08/31/2026
For Onyx at The Preserve, TM Light approached illumination as a medium to activate negative space, rooted in the idea that light occupies the voids between objects. Along the seams where architectural surfaces are pulled apart, illumination leaks through.
The building’s form emerges from a separation in the landscape, held in the tension between an elevated terrain plane and the ground below. An upward glow traces the exposed vertical concrete face, and at night the elevation becomes a luminous, horizontal sliver resting within the dark landscape.
Inside, wherever architectural planes bypass or overlap, light emanates softly from within the resulting fissures. The architectural surfaces become the primary conveyors of illumination, with no exposed fixtures. A study in warm minimalism: structural tension, depth, and raw materiality, revealed through hidden light.
Contractor: heartandsoulebuilders
Architecture: MARLON BLACKWELL ARCHITECTS
Photography: Niki Weegens for , Onyx at The Preserve