The 34th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards were presented May 10, 2017, during Lightfair in Philadelphia, at an evening program and reception held at the Crystal Tea Room. Twenty-two projects—five Awards of Excellence, 14 Awards of Merit (one of which was also acknowledged for its sustainability features), and three Special Citations—were recognized from a field of international entries. The Radiance Award, the program’s highest honor, went to Beijing United Artists for The Harbin Opera House in Harbin, China.
Projects were reviewed and evaluated by a group of lighting and architectural professionals at the International Association of Lighting Designer’s (IALD) headquarter offices in Chicago in December 2016. The eight jury members were as follows: lighting designer Carlos Fortes, San Paulo; designer Erin Primerano, Syracuse, N.Y.; lighting designer Steven Rosen, Salem, Mass.; lighting designer Mary Rushton Beales, London; lighting designer Eileen Thomas, Irvine, Calif.; architect Jason Van Auker, Irvine, Calif.; and lighting designer Birgit Walter, Barcelona.
The 2017 winning projects are:
Radiance Award (and Award of Excellence)
Project: Harbin Opera House, Harbin, China (image above)
Lighting Design Firm: Beijing United Artists, Beijing
Award of Excellence
Project: 599 Lexington Avenue Ground Floor Upgrades
Lighting Design Firm: Tillotson Design Associates, New York
Award of Excellence
Project: Barneys New York
Lighting Design Firm: Cooley Monato Studio, New York
Award of Excellence
Project: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Lighting Design Firm: L’Acte Lumière, Lyon, France
Award of Excellence
Project: Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Lighting Design Firm: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, New York
Award of Merit
Project: 225 Park Avenue South, New York
Lighting Design Firm: Anita Jorgensen Lighting Design, New York
Award of Merit and Sustainability
Project: 888 Boylston, Boston
Lighting Design Firm: Buro Happold, New York
Award of Merit
Project: Amanemu, Ise-Shima, Japan
Lighting Design Firm: Lighting Planners Associates, Tokyo and Singapore
Award of Merit
Project: Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago
Lighting Design Firm: Schuler Shook, Chicago
Award of Merit
Project: Corrs Chambers Westgrath, Perth, Australia
Lighting Design Firm: Electrolight, Melbourne, Australia
Award of Merit
Project: Debenhams Oxford Street, London
Lighting Design Firm: Light + Design Associates, London
Award of Merit
Project: Elements of Byron Central Facilities, Byron Bay, Australia
Lighting Design Firm: Tony Dowthwaite Lighting Design, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Award of Merit
Project: The Farm Residence, Gerroa, Australia
Lighting Design Firm: Electrolight, Melbourne, Australia
Award of Merit
Project: Gasholder Park, London
Lighting Design Firm: Speirs + Major, London
Award of Merit
Project: Kunstmuseum Basel Light Frieze, Basel, Switzerland
Lighting Design Firm: iart, Münchenstein/Basel, Switzerland
Award of Merit
Project: National Gallery of Singapore
Lighting Design Firm: Lighting Planners Associates, Tokyo and Singapore
Award of Merit
Project: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture Facade, Washington, D.C.
Lighting Design Firm: Fisher Marantz Stone, New York
Award of Merit
Project: United States Air Force Academy Center, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Lighting Design Firm: Brandston Partnership, New York
Award of Merit
Project: Wintrust Financial Corporation Chicago
Lighting Design Firm: Schuler Shook, Chicago
Special Citation for Creative and Collaborative Enhancement pf an Ephemeral canvas
Project: 1.8 by Janet Echelman at the Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Lighting Design Firm: Arup, New York
Special Citation for Transformative Multidisciplinary Chandelier
Project: Chapelle Corneille, Regional Auditorium of Normandy, Rouen, France
Lighting Design Firm: Wonderfulight, Bordeaux, France
Special Citation for Inventive and Sensitive Re-imagination of Historic Gas Luminaires
Project: Park Avenue Armory Veterans Room
Lighting Design Firm: Fisher Marantz Stone, New York
The Call for Entries for the 35th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards will open August 2017 via the IALD’s website—iald.org. Projects must be permanent architectural lighting design solutions for which construction was completed after June 1, 2016.
