Neo-classical torchière with brutalist ribbing — central statement fixture with warm filament glow

Atelier · New York · Est. 2016

Light as Architecture.

Hand-forged steel fixtures at the threshold of brutalism and neo-classicism. Commissions for hotels, residences, and stages.

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Chapter One — The Maker

Metalworker hands shaping a steel armature with sparks frozen mid-flight in the forge

Forge Temperature

1,400°C

You meet the maker
before the work.

Every Lumière fixture begins at the forge — not a design file, not a mood board. Elías Voss, the studio's sole maker, works cold-rolled steel with tools inherited from a German blacksmith and techniques drawn from Viennese architectural ironwork. There are no production runs. There is no factory.

A commission takes four to twelve weeks. The client receives a single object — built once, built exactly, built to outlast the building it hangs in.

MaterialsCold-rolled steel · Brass · Iron oxide patina
Lead time4 – 12 weeks per commission
StudioTribeca, New York City
Annual outputFewer than 40 fixtures
< 40Fixtures per year
18Countries installed
100%Hand-forged steel
10+Years at the forge
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Chapter Two — Blueprint

From dimension
to dimension.

Before the first heat, every commission is resolved in drawing. Elías produces hand-drafted technical sheets — elevation, plan, section — with dimensions visible to the millimetre. The client signs off on the blueprint. The blueprint becomes the fixture.

No surprises at installation. No revisions after fabrication. The drawing is a contract between the maker and the space.

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Brief

Space dimensions, lux targets, aesthetic intent

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Blueprint

Hand-drafted technical drawing, client approval

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Forge

Single fabrication run, no production version

For Specifiers & Design Professionals

Download the Lookbook — full technical specifications, finish options, and installation case studies.

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PDF · 28 pages · Requires email

Finished hand-forged steel pendant with blueprint dimension annotations overlaid
W: 680mmH: 1,240mmForged iron collarFluted column

Technical Drawing

Model LM-07 · Torchière

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Chapter Three — In Situ

The fixture
defines the room.

Every installation is documented in the space it was made for. The fixture does not travel between rooms.

Lumière LM-04 brutalist chandelier installed in Copenhagen concrete-walled restaurant with dramatic ceiling height

Copenhagen, Denmark

Noma District Restaurant

Hospitality · Chandelier LM-04

Lumière LM-07 torchière in São Paulo marble foyer with 6-metre ceiling height

São Paulo, Brazil

Itaim Bibi Residence

Residential · Torchière LM-07

Lumière wall sconce series in Tribeca loft with exposed concrete and raw steel structural elements

Tribeca, New York

Franklin Street Loft

Residential · Sconce Series LM-11

Lumière LM-02 pendant installation in hotel lobby with dramatic single-point illumination

Milan, Italy

The Arca Hotel

Hospitality · Pendant LM-02

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Dark concrete gallery interior with single Lumière fixture illuminated, its shadow climbing raw walls

Commission a Fixture

One fixture.
One room.
Forever.

Lumière accepts fewer than 40 commissions per year. Each begins with a conversation about the space — its architecture, its light, its silence. The intake form takes 8 minutes. The fixture lasts a lifetime.

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Response

8 minutes

Intake form

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