Washlighting provides an even illumination for:
- wall lighting
- facades
- entrance areas
- overhanging or cantilevered roofs
- park and garden complexes
- sculptures
- objects

Surface-mounted luminaires act as features themselves. Their arrangement should match their surroundings.

Private home, Southern Highlands, Australia;

ERCO Lichtwiese (Light Garden), Lüdenscheid

Centenary Hall, Bochum

Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, Singapore