SPECIAL EVENTS.Despite the number of lighting suppliers and the plethora of luminaires and lighting systems, there is an increased demand for fittings tailored to the building -- a consequence of the seemingly growing number of architectural eccentricities. Future Systems, architects of the new Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground Lord's Ground is a cricket ground in St John's Wood in London, at grid reference TQ268827. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European , London, specified Concord Lighting as lighting consultants. The selection was accompanied by a request for a 'futuristic but retro' luminaire luminaire or light fixture Complete lighting unit, consisting of one or more lamps (bulbs or tubes that emit light), along with the socket and other parts that hold the lamp in place and protect it, wiring that connects the lamp to a power source, and a that would accord with the architectural spirit of the building and light the difficult interior. Concord's specials department designed an eyeball See eyeballs and eyeball driven. device fitted with a concentric louvre Louvre (l  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. , capable of adjustment to the Centre's
sloping ceilings and of providing glare-free light.
Employing high intensity LED technology, the same department designed the cluster luminaire at the base of the 12 massive masts supporting the Greenwich Dome. Behind four spotlights there are five red LED clusters giving off a red glow so masts look like rockets. Alsop & Stormer's Peckham Library, London, is due to open this month. Inside the double-height library hall are three enormous bulging forms on stumpy legs containing meeting rooms. Two are enclosed, lit by skylights screened by hinged pairs of plywood shutters. Around them, providing a halo of light are fittings by artist, Joanna Turner. Called Brillo Pads Brillo Pad is a trade name for a scouring pad, used for cleaning dishes, and made from steel wool impregnated with soap. It came at a time when the introduction of aluminium pots and pans (replacing cast iron) was creating a quiet revolution in the kitchen. , they are made out of cushions of fine coiled aluminium mesh over compact fluorescent lamps A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also known as a compact fluorescent light bulb is a type of fluorescent lamp designed to replace an incandescent lamp. Many CFLs can fit in the existing incandescent light fixtures. . With acknowledgments to Janet Turner, designer and lighting consultant who assisted with this article. |
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