Architectural
lighting
Light integrated with form, material, and sightlines—so volume reads clearly from daylight through evening.
Fifth Season Design — architectural lighting, Auckland & New Zealand
fifth : season design is passionate about architectural lighting, photography and design. Established in 2011, fifth : season design has a growing team of experts who all bring a wide range of skills to the company. fifth : season design has experience completing projects globally in countries including Dubai, Qatar, Singapore, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Spain, India, Mauritius, Nepal, and in their home base, New Zealand.
Services
Fifth Season Design provides architectural lighting aligned to each project — including light layout and intent, calculations and circuits, bills of quantity, specification sheets, and clear design positioning where required. Additional services include organising and evaluating competitive supplier quotes, co-ordinating supply, on-site delivery inspection, site visits to explain lighting design to contractors prior to wiring, visits to identify fitting locations, site visits to check installation, and completed project photography.
Contact
Who we are
Venky — Design Curator / Managing Director. With a wealth of international experience in lighting design and installation, Venky directs the business and gives a unique look and feel to every project. Venky consistently creates outstanding lighting solutions that are also energy efficient using the very latest LED technology.
“Darkness is to space what silence is to sound.”
Our expertise
We integrate architecture, human experience, and living systems—so light is never only a fixture, but a coordinated layer of the project.
This is achieved through
Architectural
Human-centric
lighting
Brightness, color quality, and glare shaped around how people actually move, focus, and rest in the space.
Bio-centric
lighting
Spectrum and timing aligned with circadian rhythm—supporting energy by day and calmer recovery after dark.
Design philosophy
Soulful
Light with feeling — warmth, depth, and atmosphere so spaces feel inhabited, not merely illuminated.
Optimal
The right amount, angle, and spectrum: comfort and clarity without excess — precise and efficient.
Unobtrusive
Fittings and glare recede; architecture and life stay in focus. The effect is felt before the source is seen.
Lighting design
One discipline from first studies through commissioning — visualization, documentation, and site tuning together.
Featured projects
A cross-section of recent work—residential, civic, commercial, and hospitality—where lighting carries hierarchy, mood, and clarity from first sketch through commissioning.
He Ara Kotahi Bridge | NZ
India Today | NZ
Fair Grove Residence | NZ
Vinod Patel | FIJI
Experience
Years
Countries
Projects
Venky: Design Curator / Managing Director
Venky leads the studio with international experience in lighting design and installation. He sets the direction for each project and designs lighting that is efficient and tailored to the space.
Testimonials from clients and collaborators in a static grid layout.
In their words
Palmerston North City Council has employed Fifth Season Design to design and assist us in developing a lighting precinct along the Manawatu River. Fifth Season have delivered some of the City’s most loved night-time spaces — particular the lighting design on our new He Ara Kotahi Bridge. Fifth Season have helped the Council bring a sophisticated, “big city feel” to our growing, metropolitan city of Palmerston North.
Roslyn Thomas
Vision Projects · Wairoa
Fifth Season Design provided a very efficient service that has been delivered with ease. Their creative solution-based approach has given us a comprehensive and exciting design for our development.
I have worked with Venky for a number of years on projects both here in New Zealand and internationally. Great designer and great outcomes. One would have to go a long way to find someone with a better understanding of light & lighting design.
Mark John Warren
MJW Architecture · Wellington
What a pleasure it was to collaborate with Venky from Fifth Season Lighting Design. He brings an unparalleled knowledge of lighting that helped add a whole new level of creativity and drama to my project. Working with Venky was indeed a pleasure, one marked by professionalism, energy, integrity and fun.
Light is both science and an art, and it’s a real skill to blend the two as successfully as Venky does. Venky works hard to first understand the architecture, brief, and budget before delivering truly transformational lighting design that is quite simply, thoughtful and beautiful.