101domus is highlighting eight Italian lighting ateliers in its network that build for large-scale projects, drawing on its English-language guide to Italian lighting for large-scale luxury projects. The selection is aimed at architects, interior designers and FF&E consultants specifying for hotel lobbies, double-height foyers and grand residences, where a chandelier has to read as architecture, pass technical review in several markets and still carry hand-finished quality.
Classical crystal for landmark interiors.
G. Moscatelli, founded in Milan in 1926, makes classical lighting in cut crystal and brass and adapts size, shape and finish to each commission. Its project list includes Cartier on Fifth Avenue in New York, the Grand America hotel in Salt Lake City, the Westgate in San Diego, the Westin Palace in Milan and the restoration of the Teatro alla Scala. Il Paralume Marina builds around stone as well as glass, with an eighteen-light chandelier set on a Carrara marble frame, and has lit a 4,000-square-metre private palace in Saudi Arabia.
Murano glass at monumental scale.
Sylcom has worked with hand-blown Murano glass in Venice since 1969; its bespoke work includes a five-metre Pisani chandelier in smoked glass made for a client in Bahrain. Vistosi brings the same tradition to contract work, from collections such as Giogali and Jube to fully custom pieces for hotels including the Lutetia in Paris.
Hospitality, residences and the sea.
Patrizia Volpato designs bespoke light installations for hotels and for cruise ships of lines such as Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC and Holland America. Terzani, based in Florence, starts from engineering: its Manta and Mizu suspensions light the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof in Switzerland, and its studio develops bespoke shapes and sizes for specific projects. Badari, a Florentine workshop since 1956, treats brass, copper and alabaster as structural materials. Patrizia Garganti works in hand-blown glass, with residential projects that include villas and a penthouse in Miami and villas in Dubai.
Designers comparing these workshops can browse the full selection of Italian luxury lighting on 101domus, from chandeliers and wall lights to lighting systems. For a residential or hospitality brief, the next stage is to assess shortlisted fixtures against ceiling heights, structural loads, electrical standards, lead times and delivery. Through 101domus, project teams can develop these enquiries across Italian manufacturers through a single point of coordination, with support for bespoke requests, technical information, production planning and international logistics.
