Speirs and Major Associates. News

Plot 3, More London with Foster and Partners

Above: Plot 3, More London with Foster and Partners

Channel 4 Big 4, London

Channel 4 Big 4, London

Top and Above: Channel 4 Big 4, London

Lighting London, South Bank Trees

Above: Lighting London, South Bank Trees

Spring 2008

Press

Wallpaper*, January 2008, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Glitterball, Terminal 3 Upper Class Arrival, Heathrow.

TV advertisement for Virgin Upperclass, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Glitterball, Terminal 3 Upper Class Arrival, Heathrow.

Mondo Arc, Issue #41 February 2008, Skylon Restaurant, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London.

Architect’s Journal, 22nd February 2008, Adamstown, New Town Development, Ireland.

Grand Designs, TV programme Channel 4, 20th February 2008 featured Thermae Spa, Bath.

Thermae Spa, Bath

Above: Thermae Spa, Bath featured in Grand Designs, UK Channel 4 TV programme

Events

Mark Major spoke at Cityscape, Earls Court 26th February 2008 on ‘Lighting London: A series of case studies’.

Keith Bradshaw and Iain Ruxton will both be presenting papers at ‘Light Focus 2008’ at 'Light + Build 2008’ in Frankfurt on the 8th and 9th April respectively. Keith’s presentation will be on ‘Lighting Cultural Buildings’ and Iain’s will be about landscape lighting, entitled ‘A Dark and Stormy Night’.

Jonathan Speirs will be talking at the 2008 RIAS Conference entiltled ‘Influence at the Intersection; art, architecture, light, landscape’ on 9th May alongside Peter Eisenman, Charles Jencks and the philosopher Alain de Botton.

Jonathan has been selected as the Chairperson of the jury for the RIBA Awards 2008 for projects in the Northern Ireland region

Jonathan Speirs will be presenting ‘The Visual Value of Light’ with New York based lighting designer Paul Gregory at ‘Light Fair 2008’ in Las Vegas on 28th May.

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Jonathan Speirs spoke alongside Amarjit Kalsi of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners at the opening of ARC’08 on 11th February 2008.

Keith Bradshaw gave a lecture at ARC’08 on February 12th entitled ‘Working with Architects’.

Philip Rose gave a lecture at The University of the Creative Arts, Farnham to graduate students on ‘Ten Years in Practice at SaMA’ on 12th February.

Jonathan Speirs and Keith Bradshaw presented the Copenhagen Opera House at the first ‘Light on Site’ conference, Copenhagen, 14th February 2008, organised by OSRAM and PLDA in front of 150 delegates from four continents. This included an in-depth lecture on the project, guided tour and lighting demonstration of the project.

Congratulations to a SaMA team of Clementine Rodgers, Jessica Zanotto and Chih-Chieh Hwang for winning the 2008 Ready Steady Light Event organised by the Society of Light and Lighting, CIBSE, UK. This temporary lighting event showcases the work of young lighting designers.

Virgin Atlantic Airways Banner, Heathrow Check-in Terminal 3

VAA Glitterball

Above: Virgin Atlantic Airways, Glitterball, Terminal 3 Upper Class Arrival, Heathrow

Left: Virgin Atlantic Airways Banner, Heathrow Check-in Terminal 3

Appointment to New Projects

Virgin Atlantic Airways Banner, Heathrow Check-in Terminal 3 for VAA with Freestate.

Emporio Armani Store and Caffe Beijing for Giorgio Armani SpA with Ortelli Architects.

Armani, 5th Avenue New York for Giorgio Armani SpA with Studio Fuksas.

Central Courtyard, Devonshire Square, London with Fletcher Priest and Whitelaw Turkington.

Olympic Athletes Village, Stratford City, London with Fletcher Priest, West 8 and ARUP.

World Trade Centre, Plot 801 Al Dana, Al Raha Beach Development, Abu Dhabi with Foster and Partners.

Terminal 5 Satellite C, Heathrow, London with Capita Architecture and ARUP.

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Heathrow East, London with Foster and Partners and Hoare Lea.

Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, for RSC with Bennetts Associates and Buro Happold.

Recently Completed Projects

Channel 4 Big 4 for Channel 4 with Freestate.

Plot 3, More London with Foster and Partners.

New Terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport, with Foster and Partners, opened on February 29th.

Terminal Five, Heathrow, with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, opens to first commercial flight on March 27th.

Skylon Restaurant, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London

Above: Skylon Restaurant, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London

Copenhagen Opera House, 'Light on Site' conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

Above: Copenhagen Opera House, 'Light on Site' conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

Terminal 5 under construction, Heathrow

Above: Terminal 5 under construction, Heathrow, London

Adamstown, New Town Development, Ireland

Above: Adamstown, New Town Development, Ireland

Team

We are pleased to welcome Caterina Colle to the Edinburgh studio as a Project Designer.

Caterina is a graduate of Politecnico di Milano: Facoltà di Architettura where she majored in Lighting Design.

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