Notting Hill House

A complete rebuild and extension of an existing mid-19th Century terraced house located in the Westbourne Conservation Area.
The project included the excavation of the entire plot to create a large basement for a growing family and contemporary glass extensions and insertions at the rear of the house.
The interior design features a contemporary character, with a monolithic steel staircase standing out as outstanding architectural feature linking the house vertically and providing a striking sculptural element connecting the six floors.
Match Lighting Studio delivered a lighting scheme to well complement the architecture throughout, with linear lighting details well concealed in the fabric of the rooms and carefully selected decorative luminaires softening the strong geometric lines of the spaces at times.

Hampstead Heath House

A substantial house refurbishment in north London that included a contemporary basement extension. Match were the specialist lighting designers for both the interior and the exterior lighting and worked closely with the Client and the construction / design teams to successfully deliver in unison the project with a great end result.
Below an extract of the testimonial from the Client.

Testimonial
“…our light designer is an absolute joy to work with and has an amazing eye for detail around the subject of light.
He has held the hand of our electrician and contractors and worked well with our other designers while they needed to install lighting details which were complicated for a residential home within the existing structure. He was always available and really took a personal and heartfelt approach to his work.
We are extremely happy in our house and this is to a large degree due to Match excellent work. The lighting details they have installed throughout the house and garden are beautiful and add a warmth to the place. Furthermore, the mood of the house changes beautifully between day and night with the lighting design.”
Julia Scheffel

Hillview Apartments

Conversion of a large Victorian terraced house into three substantial apartments.

Unlike most conversions the ground and first floors have been divided vertically through the length of the building, to provide two individual duplex dwelling units with separate entrances and private rear gardens, and in this way retaining the essence and uniqueness of the Victorian terraced house.
The upper unit is akin to a rambling loft apartment washed with daylight and enjoying wonderful views across the city.
The open plan living spaces, extending from front to back into the patio areas of the rear gardens, presented a challenge for the lighting design, as the rooms under the glazed conservatory structures at the back are flooded with natural light, while the rooms at the front are lacking it.
Match therefore carefully planned the lighting scheme to effortlessly compensate such contrast thanks to contemporary lighting details discretely integrated in walls, ceiling and furniture.
The end result is well-balanced lighting layered throughout the spaces, discreet and elegant, yet functional and essential.

Chelsea House

A significant but sensitive refurbishment and extension to this beautiful listed terrace house in the heart of Chelsea.
The lighting was conceived so as to complement the variety of finishes and furniture across the different levels: a contemporary feel on the open plan basement extension, elegant and classic on the formal rooms from ground to second floor and essential and functional at the top level.
The open plan dining / kitchen / snug at basement level required a flexible lighting scheme to suit the various tasks and use of the spaces as well as carefully considered lighting details to compensate the lack of natural light. The adoption of an intelligent Lutron lighting control system with multiple scenes allowed easy control of the various lighting layers.
In the formal rooms of the upper levels decorative lighting takes over, to frame and complement the wonderful furniture and finishes.
Warm dimming luminaires throughout allow matching the traditional behaviour of halogen and incandescent lamps with highly efficiency light sources.

Bolsover Street – Luxury Residential apartments

As senior lighting designers at their previous workplace Ray and Vanesa delivered the scheme to this project which involved lighting to the reception, internal courtyard and luxury penthouse apartments. The lighting concept was developed to complement a unique residential offering with strong contemporary but timeless features.