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By their own lights: lighting designers and their homes
Two different lighting designers with discernibly individual styles. When it comes to their own homes have they practised what they preach and created a lit environment that reflects their own professional approach? Or, like the cobblers’ children that had no shoes, did that all go out of the window? Jill Entwistle goes through the keyhole to find out
Reds flag up their green credentials
As the inaugural Carbon Reduction Commitment chart showed, Manchester United Football Club is top of the league when it comes to assessing its energy usage. Nick Martindale looks at how Paul Nulty Lighting Design has persuaded the club to make a 75 per cent cut in general illuminance levels at its Nike Superstore
The lighting is all part of its Allure
Allure nightclub, overlooking the marina and Grand Prix circuit on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island, features a neutral white interior that serves as a canvas for Inverse Lighting’s total lighting design. Jill Entwistle was on the guest list
Peterborough’s square deal
Sutton Vane Associates’ commission to design a lighting scheme for a project to rehabilitate Peterborough’s historic Cathedral Square in the centreof the city went far beyond public realm lighting. Amanda Allen reports
Tree Rings lights the Champs-Élysées
Designed by ACT Lighting Design, Tree Rings is a new light installation along the Champs-Élysées in Paris
See the old in a new light
Ben Cronin visits an opening ceremony at the Louvre, celebrating the completion of the first phase of Toshiba’s contract to replace 4,500 xenon light fittings with LEDs
The life and works of St Botolph
At 500,000 sq ft, the St Botolph Building at 138 Houndsditch is one of the latest and largest office developments in the City of London’s EC3 insurance district. Lighting consultant Speirs + Major has created subtle and superbly controlled lighting to add a people-friendly ambience to this fast-paced working environment. Amanda Allen reports
It all happened in a flask
Jonathan Coles Lighting Design has installed a kinetic display featuring laboratory glassware in its imaginative installation for The Wellcome Collection on London’s Euston Road. Amanda Allen reports
Thermometer of light
The U-Bora Commercial Tower in Dubai is among the region’s tallest buildings at 263m high and incorporates a unique ‘light thermometer’ into its facade
Gap’s Roman conquest
Gap’s new flagship store in Rome occupies a 1930s building with a flying staircase and triple-height spaces. The challenge for lighting consultant Light and Design Associates was to show the merchandise to its very best advantage and make the Gap brand speak eloquently in this dramatic interior. Jill Entwistle reports
A bigger splash
The Zaha Hadid-designed Aquatics Centre is set to become one of the Olympic Park’s most impressive and frequented sites. Amanda Allen talks to Arup about its lighting design for the arena
The challenge of champions
With work completed on the Olympic venues, attention has turned to other areas of Olympic Park lighting. Amanda Allen takes a look at one lighting installation designed to test the public
New lights for old
The St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel has been carefully restored after decades of neglect. But this meant the lighting designers had to perform a delicate balancing act, says Nick Martindale
Picture perfect
Bright lights have long been synonymous with the cityscape of Leicester Square. The area’s latest addition, the W Hotel, raises the bar with an illuminated glass veil that displays panoramic views of the city
Peterborough’s square deal
Sutton Vane Associates’ commission to design a lighting scheme for a project to rehabilitate Peterborough’s historic Cathedral Square in the centreof the city went far beyond public realm lighting. Amanda Allen reports
Faith in light
When the most striking feature of a project is a 300-year-old chandelier, the challenge is to properly light the space without diminishing its impact. Lauren Vanderkar reports
The life and works of St Botolph
At 500,000 sq ft, the St Botolph Building at 138 Houndsditch is one of the latest and largest office developments in the City of London’s EC3 insurance district. Lighting consultant Speirs + Major has created subtle and superbly controlled lighting to add a people-friendly ambience to this fast-paced working environment. Amanda Allen reports
Laboratory conditions
Arup’s lighting design for the newly developed Sainsbury Laboratory at Cambridge University makes intelligent use of natural light to achieve large energy savings. Amanda Allen talks to Arfon Davies, associate director at Arup Lighting, about the Breeam Excellent-rated building
