DBSJ’s guide to prime and luxury fit-outs
DBSJ’s CEO, Darren Hill, explains the secret to success of luxury fit-out projects, bringing your exclusive vision to life.
6th December, 2024
DBSJ’s team has a wealth of knowledge, experience and talent in creating exceptional prime and luxury interiors, from concept to completion. A prime and luxury mindset is embedded in our company’s ethos.
We bring a rich pedigree of partnering with luxury brands to bring exclusive visions to life, transforming spaces into prime and luxury hospitality or retail environments. We are proud of how that success has been consistently achieved through a belief in unrelenting attention to detail and meticulous workmanship, precisely matching your brand’s design.
The consensus across our team is no two projects are ever the same, and the only commonality to any prime or luxury fit-out is the creative requirement for bespoke solutions and highest-quality materials and joinery, with each project tailored to meet the unique requirements of the design, location and customer experience.
Darren Hill, DBSJ’s CEO, has been leading the creation of luxury retail across the UK and Europe for decades. Today, he shares DBSJ’s approach to prime and luxury interiors.
“We don’t settle for anything less than flawless.”
“Stewardship and innovative design are our key drivers,” Darren explains. “With each environment being the physical representation of a high-end concept, the integrity of your identity is at the forefront of our thinking. As custodians of your brand, we enhance the customer experience at every touchpoint and ensure all elements of your brand are upheld and consistent across your real state.”
He adds: “We meticulously ensure that every bespoke junction of stone, glass, timber, and metalwork is considered to create stunning and iconic environments for our customers. Our technical design integration sets us apart, as we go above and beyond to meticulously study every single interaction among the materials and elements of every piece, from the sophisticated union of glass and metal to the specific stitching of leather or the unique nature of raw materials for premium fit-outs. Every detail reflects your brand’s exclusiveness.”
Collaboration with partners from the first day is the cornerstone of the DBSJ approach to prime and luxury fit-outs – establishing achievable timescales and budgets that lay out realistic timings and costs needed to produce a fit-out of the highest quality. Highly experienced professionals carry out a risk analysis and readily set out mitigation strategies prior the start of the project, offering high-level appraisals and risk assessments without any cost to the customer. It is important to invest that time and expertise to devise a better solution for a particular project.
Darren continues: “As the project evolves, we manage the risk and budget openly with our partner, continuously keeping them up to speed with updates on milestones and project events. This collaborative and meticulous mindset helps us reduce risks substantially and minimise the impact on the end-user if the risk ultimately materialises. Our customer-centric end-to-end service is instrumental in transforming prime and luxury environments that require proactive stewardship and impeccable quality control. We don’t settle for anything less than flawless.
Thanks to the skilled design teams and in-house manufacturing facilities, DBSJ controls the quality of the high-end, bespoke joinery throughout the whole project. As an integrated design, joinery, and fit out contractor, we offer a single point of contact for both the white box phase, which involves structural alterations, demolitions and base finishes, and the fit-out phase, which delivers the final impression of the exceptional, captivating environment you had envisioned.
“This integrated approach makes us unique,” Darren says. “We consider aspects such as MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) items from the outset. Luxury environments are impacted by these elements. Functionality is essential but it needs to fit the ambience. We make sure that concealed services, structural integration and the seamless modelling of existing elements align with the sophisticated and exclusive aesthetics that our partners aim to evoke.
“Our group of talented professionals has been involved in prime and luxury projects in the exclusive residential sector, such as One Hyde Park, the hospitality industry working on multiple luxury hotel environments, as well as in numerous retail projects. We know that all stakeholders, including the supply chain, need the right skillset to understand the nuances of luxury. Each project is unique, and we’ve got the perfect team behind us to help you bring your luxury vision to life.”
Contact DBSJ today to discover how we can bring your prime and luxury visions to life.
