This stunning new build house has been designed to look glamorous, feel wonderful, be easy to control and work on a very practical level too. The design had to work functionally and as energy-efficiently as possible.

The Master Suite

The master suite features a beautiful LED uplit bath, a softly glowing glass dividing wall (again using LEDs), and excellent mirror lighting.  The wonderful end result has been achieved through careful design, understanding the best technical fittings for the job, and real attention to detail. For example, because the bath was an unusual asymmetric shape we obtained a template from the manufacturer, printed it out life size, drew onto it exactly where the fittings should go, and gave it to the builder – all before the floor UFH went down and the concrete screed was poured.

Games Room

The games room is a super, open space featuring a c.6m high ceiling. The brief from the client was that nothing should be hanging which gave us a few challenges when designing good lighting for the pool table! The solution was stylish, low glare track mounted fittings using tight beam widths, and their stylishly industrial looks suited the feel of the room. The striking linear cold cathode lighting behind the coving came about because we wanted to create a soft wash uplighting the open ceiling and to use a highly efficient source to provide general ambient lighting. The final coving design was arrived at through a collaborative process with the architect and the builder, and met our requirements for lighting and as a fixing point for the Lutron controlled electric curtains.

Cold cathode also features in the gym: this space has no natural light so the cove lighting provides an efficient ‘daylight’ type feel. When dimmed down it provides a soft even light which acts as a foil to the dramatic lighting in the bar area.

Stairlighting Detail

The narrow stairs going up from the gym to a mezzanine could have been utterly boring, but stunning lighting has transformed them in to a real talking point. Candle-light coloured linear LED fittings hidden under the step nosing create a soft wash on to each step, and provide enough glare free ambient light for the whole stairway.

Custom Fittings

The stunning custom made chandelier in the hall way looks like lit ‘raindrops’ cascading through the triple height space in the centre of the house. It is balanced by the internally lit onyx console table and the low level LED step lighting going up the stairs behind.

Whole house control courtesy of Lutron

The whole house benefits from a Lutron Homeworks lighting control system.  Key rooms through the house also feature Lutron controlled electric curtains and blinds which glide effortlessly and, for the blinds, completely silently. It’s quite bizarre to have to watch a blind to know that it’s closing, as you simply can’t hear it at all.