The 31st Annual GE Edison Awards were presented June 2, 2014, during Lightfair in Las Vegas at an evening award program and reception held at the Venetian Hotel. Seventeen projects were recognized and the highest honor – the GE Edison Award – was presented to Chicago-based lighting firm Schuler Shook for their lighting design of the City Performance Hall in Dallas.
GE Edison Award and Award of Excellence
Project: City Performance Hall, Dallas
Lighting Designers: Schuler Shook, Chicago
Award of Excellence
Project: Global Investment Firm, San Francisco
Lighting Designers: Banks|Ramos Architectural Lighting Design, San Francisco
Award of Excellence
Project: Herscher Hall at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
Lighting Designers: Lam Partners, Cambridge, Mass.
Award of Merit
Project: Loyola University – Damen Student Center, Chicago
Lighting Designers: Schuler Shook, Chicago
Award of Merit
Project: Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco
Lighting Designers: Banks|Ramos Architectural Lighting Design, San Francisco
Award of Merit
Project: Red Bull Music Academy, New York
Lighting Designers: Tillotson Design Associates, New York
Award of Merit
Project: Union Depot Intermodal Transit and Transportation Hub, St. Paul, Minn.
Lighting Designers: HGA Architects and Engineers, Minneapolis
Award of Merit and Award for Environmental Design
Project: Gensler Newport Beach Office, Newport Beach, Calif.
Lighting Firm: Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting
Award for Environmental Design
Project: HSBC Exportec Toluca, Toluca, Edo. De Mexico, Mexico
Lighting Designers: Vergara y Fernandez de Ortega Arquitectos, Mexico City
Award for Environmental Design
Project: Loyola University – Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Chicago
Lighting Designers: Schuler Shook, Chicago
Award for Environmental Design
Project: Newcastle Library, Newcastle, Washington
Lighting Designers: dark | light design, Seattle
Award for Environmental Design
Project: Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, Denver
Lighting Team: Illume ME Engineers, Wheat Ridge, Co.; Fentress Architects, Denver; and Koplin Interiors, Lone Tree, Calif.
Award for Environmental Design
Project: Redding School for the Arts, Redding, Calif.
Lighting Team: Benya Burnett Consultancy, Davis, Calif. and Trilogy Architecture, Redding, Calif.
Award for Residential Design
Project: Museum Tower Penthouse, San Francisco
Lighting Designers: Banks|Ramos Architectural Lighting Design, San Francisco
Special Citation for Cultural Value
Project: Memorial to the Victims of Violence, Mexico City
Lighting Designers: Lighteam/Aviles Sbokou Lighting Composers, Mexico City
Special Citation for Adaptive Reuse
Project: Restoration Hardware, Boston
Lighting Designers: Ross De Alessi Lighting Design, Seattle
Special Citation for Community Transformation
Project: RiverEdge Park, Aurora, Ill.
Lighting Team: Schuler Shook, Chicago and Muller and Muller, Chicago
For further information about the GE Edison Awards visit: http://www.gelighting.com/LightingWeb/na/resources/edison-awards/overview/