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Applications Other Lighting Applications Perhaps, in the past, you have underestimated the importance of good lighting. If so, these examples set the record straight and illustrate some of the more imaginative ways in which Thorn products can be used.
Aquapalace Prague
Thorn checks into Aquapalace Hotel One of the latest additions to Aquapalace Prague, the biggest waterpark in Central Europe, is the new Aquapalace Hotel where Thorn luminaires have been used extensively.
Oáza Říčany, Czech Republic
Accent on performance, efficiency and comfort Customers and staff at Oáza Říčany, situated in wooded countryside some 20 km to the south-east of Prague, enjoy one of the most comfortable training and relaxation environments in the Czech Republic – and Thorn has helped provide it.
Haymarket Bus Station, Newcastle
All Change Please! Catch a bus in Newcastle upon Tyne’s newly refurbished Haymarket Bus Station – and you’ll count your coins for the fare under the white light of Thorn LED downlights.
Enfidha Airport
Thorn illuminates airport in Tunisia A customer event in Turkey in June 2006 by Thorn International Sales has impressively borne fruit. Representatives of the airport contractor TAV went on to purchase 15,290 luminaires for the Enfidha Airport in Tunisia, a 90,000m² complex, situated 80km south of the capital Tunis.
Castleverede Church
Vaulting success It’s not easy to improve on the perfect…but Thorn has done just that with the re-lighting of the Parish Church of Castleverde dedicated to St Archelao.
Dubai Metro System
Thorn lights first Gulf metro system It took 49 months, 30,000 workers and £2.6 billion to build the first metro in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. It is 52 km (32 miles) in length, incorporates 29 stations and includes exclusive first-class compartments. The first stretch (Red line) opened in September 2009 and is expected to be followed by the Green line in mid 2010. Another interesting feature of this transport system is that the trains are entirely unmanned.
Northern Australian Coastline
The Celest lantern has played a variety of roles, but none so unusual as a night light for sea turtles.
Florenc Bus Station, Prague
Catch a bus from Florenc, the largest bus station in Prague, and you'll count the coins for the fare under the white light of Thorn luminaires.
Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
Fata Morgana stars in Theatreland Just one demonstration of the superior aesthetic qualities of Thorn’s Fata Morgana pendant convinced architect Ken Martin that it was exactly right to illuminate the new Floral Pavilion in the Wirral coastal resort of New Brighton.
Concert Hall, Aarhus
LEDs star in Danish Symphony Hall Chosen for their acoustic qualities and aesthetic design, Thorn luminaires light the 1200-seat Symphony Hall of the recently extended Concert Hall in Aarhus.
Thorn lights Heathrow T5
Under the largest individual lighting contract it's ever had, Thorn has just lit the biggest freestanding building in the UK.
Beijing Airport
New terminal lit with 70,000 luminaires All airports rely on light. It is used to accentuate the architectural features of terminal buildings, provide relaxing, sustainable environments for passengers and staff and enables efficient management of baggage and cargo handling activities.
Augustins Museum
First Thorn ‘Graffiti’ spotlights light Toulouse Museum The first installation using the new Graffiti adjustable spotlight has been completed at the Augustins Museum in Toulouse.
Imperial War Museum, Duxford
Flying start for Concavia Concavia high bay luminaires are living up to their aesthetic image within the £25 million AirSpace exhibition at Imperial War Museum, Duxford, near Cambridge.
Dreamworld
So many worlds in one At dusk the 30 hectare park, off the beaches of Australia’s Gold Coast, becomes a kaleidoscope of colour and safety as the lighting injects a new atmosphere and feeling for the ever popular events.
Morongo Casino Resort and Spa
Floods for desert casino The $250m Morongo Casino Resort and Spa near Palm Springs in California has an exterior lighting scheme inspired by the mountain setting and the quality of desert light.
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
In these stones horizons sing This iconic building in Cardiff, Wales is a cultural centre which required a lighting scheme that enhanced the architectural and cultural status of the building.
Volvo & BMW Showrooms
Making showrooms shine Thorn provides lighting for Upplands Motor, a Volvo workshop in Uppsala, and BMW in Solna, Sweden, where there’s a showroom and workshop in the same building.
SS Great Britain
Floodlighting inside and out Thorn achieves a particularly unusual mixture of two tasks by using exterior luminaires to light an interior.
Arachon - Wine Cellar
Light wine Lighting which reflects the architecture of a new storage facility for the prestigious ‘Arachon’, a very successful brand of red wine, in Austria. |