Yasmine Mahmoudieh
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Yasmine Mahmoudieh is an architect and interior designer.
Born in Germany
, and with mixed Persian-German parentage, Yasmine studied Art History in Florence, Architecture at the École d'Interieur in Geneva and at UCLA in the United States, and Interior Design at the College of Nôtre Dame in Belmont.
In 1986 she opened her first studio in Los Angeles
and today has her headquarters in London
and a satellite office in Berlin
.
Yasmine's work can be found across Europe , the United States, into the Middle East and Asia, and even in the skies above .
Her conception of and dedication to a holistic design approach – sensitive to people, purpose, context and other aspects of the local environment – results in a high degree of originality and little opportunity for bland or lax duplication between one project and the next .
By integrating cultural and environmental influences with unconventional forms, spatial arrangements and materials, her designs create a visual dialogue between the traditional and the contemporary. This has resulted in an acclaimed international showcase of award–winning, one–of–a–kind projects ranging from interior designs for the giant Airbus A380 to a major redevelopment that created the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Yasmine has designed landmark office buildings and interiors, such as the German headquarters of Aon, and has been at the vanguard of a more individual approach to hotel and leisure sector developments, working on acclaimed buildings and interiors for Radisson , Kempinski and InterContinental , as well as creating a specialised hotel for the disabled .
She has acted as a judge on various architecture and design awards, including the Red Dot Awards , Interzum Awards and the Boutique & Lifestyle Hospitality Awards . Yasmine has also won several awards herself, including the EuroShop 2011 award , World Travel Award 2007 for the InterContinental Berchtesgaden, European Hotel Design Award 2004 for the Radisson SAS Berlin, Hotel Design Award 2003 for Haus Rheinsberg, European Hotel Design Award 2003 in the Innovation category, and the Core Design Award 2002 for Haus Rheinsberg .
Born in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and with mixed Persian-German parentage, Yasmine studied Art History in Florence, Architecture at the École d'Interieur in Geneva and at UCLA in the United States, and Interior Design at the College of Nôtre Dame in Belmont.
In 1986 she opened her first studio in Los Angeles
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and today has her headquarters in London
London
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and a satellite office in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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Yasmine's work can be found across Europe , the United States, into the Middle East and Asia, and even in the skies above .
Her conception of and dedication to a holistic design approach – sensitive to people, purpose, context and other aspects of the local environment – results in a high degree of originality and little opportunity for bland or lax duplication between one project and the next .
By integrating cultural and environmental influences with unconventional forms, spatial arrangements and materials, her designs create a visual dialogue between the traditional and the contemporary. This has resulted in an acclaimed international showcase of award–winning, one–of–a–kind projects ranging from interior designs for the giant Airbus A380 to a major redevelopment that created the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Yasmine has designed landmark office buildings and interiors, such as the German headquarters of Aon, and has been at the vanguard of a more individual approach to hotel and leisure sector developments, working on acclaimed buildings and interiors for Radisson , Kempinski and InterContinental , as well as creating a specialised hotel for the disabled .
She has acted as a judge on various architecture and design awards, including the Red Dot Awards , Interzum Awards and the Boutique & Lifestyle Hospitality Awards . Yasmine has also won several awards herself, including the EuroShop 2011 award , World Travel Award 2007 for the InterContinental Berchtesgaden, European Hotel Design Award 2004 for the Radisson SAS Berlin, Hotel Design Award 2003 for Haus Rheinsberg, European Hotel Design Award 2003 in the Innovation category, and the Core Design Award 2002 for Haus Rheinsberg .