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Residential
Our aim is to help clients realise the potential of their most private and personal buildings. There are very few rules here. The key to residential work is to understand what a client needs and how they live and work at home.
Commercial and offices
We dedicate a large portion of our lives to work so the environment in which we spend this time is important. We use light to create responsive and positive workplaces that enhance the experience of those within them. This is not just about illumination but about creating comfortable and inspiring spaces which also optimise the ‘green’ benefits achievable with current lighting technology.
Hotels & Wellness
These are places of escape – relaxing environments in which to retreat from the world. Accurate and precise lighting plays a pivotal role in achieving the right mood and atmosphere here. Light brings a unique ability to change scenes, each of which creates a different look and ambience to diversify the functions of that space.
Restaurants
There is little better than the combination of good food with great company. These spaces invite some of the most theatrical applications of light and are exciting spaces to design. Light is used to alter the environment in response to time, use and occasion.
Regeneration
When the sun goes down urban life continues, with leisure activities of every variety now running through the hours of darkness. The transformation of an urban nightscape to a safe, active, vibrant and economically viable area is one of the most rewarding aspects of our work.
Transport
The experience of travelling is what should be considered here, and our role is to make it as easy and enjoyable as possible. Skilful use of light is essential for route finding and will improve the quality of the environment for the comfort of those passing through it.
Historic
The world’s historic building stock represents some of our most dramatic architecture. Using light to breathe life back into a building of historic significance brings a huge sense of satisfaction. This light should be sensitively applied and responsive to the structure’s use and the nature and quality of the building fabric.
Cultural
Cultural buildings often carry a wide brief. This can incorporate everything from the ‘grand statement’ – reinforcing a dramatic sense of occasion – to enhancing the personal enjoyment of a play, a gallery or an exhibition. Bringing these elements together within a maintainable, energy efficient package is what lighting design is all about.
Landscape & exterior
Light on building exteriors and external spaces can extend the narrative and experience beyond the interior to achieve dramatic effect and a unique identity. Such lighting solutions need to work within current recommended practice for both light pollution and energy efficiency.
Retail
Shopping is not just a purchase; it is a whole experience. Light plays a central role in creating an environment which encourages people to stay longer and buy more. Solutions for these spaces must be easy to maintain and inexpensive to operate.
Industry
Light has a profound effect on how we feel and plays a vital role in creating a healthy workplace. Daylight controls our natural biorhythms, influences our mood and creates a sense of wellbeing. But daylight alone is not sufficient in most work environments, artificial light is also needed to produce the right light levels.
Education
The human sense of hearing is a wondrous thing, but it’s fair to say that our eyes do far more for us than our ears, since visual impressions remain in the mind far more reliably and for longer. And thus lighting design is a crucial element in any educational institution.
Health & Care
Lighting can play an important part in reducing cost and carbon emissions, while at the same time improving both patient and staff experience. Modern lighting solutions reduce costs by saving energy without compromising comfort and light quality, thus enhancing your care environment and the reputation of your hospital. State of the-art LED technology and control systems can also reduce installation and ongoing maintenance costs.