A primary intention for the design of a building to house the London headquarters of telecommunications company Sky Central was maximizing natural light throughout its 11,490 square feet.

The solution was to install a vast H-shaped atrium to drive daylight down from the roof into the three-story space. “This allows daylight to reach office spaces that are a considerable distance from the facade,” says Wayne McKiernan, director for PLP Architecture, the firm behind the design. “That’s a problem in any large-plan building.”