Light Bureau winner 2011 Lighting Design Award for KPMG'S Canary Wharf HQ-World interior design Network

340 million pounds ($ 547.8 million) Canary Wharf headquarters building spans 400 000 square metres and over 14 floors. Light Bureau worked with interior specialists Swanke Hayden Connell architects and M and E engineers Aecom to develop a lighting design solution for the building, which gives high permeable space with high-quality skills, strengthen KPMGS brand identity and transparency.

Design brief called for a building with some internal obstacles. Light Bureau devised a scheme where lighting creates rhythm and a hierarchy of lighting, which of course makes every room high permeable. This feeling of openness was particularly important, as there is no rift in the interior spaces.

Light Bureau tried to integrate lighting and architecture of the building, as far as possible, including the feature elements. All pendants made in crates to ensure each fixture location feel conscious, careful and ' fixed ' as if they are part of the building structure. Linear furniture illuminate the entire length extruded kernel-wall. Monitors have been equipped with special gaskets, which performs three functions, namely to prevent light pruning, cloaking flex within luminaires and also ensure that they are completely straight along the entire length of core-wall.

Specially designed corner sections also ensure the fitting appears regularly around the kernel. Monitors were specially adapted and painted white in order to ensure that the ' flash up ' as an opal diffuser to provide continuity with other fittings at the same time provide higher output conditions associated with open luminaires.

The nine main atriums of the building is illuminated with linear fluorescent luminaires use specially designed lost spreaders to deliver sideways lighting for ceiling level. They give rhythm through circulation zone and feature when seen through space. Each atrium has a stairway that supports KPMG'S collaborative philosophy, connects the floors and people. Light Bureau placed unobtrusive fittings under each tread to create a sculptural element. All spaces of the building feature daylight atriums sensors.

A light sculpture was also designed in the lobby entrance reception to increase the volume of the double height space without surrounding it Light Bureau team. added that they wanted to create a function that sank the perceived height of the vacuum, so it does not feel as if you were sitting in an empty space at the same time also maintain the quantity of views through from above mezzanine. The solution was one of the most complex structures light Bureau has designed and provided a visual metaphor for the interconnection of KPMGS activities.

Package presentation of KPMG building featured in saw-tooth multifunctional feature ceiling, incorporates luminaires and also houses services such as sprinklers and return air. Offset the ceiling allows sideways light from the higher linear fluorescent luminaires to maximize the ease of incidental expenses on the ceiling. LED spotlights provide additional modeling and flexibility to the Multi-purpose room.

In the staff dining room, tailored light fixtures from bright acrylic featured, is inspired by the males ' Paul Smith ' style Pinstripe substance specified by Swanke Haden Connell in seating booths. Central island incorporates a servery great ceiling function, also developed specifically for the project, housing hidden linear fluorescent sources and provides a high level of daylight lighting Roses by INDENT support downlights for accent to the numerator servery.

Level 14 client dining suite includes large amounts of light Bureau designed over-size function appendage with fire mains dimmable low energy lamps to fill the space with diffuse light and create a Visual statement.

The entire lighting control system was designed according to KPMGS corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy for energy conservation to take advantage of daylight sensing plus the presence and absence registration or timeclock checks to ensure that energy wastage is minimised.

2011 Lighting Design Awards were held at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane in London and saw participation from over 700 participants from UK light industry. The building had also achieved a BREEAM excellent credit rating in the past.