Lighting Design
for Architecture
We design how spaces are experienced through light. From luxury residences and hospitality destinations to landscapes, facades and commercial environments, we help architecture perform after sunset.
Five disciplines, one practice
Architectural lighting across the full spectrum of the built environment.
Residential
Villas, apartments and luxury homes, layered, comfortable, considered.
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Offices, retail and workplaces designed around performance and brand.
View serviceHospitality
Hotels, restaurants and resorts where light shapes the guest experience.
View serviceLandscape
Gardens, pools and outdoor architecture brought to life after dark.
View serviceFacade
Building exteriors that give a project its identity at night.
View serviceA practice measured in built work
Light is not a finish. It is a medium.
Architectural lighting is the difference between buying fixtures and designing experience.
Lighting affects perception
Light shapes how we read scale, depth and material. The same room can feel completely different depending on how it is lit.
Lighting affects behaviour
Brightness, colour and contrast quietly guide where people walk, where they pause, and how long they stay.
Lighting affects comfort
Good lighting reduces glare and eye strain. It makes a space feel calm to be in, not just bright enough to see.
Lighting affects architecture
After sunset, lighting is what carries the architectural intent. It is the layer that finishes the building.
Concept → Execution
Concept
We start by understanding the architecture, the people using it and the intent behind the space.
Strategy
We define the layers of light, the colour temperatures and where light should and should not appear.
Simulation
We validate the design in DIALux, checking lux levels, uniformity, glare and visual comfort.
Execution
We deliver drawings, specifications and on-site support so the design is built the way it was imagined.
Every design decision, validated technically
Our work is grounded in measurable performance, not opinion. Before a single fixture is installed, the design is tested.
Lux Calculations
Measured illuminance targets for every surface and task in a space.
DIALux Simulations
A photometric model of the room before anything is built or bought.
UGR Analysis
Glare studied and controlled in offices, classrooms and workplaces.
Visual Comfort
Contrast, uniformity and adaptation considered scene by scene.
Energy Optimisation
The right fixture, the right lumen output and the right control, with nothing wasted.
A studio that builds its own tools
Over years of designing real projects, we built internal systems to bring more consistency, accuracy and efficiency to our work, checklists, calculation libraries, simulation templates and review frameworks.
Those systems gradually evolved into Alya, a lighting intelligence platform shaped entirely by problems we encountered in practice.
Today, Alya supports parts of our internal workflow and represents how we see the future of lighting design: thoughtful, measurable, and quietly augmented by software.
A practice you can measure
Projects Completed
Cities Worked In
Countries Served
Years of Experience
Lighting design, explained
How Many Lux for a Living Room?
A practical lux reference for living rooms, ambient and task ranges, layering principles and the most common residential lighting mistakes.
Read article fundamentals3000K vs 4000K: Which Should You Choose?
Warm white vs neutral white, when to use each colour temperature in residential, hospitality and commercial environments.
Read article commercialWhat is UGR (Unified Glare Rating)?
UGR explained, the standard for measuring discomfort glare, target levels by space type, and why glare matters as much as lux.
Read article residentialHow to Light a Villa: A Designer's Approach
A scene-by-scene approach to lighting a villa, ambient, task, decorative and architectural layers, plus a sensible control strategy.
Read article hospitalityHospitality Lighting Guide
Principles for lighting hotels, restaurants, lobbies, guest rooms and bars, designed around mood and memory rather than fixture counts.
Read articleFrequently Asked Questions
Let's design light thoughtfully.
Whether you're designing a home, hospitality destination, commercial environment or landscape, we would love to help.