As the host, the UAE's pavilion is one of the main buildings at the EXPO and one of great significance.
The design is inspired by a falcon with upward soaring wings, which are fitted with photovoltaics. During the day they are closed and the solar cells tilt toward the sky and at night they open up and display illuminated inner surfaces.
The entire pavilion is monochrome white and is given structure through light. The free-form ceiling of the vast interior is made legible by the double-curved lines of light and captures the iconographic character of the interior space.
The adjoining rooms are very complex ranging from underground parking garages, VVIP rooms and underground entrances to a tunnel connecting the pavilion directly with the Royal Pavilion. Not only did the lighting designers illuminate the interior spaces, but also the building's exterior, the gardens and all of the adjacent areas. The details for the installation were extraordinarily intricate and the highest priority was placed on the invisibility of the luminaires.
Santiago Calatrava wanted only light and structure without any lighting fixtures whatsoever.

The historic tower ruin of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin’s City West is set to undergo extensive transformation over the coming years. The redevelopment project will make the old tower accessible and experiential in a new way, as the exhibition area is to be extended to the two upper levels of the tower. KARDORFF are developing the lighting concept for both the building and the new exhibition.
This change in usage calls for a new approach to lighting as well. Rather than the facade illumination used previously, the tower will be lit indirectly by the blue light of the adjacent structures, while a warm, soft glow radiates outward through the large openings. This design will give the beloved icon a new and remarkable presence.

The new opera house with its gentle sloping roofs forms a truly unique icon in the Hamburg harbour. The architecture unfolds as a series of accessible levels that emerge from the landscape, creating a three-dimensional public park. The aim is to create a space which welcomes people at all times, not only during opera performances.

KARDORFF is responsible for all interior and exterior lighting as well as extensive daylight studies. The lighting design interacts with the vision for the new opera house, giving warmth and spatial depth to the interior spaces with their textured timber surfaces. The lighting for the exterior areas emphasizes the continuous flow of the building's curved lines, aids the public occupation of the park landscape and creates a strong nighttime presence from all directions for the opera house.

On the foundations of the old Petri Church in Berlin, a new sacred building is being built that will unite the three monotheistic world religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam under one roof. It will be a house of encounter, for people of different religions to get to know each other and exchange ideas. Three sacred rooms are arranged around a central domed room. Above this, the building opens up to the city with a loggia and offers views over Berlin.

For the imposing dome room in the centre of the building, we developed a discreet wall luminaire with several lighting components. This allows us to illuminate the entire room as well as the dome in a balanced way with just a few luminaires. A universal luminaire in the same aesthetics, also developed by us, provides uniform illumination of the circulation areas throughout the building. In the sacred rooms, skylights optimised by us with different characteristics create an appropriate room atmosphere with daylight. At night, this is taken over by the precisely planned room lighting consisting of simple pendant and surface-mounted luminaires.

The center of the city library is formed by the foyer with its “reading eye”. This double ring of luminous ceiling and skylight combines daylight with an artificial light source. The different library levels are oriented around this open central hall.