The Annual DIA Student Mixer event allowed both industry and students united to enjoy an enjoyable evening with
many fabulous speakers including Holly Pepper sharing her Samao experience and a handful of Perths top design houses.
DIA Lawn Bowl
The team at Mondoluce tried their hand at lawns bowls. The event was held at the prestigious Mosman Bay Lawn Bowling Club.
Congratulations to Marshall Kusinski and the DIA for raising funds for the Bush Fire Appeal.
AIA Awards 09'
“Another fantastic year celebrating an ever-increasing level of architecture was showcased at the recent Australian Institute of Architects WA 2009 Architecture Awards at the Burswood Casino Complex. The effects of the economic boom of 2006-2007 was certainly evident in the amount and level of finish of works submitted for the Awards which also attracted the largest contingent of practitioners, academics, students, sponsors, industry and State Government representatives ever catered for in its history.
All categories in the Awards fiercely contended with the ultimate award, the George Temple Pool Award, going to a brilliant composition of apartments in Cottesloe by Blane Brackenridge that explored the expansive views across the Cottesloe beachfront while cleverly integrating private and common areas on a tightly knitted and sloping site. Other Award winners included Casa Guidice by Spaceagency, iZone fit-out by Taylor Robinson Architects and the Swan TAFE Metal Trades Welding Workshop to name a few. The diversity of entries were astounding with several categories enabling the presentation of numerous awards that proved a testament to the skill and talent of the architectural profession in WA.
We thank Mondoluce for their continuing support of the Australian Institute of Architects WA Chapter and the 2009 Architecture Awards and believe that it is only with this generous support from our sponsors that we can continue to grow and develop as the premier building and design profession in Australia."
Kind regards
Brad Cook RAIA
State Manager WA
Fremantle Architects Party 09'
“Fremantle Architects” is an informal group of architects who
either work, live or do both within the Fremantle area. For over
20 years, Fremantle Architects have maintained the tradition
of gathering for a Christmas party, where they maintain old
traditions of camaraderie and mateship, and in more recent times,
give focus to a worthy cause or theme for the year.
This year’s St. Patrick’s Community Support Centre, Fremantle was the worthy
beneficiary of the funds raised or profited at the event. On the
night St. Pat’s was presented with a cheque for $10K which will
provide many services for the homeless and disadvantaged
adults in the South-West region, including support with
accommodation, counselling, food parcels and vouchers,
education, medical services and most importantly providing
hope in chalenging times.
Mondoluce was very willing to support
this very worthy cause as the major sponsor and also provide an
Artemide Tolomeo Classic LED lamp as prize to be raffled during
the evening. Well done to Grounds Kent Architects for organising
such fantasic event, great people, great atmosphere, great venue
and a great cause.
Metalight & Mialuce Coming Soon!
Since Mondoluce’s inception in March 1995, it has been synonymous with the provision of
high quality lighting applications for architectural, commercial and design-savvy residential
projects.
Metalight was established with the same high standards and disciplines that have cemented
Mondoluce as one of Perth’s premier providers of lighting solutions.
Created to forge strategic and collaborative partnerships with professional, trade and industry
groups within the heavy industrial and mining industry, Metalight represents key brands such
as Ruud Lighting, Magnitech and BetaLED by Ruud Lighting.
Look forward to the new Metalight & Mialuce websites coming soon!
Malaga Now Open
With a new year just around the corner comes the opening of our new Malaga premises.
Located at 10 Weir Road, Malaga. It serves as the home base for most of the Mondoluce
staff as well as commercial and industrial operations.
The showroom in City West in still open during normal trading hours, and serves as the Residential
department of Mondoluce.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
- Mondoluce
Frankfurt Light Fair 08'
A great opportunity was presented to me by Mondoluce to attend the World Lighting
Affair in Frankfurt in April 2008. This was an extraordinary experience in being exposed
to current design streams and technological directions. A virtual of current lighting
products was on offer, all accesible within a few days of lengthy walking.
The immense size of the fair and vast numbers of both manufactuers and items mean't
strategic approach was required. This did not deter the delightful suprises that were
discovered on route, light fittings that possesed intriguing designs, crafted manufacturing
outcomes or integrated intelligent technologies. Lighting is undergoing a transformation,
one that is responding to the enormity of global warming, the pursuit of light pollution
reductions and the world economic demands. Creativity and design is alive and well in
the lighting industry, albeit still amongst a larger volume of the banal.
It was interesting to hear the 'whispers' around this event that LED technology will
emerge very quickly to become the major lighting source for both internal and
external fittings within a few years. It is also envisaged that interactive intelligent
lighting technologies will become more cost effective and through their proliferation,
provide greater lighting design flexibility and energy conservation.
The demand for lighting through out the world will consistently increase, via the ever
expanding population and the 'churn' evoked through new technologies.
Given this assurance of supply, a significant challenge for the industry, will be the
development of new lighting strategies and delivering new lighting products, that
simultaneously 'make a difference', at all levels from the individual expressive
[my house - my home], all the way through to global realization of meaningful and
effective energy conservation.
- Written by Bret White (Associate for Cox Howlett + Bailey Woodland)
IES Awards Night
As the platnium sponsor of the 2007 Illuminating Engineers Society Lighting Awards,
Mondoluce feel that it is imperative that the creative and technical aspects of fantastic
lighting design are given respect and admiration.
With over 15 entries, This years awards was an explosion of outstanding designs and ideas.
Frankfurt Light Fair & Artemide Excursion
In April 2005 Mondoluce organised a lighting excursion to the Frankfurt Light Fair, which was a great experience for a selection of the Mondoluce team and guests. The excursion included a visit to the DZ factory in Frondenberg.
DZ Artemide is the head office for Artemide in Germany as well as the main manufacturing facility and research and development for Artemide’s outdoor lighting products. The excursion also saw the group visit Milan taking in an extensive tour of Artemide’s main manufacturing facility in Pregnana as well as Artemide’s two main showrooms in the heart of Milan. The group was invited to attend an evening event at Campus West End, which was organised by Artemide and was a discussion by leading German architects on light and architecture.
The European excursion was a great opportunity to take in some great sight seeing in Germany and Italy, especially during a 3 hour train trip to Dusseldorf along the River Rhine. The culmination of the excursion was a weekend stay at Lake Como, where once again there was time for some shopping and sight seeing. There was an opportunity for a boat trip on the lake to see some magnificent landscape and villas of celebrities like George Clooney. The group was also taken on a tour of a villa where many movies, such as Star Wars Episode IV and the latest James Bond film were shot.
Mondoluce Is Growing
After 12 years of trading solely at City West, Mondoluce is developing an office, small commercial showroom and warehouse at Malaga to better service our customers and enhance our overall operation. Our new development is expected to be ready before the end of 2007.
Royal Institute of Architects Awards 2007
The awards for the Royal Australian Institute of Architects were held on the evening of the 15th of June in the fabulous Grand Ballroom at the Hyatt hotel.
A night of fantastic food, sublime ambience, magnificent out-fits and outstanding architecture, cements the awards as one of the gala events in Perth’s function calendar.
2007 illuminates Mondoluce’s 9th year as a sponsor of the interiors award and the second year for the Mondoluce lighting award. Winners of these awards were Woods Bagot, for the fit out of their new offices, and JCY Architects & Urban Designers for the City Of Canning Administration and Civic Building.
Mondo Luce is proud to announce the partnerhsip with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Today, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra is Western Australia's Largest performing arts company. The state and national profile of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) has never been higher and WASO has become on of the busiest orchestras in Australia. It plays a central role of the cultural life in Western Australia, performing over 170 concerts each year, to audiences in excess of over 180,000 people.
The Orchestra has 83 full time professional musicians and performs a varied program of music covering a broad cross section of the Western Australian Communtiy. The board, led by Chariman, Janet Holmes a Court, consists of businss leaders wtih a wide variety of experience in business disciplines that are also relevant to the arts. The Board is commited to ensuring the music performed by the Orchestra is available to the general public, and has appeal to the broadest section of the Western Australian life and the role it should play in support of business in the state.
2006 RAIA WA Chapter Awards
Friday the sixteenth of June 2006 was the night chosen to hold the 2006 RAIA awards for the WA Chapter. Floods of guests dressed in their Friday night best cascaded into the Hyatt Grand ballroom in anticipation for the announcement of the winners of this years awards.
Verity James opened the night in grand style, keeping all the guests entertained and introducing the WA Chapter President Ian Dewar, and The Honorable Margaret Quirk while the anticipation for the announcement of the winners (and delivery of the entrees) escalated. Finally, the tension was ended with the arrival of the delectable entrees and the announcement of the first group of winners. With the list consisting of Cox Howlett + Bailey Woodland and Woodhead International vying for the Public & Institutional award the competition was fierce, putting attendees on the edge of their seats.
After a little more of Verity James, some music, and the main course, the second group of awards were handed out. This group of awards consisted of Hames Sharley and Philip Griffiths Architects battling it out for the Civic Design award and the Mondo Luce Lighting award respectively, not to mention the competition for the coveted George Temple Poole award.
With the presentation of awards over, the end of a fantastic night was in sight, and what better way to end a night of great architecture, than with good food, good music and good company.
Not only was the sixteenth of june the night for the 2006 RAIA awards, it was also the night that alot of hard work came to fruition for the staff at Mondo luce and the WA chapter of the RAIA. Currently in our eighth year of sponsorship of the interiors catergory, 2006 saw the introduction of the Mondo luce lighting award for the creative and innovative use of lighting in architecture. As a company, Mondo luce felt it was time that the intrinsic conection between lighting and architecture be recognised as integral part of the success of any good architectural project.
There was alot of competition within this infant category, with a total of 7 entries. One award and two commendations were presented to the entrants that best used lighting to their advantage to enhance their particular projects. After presenting all the entrants, it was revealed that the award went to Philip and Callum from Philip Griffiths Architects, for the Shenton Park residence, where the team used lighting to add drama and poise to the beautiful home.
The fabulous Artemide Rigel was the award presented to Philip and his team. The Rigel is a perfect cross of form and functionality; not only a light fitting, but a distinctive object of beauty. Comprising of two light sources, the Rigel is infinitely suited to create an ambience of comfort and functionality. Indirect lighting is supplied by a dimmable halogen lamp concealed at the top of the fitting. The presence of Human life energises the colour changing chromatic light which is supplied by 3 pairs of coloured fluorescent tubes, concealed behind a surface that becomes a perfect mirror when the source is off. Control of both light sources is permitted via a touch capacitive keyboard.
Confratulations to the recipients of the two commendations; Joe Chindarsi for his fantastic work on the Winter Cottage, and to Taylor Robinson for the beautiful work done to the Brisbane hotel.
Mondoluce website
After an extended time "off air" the new Mondoluce website is now operational.
The idea for the new site is to give an overview of the wide range of lighting and furniture products available through Mondoluce.
On the 1st of March 2005 Mondoluce has achieved 10 years in service to the West Australian market. When we commenced business back in March 1995 our two principal brands of product were Artemide and iGuzzini.
Mondoluce was established as a specialist lighting business to service both the commercial and residential market. Our initial strength initially was in the residential market; however over the years with a strategic acquisition of other principal brands of product Mondoluce commercial facet soon emerged to be the strength in our business.
Over the years we have developed close and strong working relationships with architects, engineers, designers and builders. Our residential business is aligned closely and appeals to the segment of the market which serious on good quality and carefully thought out design solutions.
A recent inclusion to our stable of good quality products is the Megalit range from the Artemide group of companies. Megalit is a French based manufacturer specializing in architectural lighting solutions.
