UMAYA Lighting Design takes nothing for granted. We combine the best of continental European lighting design traditions with an emerging market mindset.

OUR STORY

UMAYA is the most recent evolution of over 35 years of award-winning experience in the language of global lighting design. From the ever-shifting architectural sands of the Arabian Gulf through to Latin Americas cutting-edge landmarks, our creative hands have shed light on a seemingly endless range of best-in-class projects across the globe.

UMAYA was conceived to be the perfect fusion of lighting design understanding, capability and execution generated via our studios located in Dubai, Barcelona and Buenos Aires. We bring together an altogether unique cocktail of interior designers, urban planners and engineers of various disciplines; all with a shared passion for lighting. This intrinsic diversity inspires the UMAYA team to overcome some of the world’s most challenging lighting design remits.

In today’s ever changing architectural and design landscape, it is imperative that a successful lighting studio be progressive in mindset, updated in technological awareness and innovative in its creativity.

Yet what sets UMAYA Lighting Design apart is our emerging-market mindset of resourcefully mobilizing our global studios to rapidly-respond to fast-track projects, being practical in terms of quickly getting to the heart of client briefs whilst always remaining conscientious and thus mindful of the commercial and project management consequences lying in wait at the end of any lighting design scheme we compose.

In the end not only must the UMAYA end result excite our clients but also just as importantly the process by which we do so must involve seamless collaboration with project stakeholders in a fun, transparent and headache-free manner.

Above all else, as an emerging-market practice, at UMAYA Lighting Design we take nothing for granted and know that we must always justify our involvement in your project. Better yet, we must always demonstrate a return on your lighting investment.

OUR HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL

LAUNCH OF OUR LIGHTING DESIGN STUDIO IN DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

STARTED
2002

COMPLETION OF MERCATO MALL JUMEIRAH, OUR FIRST COMPREHENSIVE LIGHTING DESIGN CONTRACT

BENCHMARK PROJECT
2003

COMPLETION OF THE JUMEIRAH ZABEEL SARAY RESORT AT PALM JUMEIRAH, DUBAI

BENCHMARK PROJECT
2008

COMPLETION OF ESAB HEADQUARTERS IN DUBAI, OUR FIRST LEED PLATINUM RATED PROJECT

BENCHMARK PROJECT
2009

TEAM MEMBERS ACHIEVE LEED AP BD+C ACCREDITATION

CERTIFICATION
2009

COMPLETION OF MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, NAJMA BUSINESS PARK & CROWNE PLAZA PROJECTS IN DOHA

KEY PROJECTS
2009

COMPLETION OF YASMEEN ROTANA HOTEL AND AL-SHAAB PARK PROJECTS IN SYRIA

KEY PROJECTS
2010

TEAM MEMBERS ACHIEVE LC NCQLP CERTIFICATION

CERTIFICATION
2011

COMPLETION OF RIXOS THE PALM HOTEL, AL FAROOQ MOSQUE AND KING ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONCEPT

KEY PROJECTS
2011

APPOINTMENT FOR TWO MAJOR LIGHTING MASTER PLANS IN SAUDI ARABIA, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL HOSPITALITY AND HIGH-RISE PROJECTS IN THE REGION

APPOINTMENT
2012

COMPLETION OF AL-MADA TOWERS IN JEDDAH AND AL-MAJAZ PARK IN SHARJAH

KEY PROJECTS
2012

DESIGN COMPLETION OF RAFAL TOWER AND MALL IN RIYADH

BENCHMARK PROJECT
2013

IES SECTION AWARDS FOR LIGHTING AND CONTROL DESIGN OF RETAILS SHOWROOM IN DUBAI

AWARDS
2013

APPOINTMENT FOR MAJOR UNIVERSITY AND SHOPPING MALL PROJECTS IN UAE, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL COMMERCIAL TOWERS IN THE REGION

APPOINTMENT
2013

DESIGN COMPLETION OF MILLENNIUM HOTEL IN JIZAN, JAWHARAH TOWER IN JEDDAH AND PANASONIC AVIONICS HQ IN DUBAI

KEY PROJECTS
2013

APPOINTMENT FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST MUSEUMS IN THE REGION, IN ADDITION TO OUR FIRST PROJECT IN PAKISTAN

APPOINTMENT
2014

CIELO SKY LOUNGE WINS BEST HOSPITALITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR (EXTERIOR), IN ADDITION TO BEING SHORTLISTED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL LIGHTING DESIGN COMPETITIONS

AWARDS
2014

CIELO SKY LOUNGE WINS BEST HOSPITALITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR (EXTERIOR), IN ADDITION TO BEING SHORTLISTED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL LIGHTING DESIGN COMPETITIONS

AWARDS
2014

LAUNCH OF OUR LIGHTING DESIGN STUDIO IN BARCELONA, SPAIN

BRANCH
2014

APPOINTMENT FOR LARGEST HOSPITALITY PROJECT IN THE WORLD, IN ADDITION TO OUR FIRST PROJECTS IN IRAN, MOROCCO AND PANAMA

APPOINTMENT
2015

THE PRIME TOWER WINS BEST INNOVATIVE LIGHTING PROJECT OF THE YEAR

AWARDS
2015

LAUNCH OF OUR LIGHTING DESIGN STUDIO IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY AND BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA TO SERVE THE LATIN AMERICAN AND NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS

BRANCH
2015

DESIGN COMPLETION OF MAJOR FOOTBALL STADIUM IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

KEY PROJECTS
2015

APPOINTMENT FOR FAÇADE AND INTERNAL LIGHTING ENHANCEMENT OF THE DUBAI MALL

APPOINTMENT
2015

LAUNCH OF OUR NEW DESIGN STUDIO IN JUMEIRAH LAKE TOWERS, DUBAI

NEW OFFICE
2016

APPOINTMENT FOR LIGHTING INTERVENTION AT THE EMAAR BOULEVARD

APPOINTMENT
2016

THE PRIME TOWER AND CIELO SKY LOUNGE RECEIVE SPECIAL MENTIONS AT THE ILUMINET WARDS

AWARDS
2016

UMAYA EUROPE SIGNS THREE MAJOR PROJECTS WITH INTERCON

APPOINTMENT
2016

COMPLETION AND OPENING OF THE ETIHAD MUSEUM IN DUBAI

BENCHMARK PROJECT
2017

APPOINTMENT FOR THE INTERIOR LIGHTING DESIGN OF THE DUBAI ARENA

APPOINTMENT
2017

COMPLETION AND OPENING OF KHALIFA UNIVERSITY

BENCHMARK PROJECT
2017

KHALIFA UNIVERSITY WINS BEST EXTERNAL LIGHTING PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD

AWARDS
2017

UMAYA RECEIVED THREE HONORABLE MENTIONS AT THE LIT AWARDS

AWARDS
2017

APPOINTMENT FOR BUENAVENTURA, OUR FIRST LIGHTING MASTER PLAN IN THE AMERICAS

APPOINTMENT
2017

SANTA MARIA HOTEL IN PANAMA AND AZIZIA MOSQUE IN SAUDI ARABIA REACH COMPLETION

BENCHMARK PROJECT
2018

UMAYA’S WORK IS SHORTLISTED AT THE LIGHTING MIDDLE EAST AWARDS IN DUBAI, ILUMINET AWARDS IN MEXICO CITY AND DARC AWARDS IN LONDON

AWARDS
2018

APPOINTMENT FOR DUBAI HARBOUR CRUISE TERMINAL AND TWO CHANEL BOUTIQUES, IN DUBAI AND DELHI

APPOINTMENT
2018

JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL OPENS AFTER MAJOR RENOVATION

KEY PROJECT
2018

UMAYA PARTNERS WITH GALLEGOS LIGHTING DESIGN IN SAN FRANCISCO, USA

NEW BRANCH
2019

UMAYA’S WORK IS SHORTLISTED AT THE LIGHT MIDDLE EAST AWARDS IN DUBAI AND THE LIGHTING DESIGN AWARDS AND DARC AWARDS, BOTH IN LONDON

AWARDS
2019

TWO CHANEL STORES ARE COMPLETED IN DUBAI AND DELHI

BENCHMARK PROJECTS
2019

OUR DUBAI STUDIO IS APPOINTED FOR THREE HOTELS AND ONE COMMERCIAL PROJECT IN SAUDI ARABIA

APPOINTMENT
2019

UMAYA WINS A CONSTRULITA LIGHTING AWARD IN THE WORKPLACE CATEGORY FOR KHALIFA UNIVERSITY IN ABU DHABI

AWARDS
2019

THE COCA-COLA ARENA OPENS TO THE PUBLIC, WITH GREAT REVIEWS OF IMPLOSION, OUR INTERACTIVE LIGHTING INSTALLATION

BENCHMARK PROJECT
2019

UMAYA IS APPOINTED FOR A LARGE RETAIL, HOSPITALITY AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MANAMA, BAHRAIN

APPOINTMENT
2019

UMAYA RECEIVES AN IES AWARD OF MERIT FOR THE EMAAR BOULEVARD IN DUBAI, AND AZIZIA MOSQUE IS COMMENDED AT THE LIGHTING DESIGN AWARDS IN LONDON

AWARDS
2019

LAUNCH OF OUR HELSINKI STUDIO, SECOND IN EUROPE AND EIGHTH WORLDWIDE.

NEW BRANCH
2019

OUR DUBAI STUDIO IS APPOINTED FOR TWO HOTELS IN MANAMA, BAHRAIN.

APPOINTMENT
2020

JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL IS SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIGHTING DESIGN AWARDS IN LONDON.

AWARDS
2020

EL CEDRO, SEL & MIEL AND KANTEEN OPEN THEIR DOORS, ADDING TO OUR EXTENSIVE F&B PORTFOLIO.

PROJECTS
2020

OUR HELSINKI STUDIO IS APPOINTED FOR THE COHORT HOTEL IN ATHENS, GREECE.

APPOINTMENT
2020

JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL, IMPLOSION AND THE COCA-COLA ARENA RECEIVE HONORABLE MENTIONS AT THE CONSTRULITA AWARDS IN MEXICO.

AWARDS
2020
OUR GLOBAL PRESENCE

William Plomer

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