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Daylight design is a misunderstood discipline. At Hoare Lea Lighting we aim to help our clients to fully understand the issues surrounding daylight use in buildings, its potential and pitfalls.

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Advancements in window and glass technology are moving at a fast pace. The implications for daylight in interior spaces have not been fully addressed.

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Building techniques are constantly being refined and new materials allow designers to achieve the previously unchievable. Window structure has become smaller and glazing stronger. This allows glazed openings in walls to be bigger, leading to the logical conclusion of a fully glazed façade.

Glazed facades have good aesthetic qualities, but what effect do they have on the distribution of light, user comfort and energy consumption of the building?

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Before the introduction of electric lighting, one of the primary concerns of architecture was to maximise daylight and modulate the flow of light, deep into the space. Today much of this knowledge has been sidelined and the uncontrolled use of glazing continues without any true understanding of the potential of daylight to enhance and uplift interiors, while helping to create more sustainable buildings

What are the current trends in the use of daylight in modern design and what makes a good daylight interior?

Hoare Lea lighting can bring experience and design skills to a project in order to maximise the benefits of designed daylight

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Hoare Lea Lighting can also offer advice in the following areas:

  • Planning
  • Energy efficacy in buildings
  • Daylighting systems design
  • Solar control and design
  • Integrated daylight design
  • Window design

Projects:

  • Ballymun Sports and leisure Centre, Ireland - Levelit Bernsein
  • Eagle Centre Derby - Westfield Shopping Towns
  • Evelina Children`s Hospital - Michael Hopkins and Partners
  • Falcon Wharf
  • Heathrow T3 - Pascall and Watson
  • Heathrow T5 - Foster and Partners
  • Lime St Media Wall - Bradshaw Rouse Harker Lots Road
  • Marks & Spencer, Waterside - MCM
  • Plaza de les Artes - Zaha Hadid
  • Ripley Castle - Lord and Lady Inglebly
  • Sentinel Place - Liverpool
  • Silvertown Aquarium - Terry Farrell & Partners Stepney Lane
  • The Old Mill - Associated Architects