Landscape Architect & Specifier News

APR 2014

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54 Landscape Architect and Specifier News McKay Landscape Lighting, based in Omaha, Nebraska, recently completed a unique project at a local Omaha residence. The residence had existing lights installed by McKay in 1999, when a previous owner owned the home. The prior lighting design was fairly simple: uplights for the front of the home, and a few lights on the backyard trees. In 2010, the current owner contacted McKay to bring more light to the front yard of the property and McKay installed a number of new uplights around the home as well as nine bollard lights lining the paver driveway. Later, in 2011, the homeowner continued to add lighting to the back yard, including around the pool area. A 2013 redesign of the entire landscape prompted the homeowner to contact McKay once again for another overhaul of the landscape lighting. The new landscape on the property included a new paver driveway, a pondless water feature, and a number of new plantings in the front and back yards. McKay temporarily removed a number of fixtures as the construction of the new landscape was being installed. Closely working with the landscape team allowed McKay to prewire much of the job during the construction. The project was slightly different than the typical McKay Lighting installation. Instead of working with a landscape architect, the company worked with a landscape contractor. The client's input was especially important in this project and great care was taken to include his vision in the plan. There were a number of major goals for the new lighting. The client desired a "resort-style" lighting design that would also minimize glare. Another priority was to keep the pool area, outdoor kitchen, fireplace Above Nine well-spaced 20-watt bollard lights (Hadco) give the new paver driveway a stately look, while providing what McKay calls, "the correct amount of light," combining esthetics with what is sufficient for safety and security. MR-16 20-watt down lights wash the brick column façades. Copper spots (MR-16, 35-watt) uplight the house, and the birch and crabapple trees. Copper lights (wedge base T3, Hadco) were also placed under the stone caps of the four natural stone walls and pillars. 52-61.indd 54 3/26/14 2:31 PM

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