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
2002
COMPLETION OF MERCATO MALL JUMEIRAH, OUR FIRST COMPREHENSIVE LIGHTING DESIGN CONTRACT
2003
COMPLETION OF THE JUMEIRAH ZABEEL SARAY RESORT AT PALM JUMEIRAH, DUBAI
2008
COMPLETION OF ESAB HEADQUARTERS IN DUBAI, OUR FIRST LEED PLATINUM RATED PROJECT
2009
TEAM MEMBERS ACHIEVE LEED AP BD+C ACCREDITATION
2009
COMPLETION OF MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, NAJMA BUSINESS PARK & CROWNE PLAZA PROJECTS IN DOHA
2009
COMPLETION OF YASMEEN ROTANA HOTEL AND AL-SHAAB PARK PROJECTS IN SYRIA
2010
TEAM MEMBERS ACHIEVE LC NCQLP CERTIFICATION
2011
COMPLETION OF RIXOS THE PALM HOTEL, AL FAROOQ MOSQUE AND KING ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONCEPT
2011
APPOINTMENT FOR TWO MAJOR LIGHTING MASTER PLANS IN SAUDI ARABIA, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL HOSPITALITY AND HIGH-RISE PROJECTS IN THE REGION
2012
COMPLETION OF AL-MADA TOWERS IN JEDDAH AND AL-MAJAZ PARK IN SHARJAH
2012
DESIGN COMPLETION OF RAFAL TOWER AND MALL IN RIYADH
2013
IES SECTION AWARDS FOR LIGHTING AND CONTROL DESIGN OF RETAILS SHOWROOM IN DUBAI
2013
APPOINTMENT FOR MAJOR UNIVERSITY AND SHOPPING MALL PROJECTS IN UAE, IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL COMMERCIAL TOWERS IN THE REGION
2013
DESIGN COMPLETION OF MILLENNIUM HOTEL IN JIZAN, JAWHARAH TOWER IN JEDDAH AND PANASONIC AVIONICS HQ IN DUBAI
2013
APPOINTMENT FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST MUSEUMS IN THE REGION, IN ADDITION TO OUR FIRST PROJECT IN PAKISTAN
2014
CIELO SKY LOUNGE WINS BEST HOSPITALITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR (EXTERIOR), IN ADDITION TO BEING SHORTLISTED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL LIGHTING DESIGN COMPETITIONS
2014
CIELO SKY LOUNGE WINS BEST HOSPITALITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR (EXTERIOR), IN ADDITION TO BEING SHORTLISTED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL LIGHTING DESIGN COMPETITIONS
2014
LAUNCH OF OUR LIGHTING DESIGN STUDIO IN BARCELONA, SPAIN
2014
APPOINTMENT FOR LARGEST HOSPITALITY PROJECT IN THE WORLD, IN ADDITION TO OUR FIRST PROJECTS IN IRAN, MOROCCO AND PANAMA
2015
THE PRIME TOWER WINS BEST INNOVATIVE LIGHTING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
2015
LAUNCH OF OUR LIGHTING DESIGN STUDIO IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY AND BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA TO SERVE THE LATIN AMERICAN AND NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS
2015
DESIGN COMPLETION OF MAJOR FOOTBALL STADIUM IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
2015
APPOINTMENT FOR FAÇADE AND INTERNAL LIGHTING ENHANCEMENT OF THE DUBAI MALL
2015
LAUNCH OF OUR NEW DESIGN STUDIO IN JUMEIRAH LAKE TOWERS, DUBAI
2016
APPOINTMENT FOR LIGHTING INTERVENTION AT THE EMAAR BOULEVARD
2016
THE PRIME TOWER AND CIELO SKY LOUNGE RECEIVE SPECIAL MENTIONS AT THE ILUMINET WARDS
2016
UMAYA EUROPE SIGNS THREE MAJOR PROJECTS WITH INTERCON
2016
COMPLETION AND OPENING OF THE ETIHAD MUSEUM IN DUBAI
2017
APPOINTMENT FOR THE INTERIOR LIGHTING DESIGN OF THE DUBAI ARENA
2017
COMPLETION AND OPENING OF KHALIFA UNIVERSITY
2017
KHALIFA UNIVERSITY WINS BEST EXTERNAL LIGHTING PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD
2017
UMAYA RECEIVED THREE HONORABLE MENTIONS AT THE LIT AWARDS
2017
APPOINTMENT FOR BUENAVENTURA, OUR FIRST LIGHTING MASTER PLAN IN THE AMERICAS
2017
SANTA MARIA HOTEL IN PANAMA AND AZIZIA MOSQUE IN SAUDI ARABIA REACH COMPLETION
2018
UMAYA’S WORK IS SHORTLISTED AT THE LIGHTING MIDDLE EAST AWARDS IN DUBAI, ILUMINET AWARDS IN MEXICO CITY AND DARC AWARDS IN LONDON
2018
APPOINTMENT FOR DUBAI HARBOUR CRUISE TERMINAL AND TWO CHANEL BOUTIQUES, IN DUBAI AND DELHI
2018
JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL OPENS AFTER MAJOR RENOVATION
2018
UMAYA PARTNERS WITH GALLEGOS LIGHTING DESIGN IN SAN FRANCISCO, USA
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
2019
TWO CHANEL STORES ARE COMPLETED IN DUBAI AND DELHI
2019
OUR DUBAI STUDIO IS APPOINTED FOR THREE HOTELS AND ONE COMMERCIAL PROJECT IN SAUDI ARABIA
2019
UMAYA WINS A CONSTRULITA LIGHTING AWARD IN THE WORKPLACE CATEGORY FOR KHALIFA UNIVERSITY IN ABU DHABI
2019
THE COCA-COLA ARENA OPENS TO THE PUBLIC, WITH GREAT REVIEWS OF IMPLOSION, OUR INTERACTIVE LIGHTING INSTALLATION
2019
UMAYA IS APPOINTED FOR A LARGE RETAIL, HOSPITALITY AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MANAMA, BAHRAIN
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
2019
LAUNCH OF OUR HELSINKI STUDIO, SECOND IN EUROPE AND EIGHTH WORLDWIDE.
2019
OUR DUBAI STUDIO IS APPOINTED FOR TWO HOTELS IN MANAMA, BAHRAIN.
2020
JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL IS SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIGHTING DESIGN AWARDS IN LONDON.
2020
EL CEDRO, SEL & MIEL AND KANTEEN OPEN THEIR DOORS, ADDING TO OUR EXTENSIVE F&B PORTFOLIO.
2020
OUR HELSINKI STUDIO IS APPOINTED FOR THE COHORT HOTEL IN ATHENS, GREECE.
2020
JUMEIRAH BEACH HOTEL, IMPLOSION AND THE COCA-COLA ARENA RECEIVE HONORABLE MENTIONS AT THE CONSTRULITA AWARDS IN MEXICO.
2020
OUR GLOBAL PRESENCE
“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.“
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