420 George Street

Refurbished lobby at 420 George Street, Sydney.

Investa recently refurbished its lobby at 420 George St, Sydney. This refurbishment included a new café and the relocation of the concierge. The lighting design intent was to upgrade and uplift the ambience, focusing on featured architectural components. Lightwaves collaborated with the architects Bates Smart to ensure the lighting enhanced their design.

As the new café is located within an existing lobby, Lightwaves implemented integrated accent lighting and updated LED track spotlights. The upper level consists of cove lighting with low-level skirting lighting and integrated accent lighting under the concierge desk and planter box, revealing the sandstone elements. Floor lamps and integrated table lights provided an intimate grounding accent.

The linear LED up-lighting provided warm relief for the natural timber of the meeting table. Spike garden lights were selected to light the greenery within the planter box. This provided a softening effect to the space, creating a play light and shadow to the above ceiling. Twin recessed and CAN downlights within a blackened channel gave the space a base level of illuminance. Floor lamps and integrated table lights provided an intimate accent.