December 2024How They Did It

How They Did ItIES Illumination Award of Merit“Confidential Client Stair” The lighting strategy by Schuler Shook at a four-story interconnecting stair inside a new high-rise office complex with floor-to-ceiling grazing in Salt Lake City, UT, is both beautiful and functional. Taking inspiration from the city’s mountain ranges, metal rods encased in dark-colored tubes span the full height of the space and contrast with the wood-wrapped stair. Photos: Steve Hall

Linear “grazers’” with integral louvers to minimize glare are integrated behind structural points at the top and bottom of the stair to wash the metal rods in light.

Downlight “grazers” illuminate stair treads while uplight “grazers” illuminate the underside of the stair wrap.

To mimic natural light coming though large windows, tunable-white LEDs are programmed to change color temperatures and intensity throughout the day.The lighting strategy by Schuler Shook at a four-story interconnecting stair inside a new high-rise office complex with floor-to-ceiling grazing in Salt Lake City, UT, is both beautiful and functional. Taking inspiration from the city’s mountain ranges, metal rods encased in dark-colored tubes span the full height of the space and contrast with the wood-wrapped stair.CoverSPI LightingElemental (Lucetta)AluzEditor's Note and Editorial BoardLandscape FormsReaders WriteGreen CreativeContributors and Board of DirectorsPure EdgeInsightsEventsIES MembershipIllumination AwardsHow They Did ItProgressionsLighting LibrarySafetyTechnologyHurry BackIntroduction to LightingA Howling Good TimeElevated HospitalityAccentuate the PositiveRise of the MachinesNeed to Earn CEUsProject In PicturesIES InsiderShare Your VoiceIES Sustaining MembersProductsWe BelieveAd IndexLast LookNow AvailableInsight Lighting