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uzio- di dalle lle no. di allo Luciano Micallef presenting the Malta Architect Award 2016 for Interior Design Projects to periti Sarah Calleja and Alexia Gingell Littlejohn Alexia explained that although everyone was very profes- sional yet there were times when they physically couldn’t all fit into the small space to work together. “The programming of the contractors - coordinating them all to work togeth- er - turned out to be the main problem,” she explained. Sarah added that they always were aware that delays of any sort would be costly to their client because while the works were ongoing their client was renting alternative premises in the interim. “There was this cost factor to consider all the time too”. At the same time the combining of the works for the staircase and their materials meant getting experts in joinery and in metal work to somehow collaborate together to go for the finished product we wanted,” she continued. All elements have to come together to contrib- ute to the end result. It’s a sort of A to Z approach DESIGN&BUILD Sarah and Alexia put their success down to one basic detail – motivation. “We can do so much w ith so little!” they concurred. “We look at a project from a holistic point of view – from the construction to the finishing and interior design. Everything is linked. We plan from the initial sketches to the final product so that they work, both technically and aesthetically. All elements have to come together to contribute to the end result. It’s a sort of A to Z approach” they said. Q 2 , 2017 65