2013 IALD Awards

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Lightfair served as the backdrop for the announcement of several annual architectural lighting design award programs including the 30th Annual IALD International Lighting Awards. The IALD Awards were presented Apr. 24, 2013, in Philadelphia, at an evening program and reception held at The Crystal Tea Room. Ten projects were recognized from a field of more than 220 entries. The Radiance Award went to Munich-based lighting design firm Pfarré Lighting Design for the HafenCity-University Subway Station in Hamburg, Germany. The full list of 2013 winning projects is:

Radiance Award
Project: HafenCity-University Subway Station, Hamburg
Lighting Designers: Pfarré Lighting Design, Munich and

D-Lightvision, Munich

Award of Excellence
Project: Silo 468, Helsinki
Lighting Designers: Lighting Design Collective, Madrid

Award of Excellence

Project: Crown Towers Eastern Entry, Melbourne, Australia
Lighting Designers: Electrolight, Melbourne, Australia

Award of Merit
Project: Burlington Arcade, London
Lighting Designers: Speirs + Major, London

Award of Merit
Project: Cité du Surf et de L’Ocean, Biarritz, France
Lighting Designers: L’Observatoire International, New York

Award of Merit
Project: Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum, Minneapolis
Lighting Designers: HGA Architects and Engineers, Minneapolis

Award of Merit

Project: Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo
Lighting Designers: Sirius Lighting Office, Tokyo and Nikken Sekkei, Tokyo

Award of Merit
Project: Sneakerology, Sydney
Lighting Designers: Electrolight, Melbourne, Australia

Award of Merit
Project: Kunming Changshui International Airport, Kunming City, China
Lighting Designers: Shanghai Grandar Light Art and Technology Co., Shanghai

Special Citation for Custom Fixtures Using Dynamic Design to Transform a Space
Project: Qatar National Convention Centre Banqueting Suite, Doha, Qatar
Lighting Designers: Light and Design Associates, London

For further information about the IALD Awards go to: http://www.iald.org/about/awards/award.asp?year=2013

About the Author

Elizabeth Donoff

Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.

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