2009 · With Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and JMD Design, for the City of Sydney
Light the brick, stone and timber of a 19th-century reservoir ruin, now a sunken public garden.
Forty years of working out what the light should do.
Paddington Reservoir Gardens, 2009
Sunset in Sydney today:
We help clients understand what the lighting needs to achieve before deciding which products to use.
Founded in 1985 by Glen Haron and Murray Robson, and now an independent lighting studio led by Glen.
Independent advice for architects, interior designers, owners, developers and engineering consultants, across hospitality, leisure, commercial, public and residential work.
Selected work
Project · what the light had to do · recognition
Sydney Airport dealership
Make the dealership visible at night with almost no upward spill, as it sits beside an airport, using less energy than floodlighting.
Good Design Award 2018, Engineering
With Cox Architecture, for West HQ
Give a three-level atrium over 20 metres high one focal point that reads the same from every level, day and night.
Good Design Award 2020, Product
Millers Point
Heritage interior.
The Rocks
The George Street entrance.
Airport lounges
Hospitality interiors.
With Lowa Lighting, for Thomas Holt
Give aged-care clinicians lighting they can tune by colour, intensity and time of day, from 1800K to 16500K and up to 2000 lux, and fit to existing buildings.
Good Design Awards 2019, Engineering
Retail
A seasonal light display for the brand.
Good Design Award 2019, Branding
Commercial
A ground floor lobby lighting upgrade.
Good Design Awards finalist 2017
LightWaveAction, 2011 and Infinity Squared, 2012
Light art for the festival.
IES Luminaire Design Awards of Excellence 2012
Start with what the light should do.
Glen Haron, co-founder