Since Brandston opened his lighting design firm in 1966, he has received countless awards from professional associations, including the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and the American Institute of Architects. As an energy conservationist, Brandston, who wrote the mathematical equation for lighting standards in the first U.S. energy code, helped set the initial energy standards for lighting from 1975 to 1985. Brandston is probably best known for relighting the Statue of Liberty as part of the 1986 restoration of the 150-foot copper monument that stands in New York Harbor as a symbol of freedom and opportunity. The year marked the centennial of France's gift of Lady Liberty to the United States to commemorate the American Revolution. Although it wasn't Brandston's biggest project, to him it still holds great symbolic meaning.
Light symbolizes freedom.
Miss Liberty also carries a book, which she can read by torchlight when it gets dark. Because of manufactured light we can control and turn light on to see whenever we need to. And reading is the indispensable building block of freedom. Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Erected in 1998 and rising to 1,483 feet, the buildings are the tallest in the world.