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Aktiva News The London Library
The London Library
Aktiva’s B–Line bookcase lighting was specified by Arup Lighting and Haworth Tompkins throughout the main circulation, reading and reception areas of the London Library. Its brushed stainless steel finish and clean lines discreetly embed lighting in this traditional setting.
B–Line is engineered to deliver a wash of light over bookshelves or adjust to provide excellent ambient levels of energy–efficient fluorescent illumination in many applications. Consequently B–Line is the sole luminaire in many areas of the Library.
Along with learned societies and museums the London Library is amongst the great historic and living intellectual focal points of the capital. From its fashionable and eminent site in St James’s Square it is the world’s largest independent lending library. Haworth Tompkins are leading a major overall refurbishment of the site in a multi–stage, multi–year programme.
Aktiva News The Dorchester Hotel Spa
The Dorchester Hotel Spa
One of Aktiva’s proximate lighting solutions. Fox Linton specified A-Line/desk with integral touch controls for the manicure tables at the Dorchester Hotel’s Spa Centre. Illumination efficiently and beautifully delivered to a work area where both attributes really matter. LED version in development.
Aktiva News Compass Building at Heathrow
Compass Building at Heathrow
A work in progress. Aktiva has designed and made 2 out-sized light fittings for meeting areas – 648mm diameter Demi-Hemi Pendant and a 1.6 meter diameter shaded pendant. Aktiva can offer both these types of pendant lights in various diameters. Specified by architects Tilney Shane.
Aktiva undertakes special projects like the Compass Building when we feel that our manufacturing experience and design capabilities are of particular relevance.
Aktiva News Ashmolean Museum Redevelopment
Ashmolean Museum Redevelopment
An important part of this massive refurbishment and extension completed in October was the Education Department offices. Rick Mather Architects specified Square One/Long linear fluorescent pendant lighting for these rooms. Aktiva completed the order on budget and on time coping with the unforeseen problems of the mainly 19th century building quickly and efficiently.
Aktiva News Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Herbarium Building Reading Room, London
Kew Gardens Herbarium
The Show LED reading lights were specified by Edward Cullinan Architects for the new circular reading room. The 30 fittings each with 3 Watt Osram LED’s were part of an overall environmental and energy–saving design that earned ECA the top ‘Excellent’ BREEAM rating The Kew Gardens’ Herbarium’s research and information facilities and are at the centre of a world–wide network for the study of plant diversity.
