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Before forming Light Perceptions Bruce Kirk was the Managing Director of Lighting Technology Projects a lighting design and installation company which he formed in 1993 as part of the Lighting Technology Group.

The British Museum
In 1995 Bruce designed a new lighting scheme for the Duveen Gallery at the British Museum, which dramatically improved the quality of the display and reduced energy and maintenance costs to one fifth of previous levels.  Recently Bruce has been appointed by the museum to carry out a lighting audit reviewing all the gallery lighting.
The scheme was "Commended" in the 1995 Lighting Industry Federation Awards

The Albert Memorial
In the late 1990s Bruce worked with manufacturers Astralux to design a new range of high intensity searchlight fittings which were called "ARC". The new luminaries were used in a number of high profile exterior illumination schemes.  In 2000 the range was chosen for the illumination of The Albert Memorial, designed by Graham Phoenix.
The scheme won an "Award of Excellence" in the 2000 National Lighting Design Awards and an "Award of Merit" from the International Association of Lighting Designers.

St Mary's Church Ealing
Bruce began working on the design for new lighting at St Mary's in 1998 although work did not start on site until some five years later.  The scheme is designed to complement the sophisticated interior of this outstanding Teulon restoration by architects Thomas Ford & Partners.
The project received a "Civic Trust" award in 2004 and the lighting scheme was "Commended" in the 2005 Lighting Design Awards.

All Saints Carshalton
The Doomsday Book records a church at Carshalton which was probably built on an ancient pagan site.  The tower is Saxon and the nave was built in the 12th century with further additions over the subsequent five centuries.  In the 19th and 20th centuries Carshalton's Rectors forged a direction and purpose that resulted in this extraordinary and unique interior which was completed by Fr Corbould in the early 20th century  Corbould's friendship with Sir Ninian Comper began a long series of remarkable embellishments: a fine aumbry at the high altar; the gilding and painting of the high altar triptych, the Lady altar reredos, the rood and the screen, as well as the construction and decoration of an astonishing organ tribune at the west end.  The lighting scheme completed in 2005 is magnificently rich with reproduction electroliers designed to complement the fine interior and exemplify the beauty of the extravagant decoration.
The lighting scheme was "Highly Commended" in the 2007 Lighting Design Awards winning second place after St Paul's Cathedral.

St Paul's Cathedral
Light Perceptions is immensely proud to have been part of the team of consultants involved in the relighting of St Paul's Cathedral which was carried out as part of a five year internal cleaning project. The cathedral was last relit in the late 1950s and the new installation is a significant and prestigious addition to the beautiful interior of St Paul's.

Working with Martin Stancliffe Architects and the Lighting Architects Speirs and Major; Light Perceptions was commissioned to carry out a series of feasibility studies, devise the lighting control system and manage the installation process on behalf of the Cathedral.
The lighting scheme was the inevitable "Winner" in the 2007 Lighting Design Awards.