Prize(s) Winners in Bar and Restaurant Lighting Design
Lighting Design/Product Company One to One By Martin Döller
Lead Designers Martin Döller
Architecture Company Tristan Du Plessis Studio
Interior Design Company Christoff Karl from Guideline
Client Peter Tempelhoff
Photo Credits Bruce Tuck
Completion Date 25 July 2025
Project Location 37 Parliament St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001
Entry DescriptionThis award-winning restaurant's lighting design exemplifies our signature experiential approach, banishing conventional glary downlight’s to create an intimate culinary theatre. The design features a sophisticated layering technique combining warm ambient illumination with dramatic architectural lighting elements. Golden linear LED installations create rhythmic patterns across the timber-clad ceiling, while concealed uplighting transforms the space into a dramatic backdrop for fine dining.
The lighting scheme employs our proprietary luminous layering methodology, balancing task, mood, and theatrical elements to enhance both the culinary presentation and guest experience. Strategic placement of warm-toned accent lighting highlights the restaurant's rich material palette of timber, brass, and textured surfaces, creating depth and visual intrigue throughout the space.
Custom-designed pendant installations serve as both functional task lighting and sculptural art pieces, suspended over key dining areas to define intimate spaces within the larger venue. The carefully considered dimming protocols allow for seamless transitions from energetic lunch service to intimate evening dining, demonstrating our commitment to adaptive, human-centric design that responds to the natural rhythms of hospitality.
Sustainability ApproachEnergy efficiency through 100% LED technology with intelligent dimming systems reducing consumption by 40% compared to conventional restaurant lighting. Timeless design principles ensure longevity and reduce replacement cycles, supporting circular economy values. Local sourcing of custom fixtures minimises carbon footprint, while the biophilic design approach reconnects diners with natural lighting patterns, promoting wellness and reducing the psychological need for over-illumination.
Company DescriptionAt One to One, our missiono is for you to experience more, with light.
Founded by Creative Director Martin Döller, One to One is an award winning experiential lighting brand dedicated to the emotional and physiological power of light. Our approach is grounded in biophilic design — the innate human need to connect with nature — and inspired by the way natural light influences mood, energy, and well-being. We translate that connection into built environments by simulating the principles of natural light: its softness, rhythm, glow, and shadows.
