ABOUT
Who we are
Lightware is a European award-winning architectural lighting design studio, specialising in heritage lighting, urban illumination, museum lighting, and hospitality lighting for major architectural and urban projects.
We are an international team of architects with academic degrees in lighting, led by Diana Del-Negro, PhD in lighting, working both nationally and internationally.
We Are Highly Qualified and Experienced
Diana graduated in architecture, holds a PhD in Artificial Lighting from The Bartlett School, UCL – University College London, and also has a Master’s degree in Heritage Rehabilitation from Instituto Superior Técnico.
She combines more than 20 years of lighting practice with continuous learning and scientific research, delivering the highest level of technical and creative lighting — transforming and elevating the perception of space and architecture.
Diana Del-Negro is an Internationally Recognised Specialist in Lighting
She is frequently invited as a speaker at conferences, guest lecturer, or as a thesis examiner for master’s and doctoral degrees at universities in Portugal and abroad, including the UK, Brazil, Italy and Argentina.
She is the author of a technical book on lighting published in 2012 and has been interviewed for radio programmes, podcasts and television on the subject.
She also chairs the international committee responsible for developing the architectural lighting guide at the CIE (Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage).
She was selected by the CIE as a jury member for the first International Light Festival in Shanghai in 2024 and invited as the CIE expert for the event in 2025.
Diana Del-Negro as Keynote Speaker at a conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil | Diana interviewed by TV Bandeirantes in 2015
Who We Work With
We are proud to collaborate with renowned architectural studios, major international companies and high-visibility, large-scale projects.
We are honoured to count among our clients Fundación Iberdrola, Mota-Engil, Municipality of Porto, Património IP, Fibeira, among others.
Diana Del-Negro with Kengo Kuma at the M-ODU site | transformation of the former Matadouro of Porto, Portugal
How We Work
We design lighting for both interior and exterior environments, medium and large scale, integrating the study of natural and artificial light, combining technical expertise and research with practical experience and the art of illumination. From the urban scale to the object scale, we conceive and support the implementation of lighting for hospitality, retail, museums, restaurants, industry, commerce, public squares and cities.
Our mission is to sculpt the perception of urban spaces, architecture and objects through light — adding value to architecture and to the cities we inhabit.
