GE Edison Awards

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The 29th Annual GE Edison Awards were presented May 8, 2012, during Lightfair in Las Vegas at an evening award program and reception held at The Wynn Hotel. Twelve projects were recognized and the highest honor—the GE Edison Award—was presented to Cambridge, Mass.-based lighting firm Lam partners for their work at the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C. The 2012 winning projects were:

GE Edison Award and Award of Excellence
Project: United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.
Lighting Designers: Lam Partners, Cambridge, Mass.

Award of Excellence
Project: Museum of the Bavarian Kings, Hohenschwangau, Germany
Lighting Designers: Licht Kunst Licht, Bonn and Berlin, Germany

Award of Excellence
Project: Cornell University, Milstein Hall, Ithica, N.Y.
Lighting Designers: Tillotson Design Associates, New York

Award of Merit
Project: University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn.
Lighting Firm: HGA Architects and Engineers, Minneapolis, Minn.

Award of Merit
Project: Daley Library, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
Lighting Designers: Schuler Shook, Chicago

Award of Merit
Project: Lighting Experience Center, Budapest, Hungary
Lighting Designers: Cerquiglini & Rossi Architecture, Varedo, Italy

Award of Merit
Project: Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, The University of Chicago, Chicago
Lighting Designers: L-Plan, Berlin, Germany

Award of Merit
Project: Confidential Trading Company, Chicago
Lighting Designers: Schuler Shook, Chicago

Award for Environmental Design
Project: University of Arizona Likins and Arbol de la Vida Residence Halls
Lighting Designers: Benya Lighting Design, West Linn, Ore., and Monrad Engineering, Tucson, Az.

Award for Residential Design
Project: Toro Canyon Residence, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Lighting Designers: Anne Kale Associates, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Special Citation
Project: Ogden High School Auditorium Restoration
Lighting Designers: Spectrum Engineers, Salt Lake City, Utah

Special Citation
Project: Louisville Second Street Transportation Project, Louisville, Ky.
Lighting Designers: Leni Schwendinger Light Projects, New York

For further information about the GE Edison Awards visit: http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/edison_award/

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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