2010 AL Light & Architecture Design Awards

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Every year the bar is raised, and every year the projects submitted to the AL Light & Architecture Design Awards deliver. This year, our seventh, was no exception. From an international field of more than 80 projects, this year’s winners exemplify the pivotal role that lighting plays in the creation of architecture. Each of these stellar examples of architectural lighting has found a way to elevate the project’s programmatic requirements into an artful marriage of design and technical achievement that also addresses the user’s needs and applicable code requirements. The attention to detail and comprehensive thought behind each of these works is readily apparent. No matter the scale of the project or the setting, the 10 projects on the pages that follow are inventive solutions that strike the perfect balance between creativity and practicality. These are spaces made richer by light.

Award Winners

Outstanding Achievment
Utah State Capitol Restoration
Hotel Encanto
Yas Marina Hotel
Telekom Bridge
Vera Wang New York Flagship Store

Commendable Achievement
W Fort Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Power & Light Utility Bridge
1100 First Street Ne
Science Storms

Special Citation for the Artful Delivery of Design to Public School Spaces
P.S. 31 & P.S. 110

Best Use of Color
Hotel Encanto

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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