Regent Street, London

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Regent Street proposal, 1813

Lighting Design: Tony Rimmer, Studio 29, London Photographer: Chris Knox

As one of the main shopping streets in central London, Regent Street was completed in 1825 to the original plans by the architect John Nash. It was designed to bring order to London’s medieval street pattern. Regent Street consists of 20 building blocks each with Portland stone façades and cornice heights that are all the same level. Extensive rebuilding between 1895 and 1927 changed the original design but preserved the unifying character of the architecture. Today Regent Street is once again one of London’s prime shopping and tourist destinations attracting over 7.5 million visitors a year.

The lighting scheme is part of Regent Street Vision, a transformation project for the entire street appearance, initiated by its owner The Crown Estate. Over the past 20 years lighting designer Tony Rimmer was responsible for the conception and execution of the façade lighting. He created an overall scheme that preserves the stylistic integrity of the listed buildings with their 2 km of street frontage. Superlight Compact floodlights for ceramic metal halide lamps with warm white colour (3000 K) are used for the general façade lighting. Architectural details such as columns and sculptures are highlighted with neutral white colour (4500 K) thus creating contrast and depth. Recently Superlight Compact Nano floodlights with LEDs were integrated, consistent with the existing colour scheme. All floodlights are fitted with plugs so that individual luminaires can be maintained without the need to turn off whole electrical circuits. Willy Meyer+Sohn GmbH+Co. KG Stemmessiepener Weg 5 D-58675 Hemer www.meyer-lighting.com

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