The ‘Nebula’- art by Vibhor Sogani
W Hotel Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Legatum Private Offices
Courtney Mark, founder and Creative Director of STUDIO MARK, is an American lighting designer creating multi-faceted, experiential, socially conscious spaces in the hotel and hospitality scene for almost 20 years. Mark is a trained lighting architect and refurbishment specialist. She has led multiple leading award-winning projects in the United States, India, Hong Kong, Central America, and the Middle East region.
The daughter of an architect, Mark loves the world of lighting and design. She is an active member of the UAE lighting industry, a mentor with the Women In Lighting (WIL) organization, a member of the IES, and an advocate for the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA).
With nearly two decades of international lighting design experience, in 2019 Courtney Mark launched STUDIO MARK — a select & full-service architectural lighting design practice that specializes in hospitality lighting design and refurbishment in an era of wellness and eco-conscious consumerism. STUDIO MARK is currently designing for a new age of sustainable hospitality with a distinctive vision of authentic cultural immersion and site-specific lighting design.
Crafting tranquil and stimulating sensory experiences is at the center of the studio’s design approach. Mark actively partners with the top forward-thinking creatives in the industry from architecture, interior design, and construction industry that also choose to prioritize sustainability.
