Lighting, solar and artificial, was a real head-scratcher in designing the extension and only now as the months roll on are we able to see the results. The sun has obliged tremendously with its near constant appearance for the past few weeks. If only it had put in an appearance during the building phase but there we are.
Last evening the lowering and setting sun in the west was almost level with the main tower's east - west windows. These are three huge vertical windows each side so three pairs of windows dead opposite one another - see the Blog's title picture. This meant that for quite a while strong sunlight shone right through the tower to light the building-enclosed now internal tower window, deliberately featured as part of the lounge's west wall. Here is the result when viewed from the landing between the existing tower kitchen and the new extension lounge:
A stunning light show from evening light which has passed through no fewer than nine panes of glass en route to the camera position.
Closer up, from inside the lounge:
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