All the rules of exterior architectural lighting apply but with the additional need to exploit or enhance natural shapes and contours, especially through the use of shadows. As ever, the watchword is subtlety. Vertical surfaces are the lighting designer's and the landscape architect's friend. Grazing or washing hard and soft surfaces can be both effective and gentle ways to create ambient light. Colour temperature helps set the atmosphere but that does not necessarily mean that you have to use warm light in gardens and parks.
Depending on the time of day and year, the lighting in your home needs to adapt to many different moods, ambient and functional requirements - and creating lit environments that respond to all these needs is the starting point of all our lighting designs. Choosing the right lighting technique, the best system for managing the control options, as well as styles and quantities of equipment creates spaces that provide both visual comfort and pleasure. Added to this are electricity savings and the potential for enhancing the physical well being of everyone at home.
Exterior lighting has a number of functions. It enables us to move from A to B at night. It can also be used to enhance architecture, to make public places safer and more attractive, improve way-finding and to provide task lighting. This does not mean that more lighting is better lighting. Allowing for some shadow and variation of light levels is an important part of creating an holistic night time experience. And a balanced lighting scheme will also avoid invasive light spill and other forms of light pollution.
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