Urban Lighting

Lavaur Town Hall, France

New light on Lavaur Town Hall

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For a fine example of tasteful and effective illumination of a historical building, look no further than the town hall in Lavaur, located in the Pyrenees in Southwestern France. When the town council decided to refurbish the old courthouse as the new town hall, their main concern was to retain the historical ambience, which also posed the main challenge for the lighting solution. The answer was an array of illuminated columns, supported by floodlights and a range of LED products.

Six, pencil thin, tubular Alumet Control Indirect luminaires each with a 150W HIT-CE lamp provide soft directional lightning in front of the building. The main face of the stonework is enhanced by a mixture of Cesar up/down floodlights and Qba projectors, the latter with a choice of colours and controls. Ten 600mm LED Thornline (custom) battens highlight the upper walls with 12 spotlights mounted on the roof; elsewhere the entrance staircase is lit by recessed E/Fact LEDs. All employ 3000K light sources.