Yasmine Mahmoudieh

Biography

Yasmine Mahmoudieh
Yasmine Mahmoudieh was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1961. She studied art history in Florence, architecture at the L'école d’ingénieurs de genève in Switzerland, interior design at the college of Notre Dame in San Francisco and architecture and interior design at Ucla in Los Angeles, where she was awarded a bachelor of arts degree. In 1986, Yasmine founded her own design studio in Los Angeles and now has offices in Berlin and London.

Yasmine has a holistic approach to design which allows her to undertake a wide range of typologies from hotels and shopping centres to office complexes and multi–purpose venues, as well as to restaurants and exhibitions. She has accumulated an impressive list of projects ranging from the interior design for the airbus a380 to the Massachusetts Museum of contemporary art. Her work in hotels includes exclusive lifestyle design hotels such as the Nevaï in Verbier (which opened in december 2007 to great acclaim) and the award–winning hotel Rheinsberg (which won the prestigious European hotel design award in the United Kingdom and the International core design award in Stockholm), tailored for disabled guests.

Yasmine Mahmoudieh develops innovative design and architectural concepts considering new real estate solutions, reaching from urban planning to detailed design. She provides clients, investors and operators with market–driven, design–led services as well as product concepts that communicate brand values, increase user satisfaction and pr opportunities. Yasmine pioneers the use of alternative and unconventional materials in interior design, such as sportswear fabrics for soft furnishings or high–quality synthetics combined with natural wood. 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.

Yasmine Mahmoudieh is a guest lecturer at the ehl (école hôtelière lausanne) as well as at universities and colleges in london, new york, los angeles, monte carlo, shanghai and moscow. She speaks persian and five european languages fluently.

Leading hotels of the world

Yasmine mahmoudieh is currently the only German firm to belong to leading by design, an affiliation of the leading hotels of the world, ltd. Leading by design is an elite network of eighteen design and architecture firms, as well as project managers, specially selected based on their high–quality work, industry experience, and dependability in the luxury hotel sector. Reviewed annually to ensure that selected firms uphold their high standards, the network is a prestigious recommendation for its associate firms and a valuable resource for its member hotels.

innovation instead of convention

yasminemahmoudieh develops innovative design and architectural concepts, from urban planning to interior architecture. her unique holistic approach to design –which merges human psychology, cutting–edge technology, and alternative materials, through the intense intertwining of natural and cultural environments– has resulted in an acclaimed international showcase of award–winning, one–of–a–kind projects. her highly selective projects include interior and exterior conceptual design for exclusive hotels, museums, business complexes and office towers, retail, and mixed–use spaces. lighting, furniture, and product design are also integral disciplines.

closing the gap between idea and location at the center of yasmine mahmoudieh's philosophy is the strong belief in letting the cultural and environmental surroundings shape the individual character of every project, the core purpose being to strengthen the connection between spaces and their inhabitants. this organic approach fuses modern design and functionality and does not lose sight of the two most important factors: human wants and needs. creating tomorrow's world today by both drawing from and transcending tradition, yasmine mahmoudieh's work goes far beyond current trends. through integration of cultural and environmental influences with unconventional forms, spatial arrangements, and materials, her designs create a visual dialogue between the traditional and the contemporary. whether using a synthetic material simulating ice for a mixed–use project in st. petersburg, aircraft materials for an aviation–themed hotel in dubai, or sportswear fabrics for new innovations in furniture, every project is individually tailored to best achieve its ultimate purpose, while redefining space and function in new, unexpected ways.

complete solutions from one source fusion of european and american influences. attention to business and economic aspects, as well as to human sensory perception. a comprehensive network of strategic alliances. the interconnectedness that defines yasmine mahmoudieh's design work is also at work on a larger level, resulting in cost–effective and environmentally–conscious solutions. from initial strategy and briefing to the final product, yasmine mahmoudieh will personally oversee her projects from start to finish.

on the competitive edge yasmine mahmoudieh's references include a long list of high–profile clients from all over the globe, from private investors to multi–national corporations, including erste bank wien, airbus, radisson sas hotels & resorts worldwide, and kempinski hotels. her ability to predict industry trends and innovations give her a competitive edge in developing her own profitable concepts, and she is regularly looking for investors interested in working together to realize her unique visions.

award world travel award, 2007
project intercontinental berchtesgaden

award european hotel design award, 2004
project radisson sas berlin

award hotel design award, 2003
project haus rheinsberg

award european hotel design award & conference, 2003
project innovation award

award core design award, 2002
project haus rheinsberg

Anna-Marie de la Bruyere
Beverly Hills – USA
Renovation; Completion 1986

Coconut Grove Plaza
Florida - USA
Shopping Center; Completion 1986

Gordon Eckhard Production
Hollywood - USA
Sound Studio; Completion 1987

Sapori Ristorante
Newport Beach - USA
Restaurant; Completion 1987

Merck, Finck & Co
Berlin –Germany
Office; Completion 1988

Regent Beverly Wilrshire Hotel
Beverly Hills – USA
Hotel; Completion 1988

Manhattan West
Los Angeles - USA
Restaurant; Completion 1988

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
North Adams - USA
Museum; Completion 1989

Ramada Garni Hotels
Germany
Hotel Competation Winner; Completion 1993

Factory
Berlin – Germany
Restaurant; Completion 1994

Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Hotel; Completion 1994

Adolf Horchler
Hamburg – Germany
Temporary Stand; Completion 1994

Alsterpavillion
Hamburg – Germany
Restaurant; Completion 1995

Hotel Baltschug Kempinski
Moskau -
Hotel; Completion 1995

Trias Büro
Berlin – Germany
Office; Completion 1995

Office Garbe
Hamburg - Germany
Office; Completion 1996

Strandhotel Hübner
Warnemünde – Germany
Hotel; Completion 1997

Millenium Centre
Budapest – Hungary
Retail; Completion 1997

AON Double X-Building
Hamburg - Germany
Office; Completion 1999

Radisson SAS
Oslo Plaza
Hotel; Completion 2000

Deutscher Pavillion
Hannover – Germany
Temporary Exhibition – VIP Lounge
Planning – 2000

Weston Hotel Golf Resort
Hotel
Concept – 2000

Fishergate Shopping Centre
Preston – UK
Retail; Completion 2000

Büro Listmann
Mainz – Germany
Office; Completion 2000

Anderson Consulting
Frankfurt a.M. – Germany
Office; Planning – 2000

Airbus A380
Confidential Project; Completion 2001

Radisson SAS
Copenhagen - Denmark
Hotel; Completion 2001

Project Development Königsallee
Düsseldorf - Germany
Hotel; Completion 2001

Hotel Rheinsberg
Rheinsberg - Germany
Hotel; Completion 2001

Residenz Kristall
Residential; Completion 2002

Chinese Herb Depot
Berlin – Germany
Retail; Completion 2003

Lounge/Bar Berlinale/VIP-Club
Germany
Temporary Showroom; Completion 2004

Radisson SAS
Berlin - Germany
Hotel; Completion 2004

Lounge/Bar Berlinale/VIP-Club
Germany
Temporary Showroom; Completion 2005

Five+ Sensotel
Germany
Hotel; Completion 2005

Obersalzberg Interconti
Berchtesgarden – Germany
Hotel; Completion 2005

Shopping Centre
Rzeszow – Polen
Retail; Completion 2005

Aparthotel Adler
A-Saalbach Hinterglemm – Germany
Hotel; Completion 2005


Hotel Spreebogen
Germany
Hotel; Completion 2006

Praxis Bergmann
Berlin - Germany
Doctor´s office; Completion 2006

Johannisberger Straße
Office; Completion 2006

Hotel Intelaken
Switzerland
Hotel; Completion 2006

Ivanstaroff
St. Petersburg - Russia
Hotel; Completion 2006

Moscow Ocean Park
Moscow - Russia
Shopping Mall; Completion 2007

Hotel Nevai
Verbier
Hotel; Completion 2007

Nikolskie-Ryady Crowne Plaza
St.Petersburg – Germany
Hotel – Retail Wellness; Completion 2009 – 2010

Little Bodrum Masterplan - Bodrum
Domestic Hotel
Phase 1: 2008
Phase 2: 2009
Final: 2010

Arthall
Berlin – Germany
Art Hall; Completion 2007

Hainstraße
Leipzig - Germany
Office; Completion 2007

San Nicci
Restaurant; Completion 2007

Flyotel
Dubai - UAE
Hotel; Completion 2011

Markaryan Apartments
Moscow - Russia
Residential ; Completion 2008

Barbu Vacarescu
Office Tower; Completion 2008

Mood Club
Night Club / Bar; Completion 2008