Awards

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING recently published the 2012 AL Light & Architecture Award Winners–congratulations, all! * Outstanding Achievement – The United States Institute of Peace * Outstanding Achievement – The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts * Outstanding Achievement – Twin Sails Bridge * Outstanding Achievement – National September 11 Memorial * Commendable Achievement – University of [...]

Cooper Lighting has announced a call for entries for its 36th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. The competition, which focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary element in design, is open to all lighting designers, architects, engineers, professional designers and consultants who use Cooper Lighting fixtures in [...]

The Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition recognizes the highest-quality LED luminaires for commercial building applications. This year, the competition is broken into indoor and outdoor competitions. The indoor competition winners were announced earlier this year. Now the outdoor competition is formally launching. Written Intents to Submit are due by August 3, 2012, and must be [...]

The 2011 GE Edison Award was presented to Glenn Heinmiller, Paul Zaferiou and Dan Weissman of Lam Partners for lighting the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. A personalized Steuben crystal award for the 29th annual lighting design competition was presented by GE Lighting during LIGHTFAIR. The GE Edison Award competition is open [...]

In downtown Manhattan, the National 9/11 Memorial opened on the 10th anniversary of the 2001 tragedy. “A very powerful installation where light forms a strong contrast to the despair of the dark void,” commented one IALD Awards judge on the lighting design. After extensive studies and select site visits around Manhattan, the designers were able [...]

Cooper Lighting recently announced the winners of the 35th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. The winners were recognized at LIGHTFAIR International 2012 in Las Vegas at the Keynote Speaker Luncheon on May 8 in front of an audience of 500 design professionals. Five professional awards and six student awards were presented. The annual [...]

Fifteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from seven countries comprise the winners of the 29th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, recognized at a presentation held May 10, 2012 at the Renaissance Hotel in Las Vegas during LIGHTFAIR. Of the 15 projects recognized, two entries earned Special Citations, [...]

Dal Beat, designed by Sejung Oh, an industrial design major at Pratt Institute was awarded the grand prize at the Illuminating Engineering Society’s New York City Section’s (IESNYC) 12th annual student lighting design competition held on February 29, 2012. In essence, the winning project–constructed of acrylic, an LED strip, and MDF–is a drum filled with [...]

Solatube International Inc., a manufacturer of tubular daylighting devices, recently announced the winners of the 2011 Solatube ICE Awards for Inspired and Creative Excellence in the use of Solatube products in daylighting design. The international contest recognizes residential, commercial and student work in locations ranging from homes and manufacturing facilities, to schools and retail stores. [...]