When a Heritage Building Meets a Modern Brand

Country Road, Brisbane

In Brisbane, Country Road’s latest flagship took over a heritage-listed Bank Building on Queen Street Mall. Original marble floors, a grand atrium and a staircase inspired by Queenslander homes all needed to sit comfortably alongside a store aiming for 5 Star Green Star certification.

The andro and Symphony ranges did the work of bringing contemporary retail lighting into a space built for an entirely different purpose, without competing with the architecture that made the building worth choosing in the first place.

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The brief was to reimagine “a classic pub loved by locals” without losing what made it special. The team curated a mix of decorative luminaires for the job, with chandeliers and wall lights custom made for the project and even pieces hand-picked in Spain, alongside linear runs of ultra-warm LED from the Medley, Harmony and Piccolo profiles built into the joinery to give the space the desired warmth and character.

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Mecca, Launceston

Mecca’s first Launceston store opened this year inside a heritage building on Charles Street, with one retail floor split across two very different ceiling types. Across the open slab ceiling, suspended H-profile track paired with andro track-mounted lights kept sightlines clean and wiring discreetly out of view.

In the vaulted sections that give the store its character, the approach shifted entirely, with suspended track with integrated LED uplighting, using the Serenade profile from our Symphony range to light up into the ceiling, highlighting its shape rather than competing with it. The result is crisp, functional lighting where the retail experience needs it, and a softer architectural glow where the heritage ceiling becomes the feature.

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Mecca Bourke Street

Mecca’s Bourke Street flagship took on a similar challenge at a much larger scale. 299 Bourke Street was once Melbourne’s biggest bookstore; today it’s the largest beauty destination in the world, spread across four levels with original marble floors and mosaic tilework still visible underfoot.

Lighting from the andro and Symphony ranges, layered with over 90 refurbished decorative fixtures sourced globally, had to work with those original architectural details rather than around them. Gallery-style spotlighting for the site’s commissioned artworks, precision lighting for makeup counters, and Casambi control tying the whole project together.

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Every one of these buildings came with its own history and its own rules. If your next project needs lighting that works with your space, let’s chat.