Professional Lighting Design: Hotel Puerta América in Madrid/E
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different design concepts from various star architects – a cross section of the architecture of our time. Subscribe to PLD » The outside of Hotel Puerta América gives nothing away of what the interior holds in store. For
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onlookers who are not already dazed by Jean Nouvel’s facade the best is yet to come when they
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enter the hotel building: everyone of the twelve floors is the brainchild of a different designer. Given the conglomeration of materials and styles it comes as something of a surprise that just one lighting design team, London-based Isometrix Lighting + Design, was assigned to design the lighting. Isometrix had worked with a majority of the designers before, which is why they all agreed to collaborate with the one London office. The challenge for the lighting designers was to come up with tailor-made solutions for the different designs and maintain the ambience of a five-star hotel beyond the eccentric quality of the architectural scenarios. Text: Petra Steiner Photos: Rafael Vargas Project team: Architects: Felipe S. de Gordoa, Teresa Sapey, BB UK, John Pawson, Christian Liaigre Lighting design:Marc Newson, Zaha Hadid, Foster and Partners, David Chipperfield,Plasma Studio, Vittorio & Lucchino, Ron Arad, Kathryn Findlay,Richard Gluckman, Arata Isozaki, Estudio Mariscal, Jean Nouvel, OscarNiemeyer, Isometrix Lighting + Design, Arnold Chan, Mark Elliott,Gerardo Olvera, Angel Aburto, Fabiana Nery, Sofie Nilsson, Pedro Pinto,Gillian Todd, Martina Weiss Product designers: John Lau, Rona Meyuchas, Robbie Nichols, Michael Sillitoe, Jason Bruges
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02/11/2006