What Flux Studio Ltd. does

Flux Studio Ltd. is a privately held, transdisciplinary lighting design practice headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional offices in New York City and Washington DC and a remote-work operating model in place since 2014. Founded and led by principals Glenn Shrum and Brian McIntyre, the firm provides professional lighting design services for architecture, interiors, exhibitions, and public spaces, with a particular concentration in cultural institutions, education, workplace, hospitality, and historic preservation projects. Its core service offering spans electric lighting design, daylighting consulting (including computer-simulated analyses of overshadowing, overheating, and worst-case sun exposure), lighting controls strategy, post-installation focusing, and research/publication work, supported by techniques such as full-scale lighting mock-ups for design validation.

The firm operates a project-based professional services model with quote-based, custom-priced engagements rather than standardized or productized offerings. Revenue is generated through direct engagement with enterprise, institutional, and government clients, including leading architecture firms (Ziger/Snead, Gluckman Tang, CambridgeSeven, Gensler, Bernheimer Architecture) and end clients such as the Baltimore Museum of Art, National Aquarium, T. Rowe Price, Hauser & Wirth, Drexel University, and the Korean War Veterans Memorial. The studio is privately held with no disclosed external funding, parent company, or acquisition activity, and has no productized software, API, or AI/ML capability, relying instead on conventional simulation tools, mock-ups, and senior practitioner expertise as its technical foundation.

Name

Flux Studio Ltd.

Legal name

Flux Studio Ltd

Website

https://fluxstudio.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Flux Studio Ltd. is a privately held, transdisciplinary lighting design practice providing architectural, daylighting, and controls design services for cultural, educational, hospitality, and workplace projects across the US, with offices in Baltimore, New York, and Washington DC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Lighting Design Professional Services: Project-based professional services for architectural lighting design, including consulting, design development, specifications, focusing, and post-installation coordination. Services range from general consulting on window performance to comprehensive lighting system design and computer-simulated analyses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Flux Studio is a transdisciplinary lighting design practice that provides professional architectural lighting, daylighting, and landscape lighting services for built environments. Services encompass electric lighting design, daylighting analysis, lighting controls coordination, post-installation focusing, and light art installations for cultural, educational, hospitality, workplace, residential, and urban projects.

Product overview

Flux Studio Ltd. is a transdisciplinary lighting design practice offering professional services rather than a software product. The company provides integrated lighting design services spanning electric lighting, daylighting consultation, lighting controls, and post-installation focusing. Their expertise areas include Culture (museums, galleries, libraries), Controls (lighting control systems), Daylighting, Education, Historic architecture, Hospitality, Landscape, Light Art, Night Identity, Residence, Workplace, Research, and Focusing. The practice works across various building types from museums and commercial offices to residential projects and public art installations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lighting Design Services Comprehensive professional lighting design services for architecture, interiors, exhibitions, and public spaces, encompassing electric lighting design, daylighting consultation, and lighting controls coordination.
• Daylighting Design Daylighting design consulting ranging from general window performance analysis to computer-simulated studies of specific daylight conditions, including site overshadowing, annual overheating periods, and sun exposure analysis.
• Historic Architecture Lighting Lighting design for historic buildings with specific expertise in integrating modern lighting equipment with historic fabric while meeting preservation requirements.
• Lighting Controls Design Development of lighting control strategies including coordination with building owners, occupants, and project teams to ensure optimal operation of lighting systems post-installation.
• Lighting Focusing Services Post-installation lighting focusing services involving aiming adjustable fixtures and fine-tuning optical and glare control accessories to refine lighting performance.
• Hospitality Lighting Design Lighting design services for hotels, inns, restaurants, bars, cafes, and food halls, with focus on enhancing individual character of spaces and fostering conviviality.
• Workplace Lighting Design Lighting design for commercial workplaces with familiarity in energy standards such as ASHRAE, LEED, and WELL to support sustainability targets.
• Light Art Installations Art installations and light art projects including gallery exhibitions, permanent sculptural installations, community engagement events, and photographic studies exploring spatial and perceptual qualities of light.

Quantifiable outcome

• Henderson Hopkins School achieved 97% daylit classrooms and 96% daylit area in regularly occupied spaces. Lighting power density 28% more efficient than ASHRAE 90.1-2007 baseline.
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Named customers16 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ziger/SneadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm that has collaborated with Flux Studio on multiple projects including Baltimore Museum of Art Renovation, SNF Parkway Theater, Ivy Hotel, and Farm in Baltimore County. Long-standing collaborative relationship spanning multiple project types including historic renovation, theater, hotel, and residential work.
• Gluckman TangcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm that has collaborated with Flux Studio on numerous projects including Hauser & Wirth New York, Drexel University Korman Center, Penn Museum, Brant Foundation New York, and JHU Physics Building. Multi-year partnership across cultural, educational, and gallery projects.
• CambridgeSevencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm with ongoing collaboration on aquarium and cultural projects including Blacktip Reef Exhibit, Roundhouse Aquarium, and National Aquarium exhibits. Specialized in complex exhibit environments requiring specialized lighting solutions.
• GenslercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal architecture firm collaborating with Flux Studio on workplace projects including PDI Headquarters, Pandora US Headquarters, T. Rowe Price New York, and Planit office spaces. Multiple office locations and diverse project types.
• Bernheimer ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm with repeated collaboration on diverse projects including Malin + Goetz retail spaces, One Flushing affordable housing, and Designing Affordability Exhibit. Long-term working relationship across multiple project years.
• Rogers Marvel ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborated with Flux Studio on Henderson Hopkins School, a prominent project that received multiple awards including AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture.
• Lighting Urban Community International (LUCI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational lighting organization for which Flux Studio contributed the introduction essay 'Light, Poetry, and Society: Light Art in the City' to the publication 'Light and Art in Public Spaces'. Collaboration on research dissemination and industry knowledge sharing.
• Lighting - Illumination in ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK-based lighting publication for which Flux Studio's Glenn Shrum served as guest editor for the 46th issue (Natural Light Issue 2017). Collaboration on industry publication and knowledge sharing.
• Jeffrey Beers InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational design firm collaborated with Flux Studio on Sequoia restaurant project in Washington DC, a double-height dining venue with waterfront terrace.
• Studio 3877minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign firm collaborated with Flux Studio on The Grill restaurant project in Washington DC featuring warm-dim control technology and integrated architectural lighting.
• Gluckman TangcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborated on Brant Foundation New York adaptive reuse project transforming historic ConEdison power substation into gallery space. Also collaborated on Third Dimension Exhibit and other gallery projects.
• Neighborhood Design CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBaltimore-based organization collaborated with Flux Studio on Signal Station North urban lighting initiative in Station North Arts District, working alongside PI.KL Architects and Public Mechanics.
• City of GothenburgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwedish city collaborated with Flux Studio through LUCI publication on light art in public spaces, part of the Lights in Alingsås event that Flux Studio participated in with Ett Rum installation.
• Lights In AlingsåsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwedish lighting event organization that hosted Flux Studio's Ett Rum temporary light art installation in 2009, part of international light art festival.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup Lighting: Lighting design arm of global engineering firm Arup; competes for the same flagship cultural, museum, and workplace projects and offers MEP integration Flux Studio positions against. Represents the larger-incumbent threat on complex institutional work.
• Lighting Design Alliance: Larger-scale architectural lighting design firm with broader service portfolio (interior + exterior + controls + electrical) and significant West Coast presence. Provides a comparable reference point for sizing Flux Studio relative to scaled competitors.

Direct peers

• One Lux Studio: NYC-based architectural lighting design firm serving cultural, commercial, and institutional clients with comparable full-service design + controls expertise. Direct competitor for East Coast institutional projects.
• Bartenbach: Austrian lighting research and design firm that pioneered computer-simulated daylight analysis methods Flux Studio describes as core technology. Direct peer on methodology and project types (museum, urban, light art).
• Speirs + Major: Internationally recognized architectural lighting design practice with comparable cultural, hospitality, and urban master-planning projects. Comparable research-led ethos and award profile.
• L'Observatoire International: NYC-based lighting design and architecture practice with similar gallery, museum, and high-end retail portfolio; comparable focus on aesthetic and perceptual aspects of light beyond pure illumination.
• Tillotson Design Associates: Well-known independent lighting design consultancy with similar transdisciplinary positioning, museum and cultural portfolio, and use of mock-ups and computer-simulated analysis as core methodology.
• Horton Lees Brogden Lighting (HLB): Established North American lighting design consultancy with cultural, workplace, and higher-education portfolios comparable to Flux Studio's cultural + education mix. Both compete for the same institutional RFPs and serve East Coast architecture firms.
• Focus Lighting: Boutique NYC lighting design firm working across museums, hospitality, and retail — virtually identical service offering and client types to Flux Studio, including similar award-driven positioning (IES, Architectural Lighting).
• Renfro Lighting Group: Independent NYC lighting design firm with overlapping client base in cultural, higher-education, and high-end hospitality. Frequent competing bidder for the same institutional RFPs Flux Studio wins.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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