The Maltings, Cardiff: Listed Commercial Building Lighting

Originally a Victorian malt house, this distinctive Grade II listed property in Cardiff has recently undergone a £3m refurbishment resulting in it becoming yet another top-end office development on Cardiff’s business landscape.

Approached directly by the client at the beginning of 2016, our team has designed and delivered modern office lighting for this interesting listed building. When we were approached by the office manager at The Maltings with the design brief of creating an attractive LG7 compliant lighting scheme, our team was delighted, as the vaulted ceilings and varied layout provide great ceiling structure for our luminaires to complement.

The Maltings currently house 95 offices, a mixture of serviced and self managed offices, ranging from 2 person office to 300 sq ft offices. The wide range of space size will attract a broad range of commercial tenants. With this in mind, the design brief was to present a high quality office lighting appealing to a wide spectrum of businesses. The client’s objective was efficiency and attractive design.

The nature of the building presented the design team with a few challenges – the varied layout, vaulted ceilings and restricted ceiling height were calling for professional advice. Our team provided the client with full lighting design and technical advice on how to achieve an LG7 compliant scheme. The selected light fittings were used in the whole range of mounting options and specified in white colour, with the aim of keeping the look timeless and clean. We also carried out a full emergency lighting design to ensure the scheme complies with current lighting regulations.