Lighting
Think custom. Pair any translucent material with a light source and you’ve created something uniquely yours. The architects here added a translucent resin panel embedded with bear grass and added backlighting to create a 35-foot-long luminous sculpture. The view outdoors commands attention by day, and the fixture commands it by night. The inner workings of custom luminaries can be fabricated from affordable, utilitarian lighting components and covered in more luxurious finishes. Be sure to include dimmers in your lighting design; you’ll want control over how much light emanates from your custom creation.
Uplight only. For pathways and circulation areas, it’s often suitable to provide only enough ambient light to get from here to there. Uplighting produces a relatively flat overall light, but washing a textured wall with soft streaks of light, as shown here, encourages movement and renders the wall surface an artful composition.
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