Examiner, Feb 2010 Ameristar Blackhawk Hotel and Spa Delights and Surprises Open in late 2009, the Ameristar hotel and spa at Blackhawk features lighting design that is unexpected in a town best known as a day tripping casino destination. With a large hospitality portfolio, the Lighting Design...
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2009 IES Illumination Awards LD+A, Nov 2009 Special Citation for the Creative Use of Layers of Lighting Niches The design called for carefully integrating and concealing lighting within the architecture. The traditional use of decorative fixtures was avoided to fully showcase the space. Asymmetric luminaries concealed at...
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Dressed to Impress Interiors & Sources, Sept 2009 High fashion rubs elbows with found objects, op art sensibilities mingle with traditonal crafts, British whimsy meets savvy merchandising. Welcome to the recently opened Jakarta branch of the London-based Harvey Nichols department store, where elements and inspirations garnered from...
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Bottoms Up LD+A, Jun 2009 SBar turns the idea of a typical Hollywood lounge upsidedown...
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Anaheim Gardenwalk, LD+A Landscape Architect The Anaheim GardenWalk is a shopping center in the California Resort District in Anaheim, California, adjacent to disneyland. The high profile nature of the job and desire of the client to avoid a traditional retail experience meant only a unique hardscape would do....
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Anaheim Oasis, LD+A, Mar 2009 If you're going to set up shop on the same turf as Disney and compete for that ever-shrinking entertainment dollar, you had better do it with some panache. Located directly across the street from the shops and eateries of Downtown Disney, the...
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Where Upscale AV and Sophisticated Hospitality Meet Savvy, Quarter 1 2009 Making a grand entrance into upscale AV Situated near the Anaheim convention Center and Disneyland, the landmark Hilton Anaheim is Orange County's largest hotel. A world-class reinvention would be key to revitalizing hosting capabilities, and capitalizing...
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Mover Shaker Interior Design, Nov 2008 Play it Again, Sam Any self-respecting young clubgoer in Los Angeles has spent time in a Sam Nazarian hotspot. In rapid succession since 2002, the New York-educated Iranian entrepreneur opened Hyde, Area, S Bar, and Foxtail. Through owned by Nazarian (as opposed...
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IES Award of Merit, LD+A, Nov 2008 At this Hollywood sushi restaurant, there's more to the lighting than meets the eye. Designers Kyllene Jones and Bryan Klammer (Lighting Design Alliance, Signal Hill, CA) created unobtrusive lighting that complimetns the space's clean, modern design. Large backlit graphics provide...
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Starck Reality Hospitality Lighting, Spring 2008 One year after the debut of Katsuya Brentwood, SBE Restaurant & Nightlife Group has expanded the Katsuya brand with the opening of Katsuya Hollywood. A continuation of the creative collaboration between Master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi and French designer Philippe Starck,...
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