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TOP ARCHITECTS 2018
SIMON KINCAID – DIRECTOR, CONRAD & PARTNERS
Interior Architect with 15 years’ professional experience, Simon Kincaid
works internationally across multiple sectors applying creative thinking and
operational understanding. Responsible for briefs, concepts, detailed design
and implementation of award winning, memorable environments with
personality and identity. Recently completed, the Kraków Kazimierz Hotel
opened with a distinctive ‘Bohemian Modern’ theme.
TOM LINDBLOM – HOSPITALITY LEADER, PRINCIPAL, GENSLER
Tom Lindblom has more than 25 years’ experience on a variety of projects,
with a special focus on hotels, resorts, and museums. Working with diverse
clients in Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the United States has
broadened his understanding and appreciation for unique opportunities in
a variety of markets. Lindblom is active with clients in the Mediterranean
and Adriatic to develop sustainable resorts that operate efficiently from an
economic, social and environmental position. Lindblom teaches and lectures
on architecture, lighting design, and museum design at universities in the U.S.
and London.
TOMMY LEE – DIRECTOR, PLP ARCHITECTURE
Tommy Lee is a Director and architect with more than 13 years’ of experience
working on major projects for architectural practices in London and Hong
Kong. Lee is a key design team member for Foshan New City Suning
Plaza, China, a complex mixed-use development which includes offices,
hotels, residential and retail facilities and a central plaza. Having led the
coordination of design and planning issues with the Local Design Institute,
he is responsible for the master plan and the design of the 318-metre
high landmark office and hotel tower. Lee holds a Bachelor of Architecture
degree and a Master of Architecture degree (1st with distinction) from the
University of Bath. His accolades include a Graduate Design award and a feature
in Building Design’s 100 Top UK graduates.
YASMINE MAHMOUDIEH - PRINCIPAL, YASMINE MAHMOUDIEH
The award-winning architect Yasmine Mahmoudieh develops innovative design and architectural
concepts considering new real estate solutions, reaching from urban planning to
detailed design. Mahmoudieh pioneers the use of alternative and unconventional
materials in design. She sees lighting as the ultimate tool in interior design;
beautifully designed lighting schemes are at the heart of her work.
Completed projects to date include the Radisson Sas Copenhagen, the
Millennium centre shopping mall in Budapest, the Headquarters of Aon in
Hamburg and the Intercontinental Berchtesgaden Resort in Obersalzberg
(the latter won the influential world travel award 2007 as one of the
world’s leading spa resorts). Her current projects include the Nikolskie–
ryady Crown Plaza st. Petersburg hotel and retail complex, the 220000m²
Ocean Park complex and aquarium in Moscow and a signature office building in
Bucharest.
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