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A new English country home, designed to blend into the landscape with ecological energy use. Newton Architects were successful in a nationally invited competition to produce designs for a large new private house in the countryside (where planning permission is rarely granted) The project won many awards, including RIBA North East Project Architect of theRead more

We The Curious is a science and arts centre and educational charity in Bristol, England, which wanted to replace the expensive legacy lighting with a more energy efficient and flexible LED setup. Enlightened was approached by the technical team at Bristol’s We the Curious attraction to put forward a proposal and efficiency study for replacementRead more

This state-of-the-art water sports venue on the banks of the River Danube was created in record time with comprehensive LED lighting for the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championship. The arena’s LED lighting was designed by local practice Be Light, using products from Thorn and Zumtobel, and is believed to be the first sports venue inRead more

“Come To Light” was an artistic light installation at the 2019 Design Weeks held in London and Milan, showcasing a new lighting system Trentacinque by Aria Lighting, in collaboration with UNSTATIC Technologies. Content: Custom Software developed by UNSTATIC Technologies Luminaires: Trentacique (35) by Aria Lighting Controls: Pharos VLC 250 Artnet to SPI converters: Digidot ProjectRead more

The Living Place is an atmospheric work and living environment for students, developed as part of the University’s campus of Applied Science. The Living Place Hamburg is an intelligent apartment situated on the University campus Lighting has been designed to help cultivate different moods depending on the behaviour and mindset of the residents Different areasRead more

Heron City – a popular shopping centre situated in Kungens Kurva, Sweden – needed a superior control upgrade. On the retirement of the previous control system, Stockholm Lighting decided to upgrade to a new, sustainable system from Pharos Controls A Pharos LPC 1 controls all general lighting while an LPC 2 is used to controlRead more

  Illuminate is a stunning new conference and event venue above the Science Museum in London. The technical requirements spanned numerous disciplines, for which multiple control systems were specified by Sutton Vane Associates. Pharos manages all the integration and synchronisation via our IO Module software plug-ins A Pharos LPC 2 controls dynamic colour changing lighting – a pixelRead more

 The latest refurbishment of the Wiess Energy Hall in Houston’s Museum of Natural Science has created a comprehensive, interactive and cutting-edge exhibition dedicated to the science and technology of energy.  Christensen Lighting was commissioned to realise the extensive lighting requirements to design layers of lighting for an immersive experience across all the exhibits. The installation includes 1,649 conventional LED fixtures, 6,900 LED nodes, 1,248 feet of animated tapeRead more

Partly submerged restaurant in the icy waters of the North Sea off the coast of Lindesnes in Norway. Five metres below the surface, this unique dining experience includes tastefully lit marine views. Pharos LPC2 controls all the outdoor, indoor and underwater lighting LPC outputs to a variety of fixtures over DMX, sACN and DALI protocols InteriorRead more

Designed over 20 years ago the CityLink Sound Tube in Melbourne was constructed as a noise buffer, shielding the surroundings from the constant buzz of traffic. The iconic CityLink tunnel carries over 210,000 vehicles every day from one end of Melbourne to the other. Electrolight’s design to upgrade the existing lighting scheme within the tunnelRead more