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Alexander Bellman was born in Milan in 1970, after
completing a degree in Architecture at the Polytechnic
University of Milan he founded his first studio in 1998.
He was soon highly specialized in lighting design and
virtual technologies and became one of the field’s
referential figures.
“I’ve always been obsessed with trying to design
light” explains Bellman, who founded Gruppo C14
in Milan in 2003. This architects’ studio immediately
distinguished itself for its ability to blend different
skills. Bellman and C14 specialise in residential, retail,
hospitality and exhibition projects. Their interior design
is always driven by the aim to deliver bespoke ideas
combined with well thought out lighting design, the
sector in which the studio excels
This passion for the restaurant business will shortly
result in the opening of two new projects, for now
they are still in the construction phase. Then, let’s
not forget the important commission won in Milan
as the lighting consultant for the Torre Generali, the
brand new Torre Gioia 22 and Piazza Gae Aulenti. C14
is currently busy with important public commissions
in connection to the Gioia 20 project, which was
presented last May: they are in charge of the lighting
project for the communal areas, the terraces and
lobbies inside the tower which will occupy the large
communal space (presently a car park) behind Porta
Nuova. Still in Milan, Bellman and C14 designed the
ticket office and shop in the prestigious Museo del
Duomo. After Milan we move on to Florence, here
too the studio is involved in the lighting of an historical
building, namely, the rationalist Manifattura Tabacchi
building – which in recent years has undergone an
ambitious renovation project.
Gruppo C14 worked alongside MDL and MCA for the
lighting design of two buildings in the Porta Nuova
area, designed the lighting for Kiton’s new showroom
within Palazzo Gondrand in Milan, created the
Peuterey retail concept, developed concept lighting
for Ballantyne, worked with International artists and
curated exhibitions at Milan’s Palazzo Reale, Sforza
Castle, Natural History Museum, Triennale and on Isola
Madre on Lake Maggiore.
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