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DETAILS [snapshot] An introduction to the work of Californian lighting design practice Banks Ramos.
SILVER OAK WINERY, NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTS: TAYLOR LOMBARDO The Silver Oak Winery nestled in the rugged Napa Valley in California’s North Coast region concerns itself only with the production of Cabernet Sauvignon. In the 35 years since the winery’s creation in 1972 its reputation has grown, the wine’s taste benefiting from five years fermenting in American oak barrels before sale. The success of the company was halted, however, in 2006 by a fire which swept through the buildings, destroying a quarter of a centuries worth of heritage. The winery was reconstructed with this in mind, the owners wishing to keep a link to the firm’s history, while also creating a new look. The lighting design, by Hiram Banks and Kristin Peck, has been created to enhance the timeless, simple style which has been invoked in the new building’s design, while also respecting and soothing the nature of a working winery. The complex’s iconic water tower has been softly uplit with ceramic metal halide and IR halogen and the prized original stained glass windows have also been lit to emphise their design. The building itself, which brings to mind one of the old crumbling monasteries that are dotted around the Californian countryside, is lit with R halogen uplights which graze the textured, hand-quarried limestone columns. Just inside, hand-blown glass pendants add sparkle to the tasting bar while warm white LEDs highlight the dimension of the bar’s hand-carved wooden display.
U.S. BANK TOWER, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTS: HOK - SAN FRANCISCO It is often forgotten in a state which boasts both Los Angeles and San Francisco that Sacramento is California’s capital. But the riverside city has an atmosphere all to itself and a growing skyline. The U.S. Bank Tower, completed in 2008 and located in the heart of the downtown business district on one of Sacramento’s many tree lined streets, has transformed the face of the city. The 25 story building features a glass exterior complimented by distinctive facade lighting. 28W T5 fluorescent uplights are concealed behind the glazing and enhance the mesh curtains that cover parts of the building, while 70W CMH wall-mounted uplights outline the aluminum panels in the corners and niches of the façade. The exterior lighting that tops the tower has been designed to dramatically highlight the crown of the structure and changes colour to match the altering shades of a sculptural lighting piece in the lobby of the building comprised of 10W-maximum pillow-like colour changing LED luminaires. Together the exterior and interior displays create a top down cohesion, which sees the building’s lighting design conclude the way it starts.
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