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was considered to play a significant role in the overall
success of the project, both in terms of complimenting
the interior design and highlighting the sleek exterior
architecture. The client required the lighting to reflect
the ambition of a visually stimulating office development
that had a welcoming, interesting and vibrant reception
area, whilst addressing issues of lamp life, energy
consumption and maintenance. In addition the lighting
was required to appropriately emphasis the contemporary
and minimalistic lines of the street architecture, setting
the building apart from other office developments in
the area.
The
lighting to the feature glass artwork was particularly
challenging and necessitated lighting trials to address
issues of colour, intensity, offset, access and the
impact and penetration of natural light on to the glass.
The glass artist required cool white lines of light
at varying lengths to give the illusion of depth and
perspective and wanted the lighting to be operational
throughout the day.
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