This intensely private home feels expansive and open due to the masterful movement of light through the house, both by night and day. Wheeler Kearns Architects, in conjunction with interior designer Steve Kadlec brought light cascading through a series of double-height interlocking spaces using elegant materials and reflection.

The lighting design itself blends concealed detailing for expression of architecture and form with decorative lighting for human scale and intimacy.

Coherent and seamless engagement within a design team is a precondition for design at this level.

Ceilings are relieved of feeling technical by careful organization of lighting – not necessarily by less light, but by the understanding that the luminaires that are there are part of a visual signature that extends beyond them.

Solutions varying from technical to theatrical by way of decorative deliver a unique experience by day and night.

Luxury in lighting is expressed not in the products, but in the character of a space and its uniqueness to those who live there.