Studio Overview
ATELIER 56 by RMJM is a specialised luxury interior design studio. Our expertise lies in interior design for hospitality, residential and multi-unit developments.
Our passion is crafting engaging and evocative spaces that inspire.
From sprawling oceanfront destination resorts to enviable private residences in the world’s most exclusive enclaves, each project is finely tuned into the culture and provenance of its setting and grounded by a sense of belonging.
Our strength lies in our ability to embody the sentiment of our client’s aspirations and deliver a vision that surpasses expectation.
Expertise
With a focus on designing hospitality that strengthens and defines our client’s brand, we craft authentic, evocative guest experiences and inspired identities, for a diverse range of projects spanning from Europe through to Asia.
Beyond a beautiful aesthetic, our thorough understanding of commercial and operational issues are fundamental to the success of any hospitality project.
Holding close to the developer’s core brand values, we give projects an identity that sets them apart from the client’s competitors. Our focus is on delivering maximum site value, through a process of space optimisation, planning and providing intelligent solutions to balance the equilibrium of luxury aesthetic and cost. Holding close to the developer’s core brand values, we give the property a unique design DNA that sets it apart from its competitors and attracts the desired calibre of investors.
We create exceptional, beautifully honed private homes for our most discerning clientele, that reflect their refined tastes and sophisticated pallets.
Our creative expression has resulted in the creation of sought after residences and desirable addresses. We tailor our scope of services to our client’s needs. In addition to our design services, we offer a full procurement service, project management of fit-out and the selection and coordination of sub-consultants.
With a focus on designing hospitality that strengthens and defines our client’s brand, we craft authentic, evocative guest experiences and inspired identities, for a diverse range of projects spanning from Europe through to Asia.
Beyond a beautiful aesthetic, our thorough understanding of commercial and operational issues are fundamental to the success of any hospitality project.
Holding close to the developer’s core brand values, we give projects an identity that sets them apart from the client’s competitors. Our focus is on delivering maximum site value, through a process of space optimisation, planning and providing intelligent solutions to balance the equilibrium of luxury aesthetic and cost. Holding close to the developer’s core brand values, we give the property a unique design DNA that sets it apart from its competitors and attracts the desired calibre of investors.
We create exceptional, beautifully honed private homes for our most discerning clientele, that reflect their refined tastes and sophisticated pallets.
Our creative expression has resulted in the creation of sought after residences and desirable addresses. We tailor our scope of services to our client’s needs. In addition to our design services, we offer a full procurement service, project management of fit-out and the selection and coordination of sub-consultants.
With a focus on designing hospitality that strengthens and defines our client’s brand, we craft authentic, evocative guest experiences and inspired identities, for a diverse range of projects spanning from Europe through to Asia.
Beyond a beautiful aesthetic, our thorough understanding of commercial and operational issues are fundamental to the success of any hospitality project.
Holding close to the developer’s core brand values, we give projects an identity that sets them apart from the client’s competitors. Our focus is on delivering maximum site value, through a process of space optimisation, planning and providing intelligent solutions to balance the equilibrium of luxury aesthetic and cost. Holding close to the developer’s core brand values, we give the property a unique design DNA that sets it apart from its competitors and attracts the desired calibre of investors.
We create exceptional, beautifully honed private homes for our most discerning clientele, that reflect their refined tastes and sophisticated pallets.
Our creative expression has resulted in the creation of sought after residences and desirable addresses. We tailor our scope of services to our client’s needs. In addition to our design services, we offer a full procurement service, project management of fit-out and the selection and coordination of sub-consultants.
Services
The interiors we shape are woven from narratives informed by their culture and provenance, and expressed through fantastic compositions of vernacular materials and considered colour. Each design project is infused with unique character and soul, forming a collection of evocative spaces for the guest to engage with.
Focusing on promoting local artists & emerging talent, we curate private collections to support our client’s interior narratives. From ceramics & mixed media to large scale installations that activate void spaces and create instagrammable moments, we work with our clients to create an artistic story that harmonises with our interior narrative.
For us, it is the final dressing of a space with layers of curious accessories and beautiful objects that elevates it.
Carefully composed arrangements of colour texture and form create focal points that are engaging and emotive.
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Collaborating with our global network of artisans we design tailor-made products to accentuate our interiors.
We create signature statement pieces from one-off cocktail cabinets to hand-forged hardware that personalise and elevate your brand.
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The interiors we shape are woven from narratives informed by their culture and provenance, and expressed through fantastic compositions of vernacular materials and considered colour.
Each design project is infused with unique character and soul, forming a collection of evocative spaces for the guest to engage with.
Focusing on promoting local artists & emerging talent, we curate private collections to support our client’s interior narratives. From ceramics & mixed media to large scale installations that activate void spaces and create instagrammable moments, we work with our clients to create an artistic story that harmonises with our interior narrative.
For us, it is the final dressing of a space with layers of curious accessories and beautiful objects that elevates it.
Carefully composed arrangements of colour texture and form create focal points that are engaging and emotive.
Collaborating with our global network of artisans we design tailor-made products to accentuate our interiors.
We create signature statement pieces from one-off cocktail cabinets to hand-forged hardware that personalise and elevate your brand.
The interiors we shape are woven from narratives informed by their culture and provenance, and expressed through fantastic compositions of vernacular materials and considered colour. Each design project is infused with unique character and soul, forming a collection of evocative spaces for the guest to engage with.
Focusing on promoting local artists & emerging talent, we curate private collections to support our client’s interior narratives. From ceramics & mixed media to large scale installations that activate void spaces and create instagrammable moments, we work with our clients to create an artistic story that harmonises with our interior narrative.
For us, it is the final dressing of a space with layers of curious accessories and beautiful objects that elevates it.
Carefully composed arrangements of colour texture and form create focal points that are engaging and emotive.
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Collaborating with our global network of artisans we design tailor-made products to accentuate our interiors.
We create signature statement pieces from one-off cocktail cabinets to hand-forged hardware that personalise and elevate your brand.
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Our Process
We explore and dream. Sourcing inspiration, we fuse ideas and collaborate with local artisans. We distil our thoughts and findings and translate them into eloquent details, unique finishes and pallets that reflect our client’s brand and aspirations. These contemplated layers of creativity shape our spaces.
Our interiors are composed, rich in personality and always have a story to tell.
1. Briefing
Understanding and listening to our clients is something that we believe is fundamental to the success of any project. We often recommend more than one initial idea, so as to demonstrate the potential of a project.
2. Concept Design
Refining any design can often involve exploring simultaneous ideas with our clients until a definitive concept is agreed upon.
3. Schematic Concept
Presented as a series of line drawings, presentation boards, 3D visuals, and beautifully crafted fly-throughs, the chosen concept design can progress to the following stages of detailed design.
4. Design Development
We believe that in deliberating the finest details, the beauty of a project is elevated to stand out among the competition. The more time we invest at this stage, we can deliver a more professional and accurate project.
5. Tender Documentation
RMJM consolidates all the information needed for the client to successfully tender the interior packages and receive competitive costs from the relevant contractors and specialist suppliers.
6. Quality Assurance and Control
During this phase RMJM visits the project site in order to determine if work is being performed in accordance with our documents, specifications and design intent.
7. Completion
We conclude our projects with a “white glove” installation of all furnishings, dressing each room, ensuring a seamless handover to our clients.
Meet the Team
Abigail is our Creative Director, a seasoned interior designer who has dedicated 18 years of her career to designing hotels and exclusive residences around the globe. In the process, she has created some of the world’s most glamorous destinations for an extensive roster of international clientele, which continues in Asia as she turns her hands to integrated resorts. Her involvement in Waldorf Astoria Ithaafushi which opened in 2019 has received high accolades, while in 2017 Four Seasons Residence, 10 Trinity debuted as one of London’s most sophisticated addresses.
Abigail's inspiration is fueled by travel and absorbing life's rich tapestry, of colours, texture, form and unique cultural nuances, which often resurface in her work. Abigail has fostered the art of storytelling, to infuse life and soul into the buildings she shapes. Her aesthetic is both sophisticated and modern always embracing the culture and history of the project's environment. As a result, the experience of spaces designed by Abigail is evocative, rich in well-being and always embody a sense of place.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
-Waldorf Astoria, Maldives
-Four Seasons Residences at Ten Trinity Square, London
-Orient Hotel, Jerusalem
-Upper Grosvenor Street, Chelsea Barracks Marketing Suite, London
-San Clemente Palace Kempinski, Venice
-The Address Hotel and Apartments, Abuja, Nigeria
-Hilton Heathrow T4, London
-Worli Tower, Residential & Marketing Suite, Mumbai
-Hotel Le Meridien Makkah, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
-Prince d'Angkor Hotel & Spa, Cambodia
Luke is our Senior Projects Director, he has spent 17 years in design and construction management roles with a proven track record designing and delivering large-scale hospitality and residential projects throughout the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the United Kingdom.
Luke is inspired by the arts and modernist architecture; he creates unique details which he believes define an impeccable guest experience. His love of quality craftsmanship and refined interior architecture is evident in his work.
For Luke, a thorough understanding of commercial and operational issues are fundamental to the success of any design project. He is a highly creative individual that masters complex timelines and frameworks allowing himself to successfully lead end-to-end design projects with a high level of design, technical, procurement and logistic capabilities that steer and manage design teams, sub-consultants, sub-contractors and suppliers to deliver through aggressive project timelines.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
-Four Seasons Residences at Ten Trinity Square, London
-Kempinski Shaza, Doha, Qatar
-The Strand, London, England
-Great Portland Street, London, England
-Upper Wimpole, London, England
-Lyndhurst Gardens, London, England
-South Kensington Club, London, England
-DoubleTree by Hilton Resort & Spa Marjan Island, UAE
-Hotel Carlton, Tunis, Tunisia
-The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal, UAE
-Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, UAE
-Emaar Properties, Dubai, UAE
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