31st Annual GE Edison Awards Program Recognizes 17 Projects

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GE Edison Award FinalistProject: Dallas City Performance Hall, DallasLighting Designer: Schuler Shook, Chicago

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GE Edison Award FinalistProject: Dallas City Performance Hall, DallasLighting Designer: Schuler Shook, Chicago


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/

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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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