500 Bourke Street

Jess and I have just returned from the site of 500 Bourke Street – a foyer refurbishment project with renowned Australian architect John Wardle.  The lighting scheme has just been powered up and this is a sneak preview – the building is scheduled to open to the public next week.

The lighting scheme comprises 400 bare fluoro tubes but we hope the similarity with a SevenEleven ends there.  These lights reveal the folding facets of the ceiling which create an amazing texture.  The scheme has a very different appearance depending on which angle you view from – one direction the lights are hidden, the other you see bare lamps.  In this photo you see both thanks to the reflection in the large windows at the end.