Case analysis: the savoy hotel lighting transformation

As the first in the history of British electricity lighting of hotels, the savoy marked a turning point in the history of lighting. Recently, its main overhaul is in progress, we can learn to how to combine traditional luxury and modern science and technology.

today, 'iconic' once was widely abused in architecture, but really can when the word is very few, and is located in the centre of London 'the savoy' are all of it, it is established in the UK in 1889 the first luxury hotel, the first use her own power supply hotel lighting system.

renovation so landmark building is the need to deliberate, in the past three years, designer Pierre Yves? Rochon and architect ReardonSmith, Buro Happold has been tried in the modern science and technology and to find the right balance in the traditional luxury and never compromise in low consumption demand and create damaging to perfect lighting environment.

international lighting designer Chris Lewis holds the savoy, chief designer of lamplight, he said: 'the industry promotes the application of low energy and LED all the time, but more care about our customers is to create the perfect lighting environment. '

contrast MR16 halogen lamp and LED lamp, the savoy refused the use of LED lighting, the reason is that it is the color of sexual characteristics weakened the warm feeling,' the customer to come up with a warm and luxury hotel, which is the selling point of the hotel, 'lewis said,' halogen lamp is our lighting the main body, but after irradiation, embedded wall, glass cylinder as light and shelf lighting customers don't pay attention to the place will use LED lighting. '

edit: Sophy