laylight

laylight

A glazed opening in a ceiling to admit light (either natural or artificial) to a room below.
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Fortunately, the original laylight (a horizontal ceiling panel of stained glass positioned beneath a skylight) and chandelier had been moved to another room in the Capitol and will be returned to the old chamber.
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At the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, an existing skylight and laylight ceiling system has been restored within a large gallery space to incorporate daylight as an ambient light source.
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The existing art deco style foyer will also be refurbished, opening up original features such as a three storey atrium lit by a 1935 stained glass laylight, and access to the original Butts community theatre at the rear of the development.
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A new skylight and a new laylight in the atrium of the 1892 building replace the originals, which had been destroyed.
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In order to get the necessary height in the galleries, Beeby was forced to eschew the coves and the usual space between laylight and skylight that is de rigueur in a Beaux Arts paintings gallery.
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It's a grand two-story room with stained-glass laylight ceiling panels and a chandelier.
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Laylights of translucent double-skinned plastic form their ceilings, pouring warm daylight over the concrete walls and emphasising their wood-derived texture.
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