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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”.

Cause and Effect

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.

Index Design Talk 2024

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.

A new Designer in the dpa Dubai studio

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.

Alison Gallagher joins the dpa London studio as Associate

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.

Ela Karel, Ingo Kalecinski and Tommaso Gimigliano promoted to Senior Associate

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!

A new Senior Designer has joined dpa’s London studio

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.