Design Industry Weekly News Friday 12th May 2017 | Issue 176
Gekko Group The Provocateur in Berlin brings the 1920s of Paris back to Berlin and will be a one of a kind hotel designed by Saar Zafrir from Amsterdam. With the Provocateur in Berlin, opening in March 2017, the 1920s of Paris will be brought back as a tribute to this former time and lifestyle and it meets the urban Berlin of... READ MORE...
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Turner Pocock This project involved a unique artist’s studio conversion, with amazing character, light and attention to detail throughout. It manages an interesting mix of contemporary finishes and bespoke details, creating a curated blend of old and new. The house has a unique sense of scale to the open... READ MORE... 4 Design Industry Weekly News
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Blue Sky Hospitality Eighty seat restaurant with bar designed as a surreal mashup of social, cultural and culinary rituals from Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia: it can both create and cure hangovers. The brief was to create a dining destination as anchor to the most prestigious mixed residential and commercial development.. READ MORE...
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Thompson + Baroni Architects
This project involved a pool that would fulfil many objectives – to look beautiful fun and relaxation for the whole family. A heated swimming pool that was 20 m training but also had a separate but... READ MORE... 8 Design Industry Weekly News
l in the garden, be a serious fitness training resource and provide metres long was required to enable proper swimming fitness
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Neil Mclachlan Design This exciting project consisted of the total ground up restoration and transformation of a significant Victorian homestead to become a luxury boutique hotel. The client’s brief was to recognise and enhance the inherent heritage values of the building, while transforming it into a... READ MORE... Design Industry Weekly News 11
Henley Homes This project involved the conversion and restoration of a locally-listed Edwardian print works into 43 stunning modern apartments, some with mezzanines and all with high ceilings and large windows. The design brief was simply to do justice to this amazing but tired and largely empty building in Watford, to create... READ MORE...
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URBANAUTS Hospitality Group The grätzlhotel consists of several ground floor apartments at various premises located in different Viennese districts. This innovative hotel concept is based on the conversion of former business premises, some of them abandoned a long time ago. The theme can be summed up as ground floor utilisation, and the formats are... READ MORE...
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Ryan Hughes Design Build A seemingly floating circular fire-side lounge grew into a creatively complex yet cohesive outdoor design. Architectural elements with fire and water features, custom textures and state of the art audio visual and kitchen were included in the Big Time Outdoor Living Space Project. Packing a powerful ‘wow’ factor... READ MORE... Design Industry Weekly News 17
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Ethospace Inspired by epicurean ideals in context of the modern Asian in us, the AB Steaks by Chef Akira Back specialising in fine modern BBQ delights integrates the art of taste with a look and feel defined within a minimalist design statement. In design concept, the oriental-inspired ambience created revolves around... READ MORE... Design Industry Weekly News 19
Designer in Profile - Melvyn Law Position within company Director Company Limelight Atelier Website www.limelightatelier.com Tell us a little about your background in design (education, experience, etc.) I am trained in interior design and always have been intrigued by a bigger contribution to Architecture and its surrounding. It was by chance that I came across the specialisation of lighting and its unique affiliation with the built environment. I went on to further my foundation studies in lighting in the UK, worked for MNCs. I was at a boutique firm in Singapore, that greatly refined my perception and critical thoughts about lighting. At the time, I was working on one of the largest integrated resort projects in Singapore. I started my own practice in 2012 and have never look back since.
How would you describe your personal lighting design style? It is always challenging when using something intangible yet simple such as lighting, as a medium for generating quality lighting. We believe, by starting from the macro design of the perception and emotions of the human scale and how it relates to its master context. Exploring single lighting technique as a dual purpose for beauty and functionality, whilst also producing a high ecological, sustainable, comfortable and aesthetically pleasing design to uplift a space.
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