(Lighting) Why ban Edison’s bright idea?
Saving energy is all well and good and an admirable and necessary goal, writes Dominic Meyrick for this month's Lighting magazine...
Posted on Tuesday 01st May 2012 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
(Lighting) The UK is skimping on design
Apart from an enclave in the South East, UK construction clients remain largely ignorant of the value lighting design can add to their projects. We have to work hard to convince them otherwise, writes Dominic Meyrick (Hoare Lea Lighting).
Posted on Wednesday 21st March 2012 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
(Lux) Lighting a la carte
If you want to save energy but maintain an ambience, you should consider all the options. This article looks at Bread Street Kitchen, a restaurant that combines LED and tungsten halogen sources. Jonathan Rush (Hoare Lea Lighting) contributes.
Posted on Wednesday 21st March 2012 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
Hoare Lea Lighting announces seminar with GORD
Building Lighting Systems
Saturday 17 March 2012 at the Qatar National Convention Centre
Hoare Lea Lighting has been invited by GORD (Gulf Organisation for Research and Development) to lead a seminar exploring ‘Building Lighting Systems’.
Posted on Monday 05th March 2012 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
(Museums Journal) The Museum of Somerset
Tim Bryan applauds a revamped museum that has provided fascinating new displays while also enhancing an important historic building.
Posted on Monday 20th February 2012 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
Loving the alien
Today’s low-energy lighting technologies are challenging the conventionally accepted standards of what constitutes ‘white’ light...
Posted on Friday 28th October 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
Pearl in the shell
Simon Dove describes the new lighting scheme at one of Christopher Wren’s architectural gems...
Posted on Thursday 13th October 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
St George’s Church
The lighting design brief for St. George’s Church was to create a soft lighting impression to enhance the architectural features, create a visual identity in keeping with the iconic nature of the building and provide a suitable illumination level for churchgoers. Hoare Lea Lighting discuss the project for Lighting Today...
Posted on Monday 19th September 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
A Designer’s Lament
Dominic Meyrick discusses his views on relationships between manufacturers and lighting designers in his latest opinion piece for Lighting.
Posted on Thursday 11th August 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
Office Politics
Dominic Meyrick discusses effective office lighting schemes in the June edition of Lighting.
Posted on Wednesday 01st June 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
Au Naturel
Dominic Meyrick contines his opinion piece for Lighting. In this issue he discusses why natural lighting is is important...
Posted on Sunday 01st May 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
Filling in the blanks
Architectural lighting education is in a bit of disarray and has been for years, writes Dominic Meyrick in his third opinion piece for Lighting magazine...
Posted on Monday 11th April 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
Dominic Meyrick presents in Saudi Arabia
Dominic Meyrick spoke at the Architectural Lighting conference held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during 14 – 15 March. Dominic gave two talks entitled ‘Image and reality – Ensuring parity between lighting concept’ and ‘Effective maintenance strategies to ensure retention of light quality final lit reality’.
Posted on Thursday 31st March 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
LED there be light
Simon Dove and Jonathan Rush recently discussed LEDs in the Building Surveying Journal. They discussed recent improvements in technology that are making LEDS a fast-becoming viable alternative to traditional lighting.
Posted on Thursday 24th March 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
Faith in light
Jonathan Rush discusses the challenges of properly lighting St George's Church, Bloomsbury without diminishing its impact, when the most striking feature of a project is a 300-year-old chandelier in Lighting magazine.
Posted on Tuesday 22nd March 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
The streets are alive with the sound of darkness…
Dominic Meyrick discusses artificial lighting at night in his second opinion piece for Lighting magazine.
Posted on Tuesday 22nd March 2011 | Comments 0 | Read full article »
