dpa Lighting Consultants
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Architectural lighting design |
| Founded 📆 | 1958 |
| Founder 👔 | Derek Phillips |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , UK |
Number of locations | Oxfordshire Osaka |
Area served 🗺️ | International |
Key people | Nick Hoggett Barry Hannaford |
| Services | Architectural lighting design |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 50 |
| 🌐 Website | www.dpalighting.com |
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dpa Lighting Consultants is an international lighting design practice established in 1958 by architect Derek Phillips in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, UK.
The Practice now has offices in Japan, the U.A.E and the UK with a team of over 50 people from a wide variety of backgrounds such as Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Design, Arts, Product Design, various Engineering disciplines and the Theatre.
The sole focus of the practice is to provide an independent architectural lighting design service and earliest examples of work include the lighting design for the SS Oriana cruise ship, the first ever Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong and the external lighting of Westminster Abbey, London. More recent projects include the National Assembly for Wales, the Prins Claus Bridge, Utrecht and Central Market, Abu Dhabi. A most recently completed project is The Founder’s Memorial in Abu Dhabi.
Right Light, Right Place, Right Time
Derek Phillips and dpa as a practice are widely regarded as one the pioneers of independent architectural lighting design, senior members of its design team regularly lecture to advocate their ethos of how a well-considered and executed lighting scheme can enhance a space and the wellbeing of the people using it.
Following one of these lectures with the same title, dpa realised that "Right Light, Right Place, Right Time"™ completely encompasses their philosophical approach to lighting design and this statement has become synonymous with the Practice and was officially trademarked.
History[edit]
Derek Phillips founded dpa in 1958 after being influenced by Dennis Thornley, a qualified Architect, his friend and pilot in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in 1943 to study Architecture himself. When he had the opportunity to either take an ‘educational release’ or a long term commission, he opted for the ‘educational release’ and went to Liverpool University to study Architecture. Derek Phillips gained a First Class Honours in Architecture at Liverpool and was then encouraged to apply for a Commonwealth Fund Fellowship which he was granted to study Daylighting and Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Meetings with Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier during his studies greatly influenced and inspired Derek to think about light in Architecture.
When returning from MIT in 1954 positions in architecture were restricted, so Derek took the opportunity to start work with the lighting manufacturer, British Thompson Houston (BTH) Company, where he spent 4 years. Towards the end of his time with BTH he was asked to design the lighting for the British Exhibition in the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, but was restricted to only using BTH products which Derek found unacceptable to him. He therefore set up his own Practice in 1958.
During the early years of the Practice dpa won notable international projects such as The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong, the external lighting of Westminster Abbey, the SS Oriana, the Esso Building, Victoria Street in London, the National Sports Centre, Bisham Abbey, an UNESCO sponsored trip to Sri Lanka to advise on the lighting of their Ancient Monuments to mention a few of the Practice’s commissions.
Nick Hoggett joined dpa in 1979 and influenced by Derek focused his career on lighting design. During the 1980s the Practice thrived and opened an office in Hong Kong. Notable commissions included Durbar Court, London, Ismaili Centre, London, Liverpool Crown Courts, Liverpool, redesigns of the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong and Macau Ferry Terminal in Hong Kong etc.
Derek Phillips retired in 1993 and the Practice relocated to Oxfordshire from Hertfordshire at that time. Success continued with numerous international commissions, Barry Hannaford joined Nick Hoggett to set up a London studio in 1996 and then moved to Dubai in 2005 to lead dpa’s Middle East office. Further studios were established in Osaka in Japan in 2007 led by Akihiko Kawabata, and Edinburgh in 2016. In 2007 Campbell Design merged with dpa and Gary Campbell became a Partner of the Practice at the same time.
To date the practice has completed over 6000 projects in 76 different countries across the globe and in 2018 celebrated its 60th anniversary. To mark the occasion a special edition coffee table book of selected projects was released.
Formation of Studios[edit]
1958: Formation of dpa lighting consultants by Derek Phillips FRIBA FCIBSE Honoury Fellow SLL MILE FIALD M.Arch B.Arch MCD in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
1981: Formation of dpa lighting consultants Hong Kong (now closed)
1996: Formation of dpa lighting consultants London
2004: Formation of dpa lighting consultants Dubai FZ LLC
2000: and again in 2016: Formation of dpa lighting consultants Edinburgh
2007: Formation of dpa lighting consultants Japan
Notable Projects[edit]
1958 – 1967[edit]
- Carpenters Hall, City of London, Banqueting Room, UK
- Esso Building Victoria Street, London, UK designed by Sir Denys Lasdun
- Showroom for Rotaflex Concord, City Road London, UK
- Hemel Hempstead Town Hall, Culpin Room and Balcony Areas, UK
- Alliance Building Society Headquarters Building, Hove, UK
- Vanessa Frye, Sloane Street, London, UK
1968 – 1977[edit]
- Church and Chapels, Stonyhurst College, UK
- Institution of Civil Engineers, Council Chamber, UK
- 65 Buckingham Gate, London, UK
1978 – 1987[edit]
- Sheraton Hotel Dubai, UAE in association with Howard Brandston
- Ancient Monuments of Sri Lanka, including Dambulla Caves, UNESCO
- Refurbishment of the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
- Tai Yau Building, Hong Kong
- Durbar Court, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK
1988 – 1997[edit]
- Hasbro European Headquarters, Stockley Park, London, UK
- The Locarno Suite, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK
- The Private Office of the Foreign Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, UK
- Hilton London Heathrow Airport, Terminal 4, UK
- Permanent and ‘Temporary’ Illumination at Battersea Power Station, London, UK
- Heathrow Gateway London in collaboration with Peter Fink, UK
- University of Oxford, Radcliffe Camera Lower Reading Room, UK
1998 – 2007[edit]
2008 – 2018[edit]
- Central Market, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Worth Abbey, Sussex, UK
- Night of Heritage Light I - Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK
- Chutney Mary, London, UK
- Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Lighting of Zephyr Chandelier at The Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland, UK
- Night of Heritage Light III - Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, UK
- Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square, London, UK
- The Mandrake Hotel, London, UK
- Hackney Town Hall, London, UK
- The Founder’s Memorial - The Constellation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Recent Awards[edit]
- GQ Food & Drink Awards 2019 – Best Hotel – Shortlisted
- Light Middle East Awards - Exterior/Public Lighting Project of the Year – Winner
- Light Middle East Awards - Innovative Lighting Project of the Year – Winner
- Top Hotel World Tour for Central Europe - Winner
- AHEAD Asia Awards 2018 – Winner
- Lighting Design Awards 2018 - 'Leisure Project of the Year' – Shortlisted
- Lighting Design Awards 2018 - 'Hotel & Restaurant Project of the Year' – Shortlisted
- Wallpaper Best Urban Hotels 2017 - Asia & Oceania - Shortlisted
- Wallpaper Best Urban Hotels 2017 - Europe - Shortlisted
- Middle East Consultant Awards 2017 – Winner
- AHEAD MEA Awards 2017 - The AHEAD MEA Hotel of the Year – Winner
- AHEAD MEA Awards 2017 - Guestrooms & Resort Hotel – Winner
- Oxford Preservation Trust Awards 2017 – Winner
- International Design & Architecture Awards 2017 - Lighting Pendant/Chandelier – Winner
- SBID International Design Award, Hotel Bedroom & Suites Design – Finalist
- SBID International Design Award, Retail Design - Finalist
- Arabian Property Awards 2017, Best Leisure Interior – Winner
- Darc Awards / Decorative, Best Decorative Bespoke Fixture – Winner
- 2017 RIBA London Regional Award – Winner
- Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2018, Best Overall UK Restaurant – Winner
Publications[edit]
- Lighting in Architectural Design, by Derek Phillips (1964)
- Lighting, a Design Centre Publication, by Derek Phillips (1966)
- Flooring, a Design Centre Publication, by Derek Phillips (1969)
- Planning Your Lighting, by Derek Phillips (1976)
- The Waldrum Lecture “City Lights” by Derek Phillips (1990)
- Lighting Design: An Introductory Guide for Professionals by Barry Hannaford and Carl Gardner (1993) ISBN 0-85072-305-1
- Lighting Historic Buildings, by Derek Phillips (1997) ISBN 0-7506-3342-5
- Lighting Modern Buildings, by Derek Phillips (2000) ISBN 0-7506-4082-0
- The Lit Environment, by Derek Phillips (2002) ISBN 0-7506-4889-9
- Daylighting, Natural Light in Architecture, by Derek Phillips (2004) ISBN 0-7506-6323-5
- Five Careers and Dog, (Autobiography) by Derek Phillips (2007) ISBN 978-1-84624-116-1
- dpa 60th Anniversary Book (2018)
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