The Civic Trust Award winning Kilmarnock Town Centre redevelopment by Page & Park Architects incorporated the street lighting columns as an architectural element, taller columns with twin heads defining intersecting streets. Key buildings including the Laigh Kirk were identified for specific lighting creating framed views and ends to vistas. Public lighting plays a key role in urban regeneration. As well as providing comfortable and secure feelings in urban spaces, lighting plays a critical role in the perception of the identity of the locale. Lighting of significant buildings brings a structure to the nightscape when carried out in a considered manner, that is not to say a prescriptive approach which would lead to a homogeneity, more considering each building within an overall composition allowing each to establish its own identity which may include elements of branding for the building occupiers. Public lighting has an impact on the daytime urban landscape. Street lighting columns are relatively tall structures compared to other street furniture and need to be placed to provide optimum lighting, however the architecture of their placement must also be considered to make sense with other elements of the streetscape and planning. Selection of lighting equipment and location must consider issues of maintenance and vulnerability to accidental or malicious damage.