Brand van Egmond delivers lighting sculptures for Hotel TwentySeven
Brand van Egmond were selected to deliver several lighting installations across Hotel TwentySeven and Restaurant Bougainville, Amsterdam.
Occupying one of the Amsterdam’s most prominent historic positions on Dam Square, the building brings together a restored early 20th-century structure with a fully reworked interior concept defined by material richness, layered detailing and a strong sense of spatial sequence.
The hotel operates as an all-suite property, with 16 individually designed suites ranging from compact configurations to expansive signature residences. Across the interior, design decisions emphasise tactility and depth – heavy textiles, bespoke furniture, custom artworks and carefully calibrated lighting contribute to a controlled but expressive hospitality environment.
Adjacent to the hotel, Restaurant Bougainville holds one Michelin star and forms an integral part of the guest experience, both spatially and operationally. Led by Executive Chef Tim Golsteijn, the restaurant is positioned as a fine dining destination with panoramic views across the city centre. The interiors continue the hotel’s material language with warm tones, bronze accents and a focus on intimacy despite its central urban setting.
Across the property, lighting is treated as a spatial instrument rather than a decorative layer. For Brand van Egmond, projects of this kind form part of a long-standing dialogue with hospitality designers who are working with spaces where identity, atmosphere and circulation are resolved together. Rooted in European design tradition and shaped by a creator-led atelier model, the approach is deliberately hands-on, with each commission developed through direct conversation, material calibration and a clear reading of the interior’s architectural logic.
A customised Kelp Fortuna installation forms a central element within the hotel’s circulation and dining areas. Developed specifically for this project, the composition introduces a vertical and horizontal rhythm through branching metal structures and suspended glass elements. The form responds to ceiling geometry and sightlines, creating a continuous visual thread between arrival, movement and gathering spaces.
In the cigar lounge, a bespoke interpretation of the Diamonds of Amsterdam collection introduces a more concentrated architectural gesture. Drawing on Amsterdam’s historic relationship with diamonds, the collection is expressed through faceted, structured compositions that reflect and refract light in a controlled manner. In this setting, the installation introduces a lower, more contained lighting register aligned with the room’s intimate function and more private pacing.
At the highest level of the building, within the Tower Dream Suite, a Floating Candles composition is integrated into the copper dome ceiling. The installation is conceived as a suspended field of soft points of light, creating a quieter atmospheric condition that supports the suite’s residential character and panoramic city views.
Across all interventions, the lighting remains consistent in material vocabulary while adapting in scale, density and intensity according to spatial use. The result is a coherent lighting environment that supports both the operational requirements of a luxury hotel and the layered experiential qualities expected in high-end hospitality.
