The Atlantis Hotel and Resort in Dubai is the crown jewel of the Palm Jumeirah, currently the world’s largest man-made island. Dreams are never scoffed at and plans are rarely halted on this island that epitomizes wonder and luxury. The resort is a major contributor to this growing superlative, boasting a landmark hotel, the largest [...]
Category Archives: Hotels and Resorts
Ink 48
June 23, 2010 – 9:47 am
Once a large printing factory in Manhattan’s Midtown West, this piece of old New York is now the site of Ink 48, a boutique hotel presented by Kimpton Hotels. The luxury hotel brand collaborated with the design team at Rockwell Group and architect Carlos Zappata to transform the warehouse into a chic urban retreat. The [...]
Canyon Ranch Hotel
January 2, 2010 – 1:55 pm
For the introduction of this holistic resort to Miami from the Southwest, Focus Lighting sought to intergrate lighting into the natural architecture and create an energy efficient system that would mimic sunlight or moonlight. Backlit columns in the lobby, uplit wood and agate sculptures in the restaurant, backlit wormy wood panels at the bar, uplit [...]
Cooper Square Hotel
January 1, 2010 – 9:26 am
Focus Lighting and Antonio Citterio collaborated on the Cooper Square Hotel to create a fashionable and elegant retreat for stylish professionals. Softly glowing sheer curtains divide the expansive lobby into an intimate seating area. Two walls of dark wood stand in textural contrast to the diaphanous space, accented by slots of light. Glowing millwork and [...]
Boca Beach Club
March 16, 2009 – 10:39 am
The 212-room Beach Club at Boca Raton Resort & Club reopened with a modern and playful new look. Richmond International Architects lead the renovations and Focus Lighting helped flawlessly integrate lighting into marble collumns and walls in the public areas, indoor pools and pool ceilings, banquet halls with faux skylights, and various restaurant and bar elements.
Mondrian Hotel
December 1, 2008 – 9:06 am
Whimsy and glamour combine at the Morgans Hotel Group’s newest hotel, The Mondrian in Miami South Beach featuring interior design by Marcel Wanders. Focus Lighting balances Wanders’s hallmark patterns of dizzying delicacy, his unique interpretations of material and scale with lighting that adds subtle depth, creates visual dynamism, and supports the numerous instances of decorative [...]
Royalton Hotel Lobby
June 24, 2008 – 8:32 am
Focus Lighting, together with Roman and Williams Design undertook the challenge of revitalizing and redesigning New York’s original boutique hotel: The Royalton. Bold design gestures create spaces as memorable and dramatic as the original design by Philip Starck. Sensuously dark lounges, luxurious materials and highly textured sculptural elements surround and entice guests to relax and [...]
The Greenwich Hotel
December 3, 2007 – 9:27 am
Grayling Design, known for their superb craftsmanship and studied attention to authentic detail partnered with Focus Lighting on Robert DeNiro and Ira Drukier’s Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca. The hotel’s abundant use of natural materials combined with artisan workmanship hearkens back to a romantic age of understated elegance, Old World textures, and quiet luxury. To compliment [...]
Chambers Hotel
December 3, 2007 – 8:33 am
For the Chambers Hotel, Focus Lighting turned to the art galleries in New York’s Tribeca And Chelsea neighborhoods for conceptual inspiration. In addition to providing boutique accommodations for its guests, the hotel is also home to an extensive collection of original art, displayed in the lobby, corridors and guest rooms. To define the art in [...]
Semiramis Hotel
December 3, 2007 – 8:27 am
The Semiramis Hotel, located in Athens, Greece uses innovative lighting fixtures embedded into the architecture to accent the distinctive materials. The lighting and architectural design blends together so seamlessly that it is hard to imagine one without the other. At the entry to the hotel, stairs of glass backlit by white LED’s, greet guests as [...]