ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a wide range of applications and details that involve the nuts-and-bolts of architectural lighting, including some traditional lighting elements that represent the mainstream concept of lighting design, along with some special, or custom, applications of light. Ceiling-mounted lighting equipment of a variety of luminaire types, such as surface mounted, recessed, or suspended, may be arranged to fulfil the general or task lighting requirements for either uniform or non-uniform distribution of illumination over the horizontal work plane. Lighted coves are designed to furnish a soft wash of light over an architectural surface to create a luminous emphasis within the space, typically on a wall or ceiling surface. They may also contribute to the general room illumination. The light has an upward and horizontal component across the surface of the cavity resulting in a soft and diffuse uniform general illumination.
