Iluminarc shines at Craddock Terry Hotel
- Details
The hotel also boasts a distinctively modern flair with richly coloured light that washes its front columns courtesy of Iluminarc Colorist 8Qa Panels installed by Jon Daggett of Castle Lighting.
Daggett positioned 10 of the IP65-rated RGBA panels across the base of a 135’ section of the three-story building to light the columns that separate its large factory windows. Reaching up to the top story 32’ above the ground, light from the Colorist 8Qa Panels sets off the original design of the early 20th century structure, creating a sense of its scale and conveying its rock-hard power.
“The Colorist Panel 8Qa was a perfect fit for this project, because of its shape, footprint, and punch,” said Daggett. “We wanted a light that conveyed very rich saturated colors, given the powerful image that this building projects. The output of these fixtures is more than up to the task, and of course they’re outdoor rated. We replaced some older LED units that had been lighting the outside of the building with the Iluminarc fixtures for this project, and there was no comparison.”
Power was already run for the previous outdoor fixtures at the hotel, so Daggett and the Castle Lighting team integrated the Colorist panels into the existing outdoor-rated junction boxes. However, they did change the position of the outdoor units when installing the Colorist fixtures.
“The old fixtures were about four to five feet away from the building,” said Daggett. “We repositioned the Colorist panels at a distance of nine inches from the wall. Doing this allowed us to create real uplighting, rather than simply wash the building as was done in the past. Thanks to the throw distance and output of the Iluminarcs, we had no trouble making this design change.”
(Jim Evans)
