Hotels and restaurants
Corinthian spirit
The Corinthia Hotel in London is home to the capital’s largest urban spa and is 70 per cent fitted with low-energy LED lighting. Ellie Greisen, senior lighting designer at Lighting Design International, talks to Amanda Allen about tight briefs and a client with an aversion to downlights
Raising the roof
Designed by Firefly Lighting Design, the new Hakkasan restaurant in Mumbai was a major challenge for the designers
New lights for old
The St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel has been carefully restored after decades of neglect. But this meant the lighting designers had to perform a delicate balancing act, says Nick Martindale
Picture perfect
Bright lights have long been synonymous with the cityscape of Leicester Square. The area’s latest addition, the W Hotel, raises the bar with an illuminated glass veil that displays panoramic views of the city
Kiss me quick
When we last featured Cinimod Studio’s concept for the Snog store in Soho, it had just won the Lighting Design Award for hotel and restaurant lighting. One year on, a new store is set to open on the King’s Road - lit entirely in LED. Jill Entwistle reports
