Architectural and facade lighting

What is architectural and facade lighting?

Architectural lighting uses LED wall washers, uplights, linear grazers and bollards to light a building's facade, entrance and landscaping after dark. Good schemes light the building without spilling light into the sky or neighbouring windows, and run on timers or photocells.

Office building facade washed with subtle LED uplighting at dusk

What's included

Facade washing and grazing
Entrance canopy and signage lighting
Landscape and path bollards
Timeclock and photocell control
Glare and light-spill control
Planning-friendly specifications where consent is needed

How we deliver architectural and facade lighting

Concept
What to light, how strongly and when.
Mock-up
Test fittings on site at night where practical.
Install
Fixings, cabling and weatherproof connections.
Commission
Aiming, timers and photocells set at dusk.

Guide prices

National guide budgets, supplied and installed, excluding VAT. Your fixed price follows a free survey.

Architectural and facade lighting guide prices
Item	Guide budget (ex VAT)	Basis
LED floodlight	£200 – £500	per fitting, supplied and fitted
6 m column with LED lantern	£800 – £1,500	per column, incl. foundation and a moderate cable run
Scissor or boom lift hire	£150 – £300	per day
Commercial electrician	£300 – £500	per day

Example: 10 LED floodlights washing a building facade: about £2,000 – £5,000 excluding VAT. Get a figure for your site.

Standards and rules we work to

Topic	Current position
Wiring	BS 7671:2018+A4:2026, the 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations. Every installation is tested and certified.
Workplace light levels	BS EN 12464-1:2021, for example 500 lux on office task areas and 150 lux at the floor of rack storage.
Emergency lighting	BS 5266-1:2025 code of practice, BS EN 1838:2024 light levels and BS EN 50172:2024 testing and records.
Energy efficiency of new lighting	England: Approved Document L (95 luminaire lm/circuit-W, rising above 105 from 24 March 2027). Wales: Welsh Approved Document L (new edition from 4 March 2027). Scotland: Section 6. Northern Ireland: Technical Booklet F2.
Fire safety duties	England and Wales: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Scotland: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005. Northern Ireland: Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010.
Waste	Fluorescent tubes are hazardous waste and are recycled through authorised routes, with paperwork.