Texas. Image (c) Tim Hursley.

3) Manmeg & Maison Martin Margiela Store, Johnston Marklee & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA.

4) Seattle Public Library, REX, Seattle, WA. Image (c) Iwan Baan.

5) Youturn Pavilion, UNStudio, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

6) (Ok, maybe not technically neon, but cool) Light Pavilion by Lebbeus Woods in collaboration with Christoph a. Kumpusch, in the Raffles City complex in Chengdu, China, by Steven Holl Architects. Image via Lebbeus Woods.

7) Byronmuller, Darkitectura & Julio Juarez,  Mexico City, Mexico. Images (c) Yoshihiro Koitani.

8) Vanhaerents Office Building, BURO II. Images (c) Jean Godecharle.

9) Neon, ten.two, Vienna, Austria.

10) Times Square Visitor’s Center, WXY architecture + urban design, New York, New York.

What else did we miss? What are some of your favorite neon projects? Tell us in the comments!

by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

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