KLEIN ASSOCIATES
Interior Architecture · Lighting Concepts
KLEIN ASSOCIATES architects are specialised on hotel interior, they leave their distinctive mark on urban hotels worldwide. Since 2006, Harald Klein, Christel Dahmen, Wiebke Laakmann and Stefanie Schafmeister are operating under the name of Klein Associates KG (kA). Their projects are centred around the hotel industry, hospitality and food service.
architectural spatial concepts
The process of interior architecture not only comprises the creation of architectural spatial concepts, it also encompasses the development of the business idea, corporate design, budget control as well as lighting and interior design.
Primary considerations of their designs are not only a knowledge of the project's feasibility but also the relationship between design and art. A fruitful and close cooperation with international architectural firms allows Klein Associates KG to implement projects of any volume on a global scale.
Construction volume: approx. 12.5mio € in 2009
philosophy
"We observe a sensuous world full of impressions and images from the visual arts, music and literature. It is our architectural response to this world that is brought to life in the space we create.
We question the standards and stereotypes of the hotel world and provide answers by creating spatial concepts for hotel products with strong, individual profiles and new functionalities."
»This place, a part of the cultural landscape, surrounds the guests and envelopes them like a piece of clothing made of fine material, which – being carefully chosen – offers room to move as well as an air of glamour«. Harald Klein ...