Architectural Lighting was founded in 1961 by Peter Nelson, an engineer who’d cut his teeth making cast aluminium aircraft models for the likes of BOAC and TWA. The company existed to produce his own lighting designs, and it shows — these are lamps built to engineering tolerances, not just styled to look modern.
Nearly everything was aluminium: spun shades, slender stems, and switch housings milled from the solid. The FA floor lamps and TA table range are the best known, sold through Habitat and Heal’s in the sixties to a generation furnishing their first modern homes.
Production numbers were always modest, so original pieces don’t turn up often. When they do, they tend to have survived well – good engineering ages gracefully. Every Architectural Lighting piece we sell is checked, rewired where needed, and ready to use.
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