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