Listed Buildings
We take a look at how important it is to respect the surroundings when creating a lighting scheme for listed buildings.
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Historically significant buildings offer an opportunity for visitors to escape into a moment frozen in time. Illuminating the interior and exterior professionally, allows these buildings to come to life. Preserving the structure of a historic building is important, so lighting systems need to be unobtrusive, discreet and sensitive to the space around them.
Getting involved in the lighting of a listed building can be a very rewarding experience. Mindseye Lighting Design was invited by Matthew Lloyd Architects to provide a lighting scheme for the Grade I listed building that is home to the Royal Society of Arts. Originally designed by Robert and John Adam in 1774, the building needed a little extra attention to bring the original splendor to life. The vision created by the Architect was to produce a state of the art facility that
was sensitive to the original features of the space. This meant that the use of any recessed fittings was prohibited, whilst anything used had to meet the RSA’s requirements for the many different uses of the main function rooms. In particular, a spectacular ‘Great Room’ needed an innovative technology system to relay events via real–time links with audiences worldwide. The Great Room presented a particular challenge for Mindseye, as its varied use for presentations, seminars, weddings and exhibitions required a flexible lighting solution. More importantly, Mindseye had to think about how to light the 18th century oil paintings adorning the walls that have to be kept below 150 lux to prevent degradation. The finished system for the Great Room utilised uplighting from the cornice with both white Lumenpulse lumencove high output LED and KKDC RGB LED strips, which
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