News

The BoTree, London

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.

Welcome to Melina Zarkadoula

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.

Michael Curry and Ian Clarke become Associate Partners

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”.

A new Lighting Designer joins the London studio

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.

Work Light Balance

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.

FX Awards 2024 – Shortlist

dpa have had two projects shortlisted in the FX Awards 2024, The OWO, London and The BoTree, London. We have our fingers crossed for Wednesday 27th November 2024 when the results will be announced!

IO House wins British Home Awards 2024, Best use of Smart Technology

We are thrilled that dpa project IO House has won the ‘Best use of Smart Technology’ category in the British Home Awards 2024!

In close collaboration with the Client and design team, the innovative smart home by SMC delivers a family home filled with surprising lighting elements to reflect the families personality and playfulness, whilst also responding to the open plan architecture and extension of the living space into the courtyards and landscaped gardens. Unexpected lighting elements, such as backlit onyx walls, and a twinkly green wall are all programmable from an app, allowing the family to create personalised patterns and flashing light sequences.

Further details about this stunning project can be found by clicking here.

Interior Designers: KSR Architects & Interior Designers
Contractor: MY Construction
Smart Home Consultant: SMC Smart Homes
MEP & Sustainability Consultant: Integration
Landscape Designer: Randle Siddeley
Project Managers and Quantity Surveyor: BTP Group
Heritage Consultant: Heritage Collective
Structural Engineers: Price & Myers
Planning Consultant: dp9
Photography: Taran Wilkhu Photography (image above) © and Adam Letch (exterior photographs)

A new Lighting Designer joins the London studio

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.

A new Senior Designer joins the Dubai team

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.

dpa’s Oxfordshire studio welcomes Julien Caquineau as Associate

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”.