IALD International Lighting Awards

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The Radiance Award went to Rotterdam-based lighting design firm for their urban lighting project titled "Broken Light."

Rudolf Teunissen

The Radiance Award went to Rotterdam-based lighting design firm for their urban lighting project titled "Broken Light."

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Lightfair served as the backdrop for the announcement of several annual architectural lighting design award programs including the 29th Annual IALD International Lighting Awards. The IALD Awards were presented May 10, 2012, in Las Vegas, at an evening program and reception held at The Renaissance Hotel. The Radiance Award went to Rotterdam-based lighting design firm for their urban lighting project titled “Broken Light.” The 2012 winning projects were:

Radiance Award
Project: Broken Light, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lighting Designers: Daglicht & Vorm, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Award of Excellence
Project: The National September 11 Memorial, New York
Lighting Designers: Fisher Marantz Stone, New York

Award of Excellence
Project: Futako Tamagawa Rise, Tokyo
Lighting Designers: Lightdesign, Tokyo

Award of Excellence
Project: Lighting Beirut Architecture, Beirut, Lebanon
Lighting Designers: Light Cibles, Paris

Award of Excellence
Project: Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center Lantern of Hope, Gilbert, Az.
Lighting Designers: Cannon Design, Phoenix, Az.

Award of Excellence
Project: Lagares Showroom, Girona, Spain
Lighting Designers: Artec3 Studio, Barcelona

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

Award of Merit
Project: Harrow School Chapel, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Lighting Designers: DPA Lighting Design, London

Award of Merit
Project: Chandler City Hall Exterior Lighting, Chandler, Az.
Lighting Designers: Smithgroup JJR, Detroit

Award of Merit
Project: St. Regis Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Lighting Designers: Lighting Planners Associates, Tokyo

Award of Merit
Project: Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Lighting Designers: David Mintz in association with Randy Burkett Lighting Design, St. Louis

Award of Merit
Project: Hatoya 3 Building, Tokyo
Lighting Designers: Forlights, Tokyo

Award of Merit
Project: Yotel, New York
Lighting Designers: Focus Lighting, New York

Special Citation for Sensitive Application of Light in a Repurposed Urban Setting
Project: The High Line, New York
Lighting Designers: L’Observatoire, New York

Special Citation for the Successful Translation of a Visual Theme into Light
Project: Novamed Polyclinic
Lighting Designers: Skira Ltd., Pula, Croatia

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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