Lighting in Design February-March 2016

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Natural light as a core element of design The artificial lighting for MultichoiceCity in Randburg was specified

selectively to complement the high level of natural light in and around the building’s atrium. Leigh Darroll spoke to dsgn design about the installation. 4

Landmark building resumes her rightful place Innes Chambers, a model example of 1960s Modernist architecture, has been restored to landmark status. Leane Fernandes, Activate Architects, and Catherine Feher, Regent Lighting, spoke to LiD about the transformation. 8 Le Silla head office: low-key elegance A flexible lighting concept resulting in coherent and discreet illumination that meets the highest standards of natural colour rendering creates an ideal environment for creative work at the Le Silla head office. Innovation, ideas and creative concepts In designing the lighting for the Swisscom Business Campus, Pamboukian lightdesign was asked for lighting that did not speak of the normal office – more comfortable, less formal. Anthony Tischhauser outlines how this was achieved. Incandescent lamps not quite dead No sooner do we come to accept that the future of lighting lies with LEDs than researchers at MIT announce they have developed an incandescent lamp that could be more efficient. Gavin Chait explains. Facilitating interaction and learning Sometimes subtle, sometimes bright, diffuse and alive, the lighting of Microsoft’s new Conference Centre in Montreal inspires innovation and facilitates interaction and learning.

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