Too often, lighting is treated as a finishing touch: selected late, coordinated poorly, or reduced to a list of fixtures. The result is architecture that never quite feels the way it was intended.
At Light + Form Studio, we believe lighting should be considered as thoughtfully as structure, materials, and space. When integrated from the beginning, it doesn't compete with architecture - it reveals it.
Our role is to protect that vision from concept through construction, ensuring every lighting decision strengthens the experience the design was meant to create.
about light + form studio
Light + Form studio was founded by Grace Rote (LC, MIES, LEED AP), an architectural lighting designer with a background in interior design and over a decade of experience collaborating with architects and designers on residential and commercial projects throughout New England and beyond. We help you integrate lighting seamlessly into the built environment by elevating architecture, simplifying decision-making, and creating spaces that feel as good as they look.
Grace Rote | owner + lighting designer
Grace holds a BFA in Interior Design, a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Design from Boston Architectural College, and is Lighting Certified (LC) through NCQLP. She became a LEED BD+C Accredited Professional in 2023. Most recently, Grace practiced lighting design at Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, one of the leading lighting design firms in the country. The combination of interior design training and a decade of architectural lighting experience allows Grace to bridge aesthetics and technical performance, helping project teams create spaces that are visually compelling, technically sounds, and faithful to the design vision.
Grace currently serves as President of the Maine Interior Design Association (MIDA), Communications Chair of the Illuminating Engineering Society, Maine Chapter (IES), and is a member of the Portland Society for Architecture (PSA).