Illumination of the contemporary architectural facilities and buildings

In the article, using as an example the Collegium Novum building in Poznań, there has been described selected problems connected with the illumination of modern architectonic facilities and building. In many cases, the author or designer of the building project has significant influence on selecting the final solution for the faęade illumination. There has been indicated the significant role of the computer visualization of the artistic effects. The visualization shows possible to obtain effects, dependently on applied technical illumination solutions. The effects depend on selected illumination method, selected illumination equipment as well as on the luminaires assembling methods. The comparison of various visualization versions facilitates taking the final decision for choosing the execution.