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Architectural lighting design & lighting studies.

Complete lighting design for hotels, restaurants, bars, cafés and residences across Greece — from concept and technical lighting study to 3D visualization and on-site commissioning.

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The Discipline

Architecture is designed in daylight. At night, light designs it.

A building can be extraordinary by day and disappear after dark — or it can come into its own. The difference is a lighting design that understands the architecture rather than merely illuminating it.

Architectural lighting is the foundation of everything we do. It is the practice of using light to express structure, emphasise material, carve out depth with shadow, and guide the eye through a space exactly as the architect intended.

For more than three decades we have provided architectural lighting design in Athens and across Greece — for private and public buildings, interiors, facades and the spaces in between — combining creative concept with rigorous lighting studies and technical specification.

Where We Work

From facade to detail.

  • 01Facade & Exterior LightingExpressing a building's form at night, with glare and light-pollution control.
  • 02Interior Architectural LightingIntegrated, concealed light that reveals volume, surface and structure.
  • 03Public & Commercial SpacesLobbies, atria, circulation and shared spaces that feel considered and safe.
  • 04Landscape & OutdoorGardens, courtyards, pools and approaches, lit for the Greek evening.
  • 05Feature & Detail LightingThe accents — art, stone, water, joinery — that give a project its signature.

Our Approach

Concept and calculation, held together.

Reveal, don't flood

We light to express form, not to erase shadow. Contrast and restraint give a building depth and presence after dark.

Integrated, not applied

Wherever possible, light is concealed within the architecture — coves, recesses, edges — so you see the effect, not the fitting.

Engineered to perform

Every scheme is backed by photometric calculation, glare control and a lighting study that stands up to tender and permit.

Proven in 3D

We model and render the architecture under our lighting before construction, so the night-time result is agreed in advance.

Responsible by design

Efficient LED sources, controllable scenes and dark-sky-conscious exterior lighting are standard, not extras.

A partner to the team

We work as the specialist lighting consultant alongside architects, engineers and interior designers, from concept to handover.

For Hospitality

Hotel, restaurant, bar & café lighting design.

Lighting decides how a guest feels about a room within seconds of walking in — long before the menu or the service. We design hospitality lighting that makes a restaurant feel intimate when it is half full and alive when it is busy, flatters both the food and the faces around the table, and gives a hotel, bar or café an identity that guests return to.

Each scheme is built in layers — ambient, accent, decorative and task — tied to control scenes that shift the room through the day. Then proven in 3D before a single fitting is ordered.

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Hospitality lighting design for a resort restaurant in Greece
Hospitality LightingRestaurants · Bars · Hotels
Residential lighting design 3D visualization for a villa in the Cyclades, Greece
Residential LightingVillas · Apartments · Homes

For Homes

Residential lighting — villas, apartments & private homes.

Considered, liveable lighting for residences in Athens, the Cyclades and the Greek islands. Comfortable through the day, cinematic after dark — layered scenes recalled at the touch of a button, all proven in 3D before electrical first-fix.

We work with private clients directly, and alongside architects and interior designers as their specialist lighting partner.

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Questions

Architectural lighting, answered.

What is architectural lighting design?
It is the discipline of using light to reveal and enhance a building or space — its structure, materials, proportions and form, inside and out. It combines a creative concept with technical lighting studies, fixture specification and lighting control.
Do you light building facades and exteriors?
Yes. We design facade and exterior schemes that emphasise a building's architecture at night while controlling glare, light pollution and energy use, with weather-rated fixtures suited to the Greek climate.
Do you work with our architecture practice?
Frequently. We act as the specialist lighting consultant within an architecture or interior design team, integrating the lighting with the wider project from concept stage onward.
Can you provide a lighting study for permit and tender?
Yes — complete technical lighting studies with photometric calculations, layouts and specifications, prepared for costing, tender and permitting.

Begin Your Project

Light a building worth looking at after dark.

Share your project or drawings and we will outline an architectural lighting approach and the lighting study it would need.

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