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LD&T is an independent lighting design consultancy

Professional lighting design since 1992.

Professional lighting design services since 1992.

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Galleries

Specialists for galleries and exhibitions.

Lighting design specialists for galleries and exhibitions.

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Museums

Expert lighting for museums of all sizes.

Lighting experts for museums of all types and sizes.

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Historic Buildings

Custom lighting for all kinds of buildings.

Custom lighting design for all kinds of historic buildings.

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Religous Buildings

Specialists for the re-lighting of churches.

Specialists for the re-lighting of churches and cathedrals.

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Office & Commercial

Lighting design for commercial buildings.

Professional lighting design services for commercial buildings.

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About LD&T

Now no longer taking on new clients

LD&T was an independent lighting design consultancy providing professional lighting services across many parts of the UK and Europe for thirty years, from 1992 until 2022. Our projects included specialist lighting design for museums, galleries, historic, religious, office and various commercial buildings. We also carried out technical investigations into lighting failures and acted as expert witnesses in cases involving disputes over accidents, lighting systems or design.

Our Clients

We work with a wide range of clients from individuals to large organisations and local authorities, within a variety of areas. Our client projects over the years have also involved buildings of various types and sizes, from historic to modern, simple to sophisticated, and traditional to unconventional. View the Projects section to learn more.

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Paul Ruffles

  • Principal and founder of LD&T since 1992
  • Lighting Person of the Year 2018
  • Editor-in-chief of SLL Lighting Handbook 2018
  • Past President - Society of Light & Lighting
  • Past-Chair - SLL Technical & Publications Committee
Learn More

About LD&T

Now no longer taking on new clients

LD&T was an independent lighting design consultancy providing professional lighting services across many parts of the UK and Europe for thirty years, from 1992 until 2022. Our projects included specialist lighting design for museums, galleries, historic, religious, office and various commercial buildings. We also carried out technical investigations into lighting failures and acted as expert witnesses in cases involving disputes over accidents, lighting systems or design.

Our Clients

We work with a wide range of clients from individuals to large organisations and local authorities, within a variety of areas. Our client projects over the years have also involved buildings of various types and sizes, from historic to modern, simple to sophisticated, and traditional to unconventional. View the Projects section to learn more.

VIEW PROJECTS

Paul Ruffles

  • Principal and founder of LD&T since 1992
  • Lighting Person of the Year 2018
  • Editor-in-chief of SLL Lighting Handbook 2018
  • Past President - Society of Light & Lighting
  • Past-Chair - SLL Technical & Publications Committee
Learn More

Projects

Learn more about the range of services we provide by viewing these projects.
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Paul Ruffles

Principal
BSc, CEng, Hon-FSLL, FCIBSE

Paul has been the principal of LD&T since its founding in 1992, previously working at companies including Ove Arup & Partners, Steensen Varming Mulcahy & Partners and Buro Happold. Throughout his career, Paul has contributed to the profession through his work with national and international institutions and bodies, such as the National Illumination Committee, the International Standards Organisation, Lux Europa and the British Standards Organisation. He has also been involved in writing and creating lighting guidance, recently as Editor-in-chief of SLL Lighting Handbook 2018, Past-Chair of the SLL Technical & Publications Committee, and articles within the professional lighting press. Paul is a Past-President of the Society of Light and Lighting, from which he received the President’s Medal (2014) and later became an Honorary Fellow (2015). At the 2018 Lux Awards in London, he was named Lighting Person of the Year.

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Now no longer taking on new clients

Lighting Design & Technology is no longer in business since the retirement of Paul in March 2022.

Now no longer taking on new clients

Lighting Design & Technology is no longer in business since the retirement of Paul in March 2022.