Lovely project!

Instead of having a "hood" to angle at the wall, you can get them with a sheild that basically will only let light out of one side, that should wash up the wall well.

I am almost considering looking at landscape lighting because there are several which are in ground that do just this sort of thing. trouble is working with in the 10 cm. They may also make puck lights that have this as well. I would scrap the GU 10 in lue of LED to get a much thinner proflile reason being two things, 1. bulb life and 2. you don't want to burry your electrical too deep in the floor as if something goes wrong you want to have good access.

OK now I move to my other thought:

Put them in the ceiling close to the wall to wash down, is that an option? Because tech. speaking that would be the easiest to find.

I have a similar situation though my windows are not as large. The architect suggested these Modern Forms Blade LED wall sconces to be placed between windows. I also like these Modern Forms Forq sconces.

LED linears are really flexible and can even be embedded in the floor.

Just curious: Are you planning to cover up the bricks above and below the windows with drywall so only the larger blocks (and windows) are exposed? If so, perhaps you could attach lamps like these Display Jack Telescope lights to the drywall layer and have them illuminate the stone below.

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Another idea: Since the windows don't have moldings installed yet, how about putting LED tape lights behind the window moldings to illuminate the adjacent walls? There are tape lights (example) that allow you to control the color and brightness so you could use the lights to set the mood in the room.

RL Relocation thanks for your replies, I was thinking of garden/landscape lighting too but the depth could be an issue, I do have the potential for an additional bit of space as the currently floor could be drilled into but somewhere there must be a solution without excavating too far! :)

The GU10s I was meaning are LED but they are a bigger form factor as you say. The downside of lighting from the ceiling is that the top course of the wall is a different brick and I don't really want to highlight it, I don't mind it but id rather it wasn't the main attractions if you know what I mean. If I put lights far enough away from the wall and wash them down that could get past highlighting the brick potentially but I also like the dramatic use of light from below.....so its. quandary!

The louver light is an interesting idea but I think you will be right in that the light won't really reach very far up the wall.Not too keen on track lighting as id like the lights to be as subtle as possible....but that has given me a thought.....I could get some small film lights with barn doors and position them on the ceiling far enough back to wash down, doesn't resolve the cool light from below issue but .I am a freelance cameraman for a living so that would fit in well :)

wdccruise, thank you for your replies. I was debating the idea fo drywalling the brick but I thinks all part of the character of the building that its a bit patchwork in terms of the materials that have been used over the years so, whilst I don't want to really point them out as a feature I don't mind them being there.

I might have a look at your LED lighting strip around the window recesses idea, I can try mocking something up in photoshop and see if it would work, thanks for the suggestions! :)

Barn doors or angle cut collars from the top down would get you what you want i think.

I think about the practical implication of having things jut up from the floor, toe-stubbing and furniture placement comes to mind right away....

I am not a lover of any infloor lighting or plugs . I think a shallow cornice all across there with LED light rope would work just as well and very simple to do.