We are delighted to share the news that two dpa projects, Market Kitchen, Le Royal Meridien and Finz, Beach Rotana are featured in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Michelin Guide.
Both projects were designed in collaboration with LW Design Group. For further details about each project please click on the links above.
Links to the Michelin Guide reviews can also be found below:
Market Kitchen, Le Royal Meridien
dpa lighting consultants are delighted to be working with architect Dr. Norbert Weickenmeier and in association with Weickenmeier, Kunz + Partner Architects, Munich on the Neue Balan Campus project, which is a shortlisted entry in the German Urban Development Prize 2023. For more than 40 years, the awards have served to promote a forward-looking culture of planning and urban development and are awarded to urban development projects characterised by sustainable and innovative contributions to urban development culture.
Client: Allgemeine SÜDBODEN Grundbesitz AG
Architect: Dr. Norbert Weickenmeier + Weickenmeier, Kunz + Partner
Electrical Consultant: ITG
Photography: Stefan Müller-Nauman
To read more about this project, please click on the links below:
Balanstrasse Haus 27, Munich, Germany
Balanstrasse Haus 24, Munich, Germany
Balanstrasse Haus 14+26, Munich, Germany
We are delighted that St Andrews Links Trust Headquarters, Scotland has recently been shortlisted in the DIA Awards 2022.
Nick, Richard and David are delighted to announce that Stephanie Harris and Tim Leeding have been made Associates at our Oxfordshire studio and Louise Mari Santiago has been made Associate at our Dubai studio . Stephanie, Tim and Louise have been with dpa for a long time, contributing to our success and working on a wide variety of projects within the Clifton and Dubai studios, Tim having worked in both studios. At dpa, we pride ourselves on developing our team and retaining talent within the Practice; these promotions further reflect this approach which we believe to be so important.
We are delighted to welcome Vidisha Tolia, who has joined our London Studio as a Designer.
We are very proud to announce that Ingo Kalecinski, Associate based in our London Studio, has won a competition at the London Design Festival 2022 for his design of a GOBO projection. The challenge set by WE-EF Lighting was to create an illustration that addresses “how design can help create environments that foster well-being and enrich our lives”.
“The inspiration for the design came from west-facing building façades that I often observe from my living room when they reflect the sunset against the eastern sky above them that is already immersed in darkness. These Glazed facets pick out this magical, warm glow and turn into temporary beacons of light dotted into the otherwise dark concrete jungle surrounding them.
I have always been intrigued to find out what these intense pockets of light must feel like close-up. Ironically once you have made your way over there, they would inevitably disappear as your perspective changes and the sun moves along its path – never to be caught.
The idea was to capture this phenomenon of colour and the emotional uplift it provides within this secluded forecourt and to preserve the effect for an extended period throughout the evening, well past sunset.
The projected image creates an abstract perception of the courtyard space for the viewers standing within it by replicating shadow outlines of surrounding architecture and planting. These silhouettes seamlessly frame the mesmerising and uplifting warm gradient glow of the sun setting.”
I see a secondary vantage point for passers-by on the trains above who may only catch a short glimpse of the projection, making it even more mystical and perhaps something to look out for again next time around. “ Ingo Kalecinski, Associate, dpa lighting consultants.
dpa Senior Associate Iain Carlile examines three of the recently published Lighting Research and Technology papers which focus on circadian-effective lighting, wellbeing and sleep quality. Please click here to view this article in full.
This article was published in the Society of Light and Lighting’s newsletter ‘Light Lines’ September/October 2022 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.
dpa were delighted to be commissioned to produce the lighting design for OKKU, an award-winning Japanese Restaurant, operating in Riyadh. The original and innovative space features two distinct floors where guests are greeted by Samurai warriors, a signature Jelly Fish Tank, a giant Japanese Bell and exquisite interior detailing to compliment the food and beverage.
dpa were very proud to work again with OKKU on another iconic restaurant and worked closely with the design team and client to bring out the richness and detail of the interiors with light, in a subtle and sympathetic manner.
Client: Whissle
Interior Designer: LW Design Group
Photography: Courtesy of OKKU
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We are delighted to share the news that The Benefactor’s Arch, Merton College in Oxford has been awarded a Letter of Commendation in the Oxford Preservation Trust Awards 2022.
To read more about this project, please click here.
dpa project Sky Westfield, London has won an award for the “Overall Store collaboration” category in the Creative Retail Awards 2022.
To read more about this project please click here.