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NULTY
Hotel lighting on
A grand scale
Hotel
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International lighting design consultancy
Nulty has completed all LED lighting scheme
for the exterior landscape, public areas and
guest rooms at JA Lake View Hotel, the latest
sustainably designed hotel from JA Resorts
& Hotels.
Working in partnership with BSBG, Nulty‘s
overarching intention was to deliver a
cohesive and immersive lighting scheme that
encourages the flow of guests through the
hotel. Nulty Founder, Paul Nulty, comments;
“Our lighting design at JA Lake View succeeds
in creating permeability throughout the space
through a backdrop of soft, ethereal lighting.
We’ve brought each of the different areas of
the hotel to life by using layers of light and
illuminated surfaces to create an atmosphere
illumination in front of each apartment and a atrium lobby to mimic and reinforce daylight
rhythmic play of light across the expanse of coming through a feature skylight detail. At
the building. ground level in the atrium, lighting has been
used to accentuate the finer details of the
rich in intimacy and mood.” A protruding hotel canopy floods the interior scheme. Concealed projectors have
entranceway with light and draws the eye to been carefully positioned to illuminate fret
Nulty’s design response for the hotel’s the hotel’s commanding quadruple-height work and form decorative shadows through
façade was to position uplights in front of atrium, where different tones of light have the intricate mashrabiya screens used to
every apartment to illuminate the dividing been used to create a deliberate contrast frame the lobby. Decorative table and floor
screens between balconies. Light hits each in colour temperatures. Cold white light lighting provides further illumination and
apartment roof, creating intimate pockets of has been used within the upper half of the brings a sense of intimacy to the space.