We are delighted to share news of further awards for dpa project One & Only One Za’abeel, Dubai, UAE. The project picked up awards in the Event Spaces, Guestrooms, and Hotel Newbuild categories as well as the Bar, Club or Lounge category for Sphere, and Restaurant category for StreetXO at the AHEAD MEA 2024 design awards.
We are delighted to share that four dpa projects are finalists in the Light Middle East Awards 2025.
Both The OWO, London and The BoTree, London are finalists in the Project of the Year International category while One & Only One Za’abeel, Dubai and Palace Dubai Creek Harbour Hotel are finalists in the Project of the Year MEA category. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 16th January at the Dubai World Trade Centre!
dpa welcomes Freddie Prentice, who has joined us as a Lighting Designer.
We are delighted to have him as part of our team and wish him every success in developing his lighting design career with us.
Thank you to Arc Magazine who have published a wonderful article about dpa project The BoTree, London in their October 2024 edition.
Please click here to read this article in full.
We are delighted to announce that Melina Zarkadoula has joined the dpa team as a Designer, working alongside Sotirios Stamatopoulos in Athens. We look forward to working with Melina and wish her every success and a progressive lighting design career with us.
We are delighted to announce that Michael Curry and Ian Clarke are now Associate Partners. Nick Hoggett commented, “this is a proud moment for us, Michael and Ian have been part of the dpa family for a long time and instrumental in the ongoing success of the practice, bringing a great depth of knowledge, experience and leadership to the team”.
dpa welcomes Lauren Rogers, who has joined our London studio as a Lighting Designer. We are delighted to have her as part of our team and wish her every success in developing her lighting design career with us.
dpa Senior Associate Iain Carlile looks at two related papers in a special wellbeing issue of Lighting Research and Technology. Please click here to view this article in full.
This article was published in the Society of Light and Lighting’s newsletter ‘Light Lines’ July/August 2024 edition.
Further editions of the Society of Light and Lighting’s newsletter ‘Light Lines’ can be found on their website www.cibse.org or by clicking here.
The dpa London studio is thrilled to welcome Athul Krishna who has joined our team as a Lighting Designer. We are delighted to have him as a part of our team and would like to wish him every success in developing his lighting design career with us.
We are pleased to announce that Sumit Sharma has joined us as a Senior Designer in the dpa Dubai Studio. Sumit will add to the creative talent of the team, and help deliver successful lighting design solutions to our world-class commissions.
We are absolutely delighted to welcome Julien to our studio, where he will play a fundamental senior role within our progressive team environment. Richard Bolt, Partner, commented, “this is a proud moment for us, we are thrilled that Julien has chosen dpa to progress his career and we look forward to working and growing together”.
dpa Senior Associate Iain Carlile singles out a further three of the papers from the recently published special early career research edition of Lighting Research and Technology. Please click here to view this article in full.
This article was published in the Society of Light and Lighting’s newsletter ‘Light Lines’ May/June 2024 edition.
Further editions of the Society of Light and Lighting’s newsletter ‘Light Lines’ can be found on their website www.cibse.org or by clicking here.
Nikos Moskofidis, one of the dpa Dubai Partners recently joined Hilda Impey of Hilda Impey Studio, to talk about resilience in the design industry. Please click here to read further about this talk.
We are pleased to announce that Rim Bek has joined us as a Designer in the dpa Dubai Studio. Rim will add to the creative talent of the team, and help deliver successful lighting design solutions to our world-class commissions.
We are pleased to announce that Alison Gallagher has joined us as an Associate in the dpa London Studio.
Alison will add to the creative talent of the team, and help deliver successful lighting design solutions to our world-class commissions.
dpa is pleased to announce the promotion of Ingo Kalecinski, Ela Karel, and Tommaso Gimigliano to the Senior Associate position. These advancements underscore the professional growth and dedication demonstrated by Ingo, Ela, and Tommaso during their tenure with our organisation. Congratulations to them!
dpa’s London studio is delighted to welcome Jessica Gami who has joined our team as a Senior Designer. Jessica’s diverse experience will complement our growing London team.
We would like to wish Jessica all the best in developing her lighting career with us.
The dpa Oxfordshire studio are delighted to welcome Kirsty Armstrong who has joined us as a Designer. We look forward to working with Kirsty and wish her a successful career within independent lighting design.
We are delighted to announce that Mark Tweedale, dpa Oxfordshire Associate, has been selected as a winner within the 40 under Forty Award 2023 – a unique annual international competition which selects young and outstanding demonstrable talent working in a creative capacity, applying lighting in architecture.
From us all at dpa – congratulations and well done Mark!
We are absolutely delighted to welcome back to dpa Sotirios Stamatopoulos, who returns to the Practice as an Associate. Richard Bolt, Partner, commented, “we are thrilled to be working together again and are excited for the future – welcome home Sotos!”
