The 2006 IALD Lighting Design Awards program, held in conjunction with LightFair, represented a year of firsts for the 23-year-old program.
Twenty-three projects were recognized with awards, including a project that won the elusive sustainable design award. For the first time since projects were judged by category, residential projects were recognized with awards this year.
The IALD is the International Association of Lighting Designers, which gives awards in conjunction with the annual gathering of lighting professionals at LightFair International.
The 2006 IALD Lighting Design Awards included the submission of 160 projects representing 16 countries. The 23 winning projects are located in eight countries spanning four continents. Projects won in every category this year.
Nine IALD Awards of Excellence were awarded: three in the Corporate category; and two each in the Monumental Structures/Public Spaces, Retail/Entertainment and Site/Facade categories.
The highest point winner is awarded the coveted IALD Radiance Award for Excellence in Architectural Lighting Design.
Twelve projects earned IALD Awards of Merit: four in the Monumental Structures/Public Spaces category; two each in the Hospitality and Residential categories; and one each in the Corporate, Academic/Institutional, Retail/Entertainment and Site/Facade categories.
Two IALD Special Citations were recognized. One project was recognized for Innovative Use of Materials and Techniques for Daylight Control, an entry in the Residential category. The other project was recognized for Technical Integration of Facade and Aesthetic Sensitivity to Brand Image, an entry in the Corporate category.
"In my four years as awards chair, this is the best pool of projects and the best pool of viable residential projects we?ve ever had," says IALD Awards Co-Chair Kenneth A. Douglas, IALD, of Illumination Arts, N.J.
Nine IALD Awards of Excellence were presented, with the Radiance Award going to the Retail/Entertainment entry:
* Tourneau Time Dome, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Paul Gregory of Focus Lighting in New York City. Other lighting designers credited on the project are Ken Ventry and J.P. Lira.
The other Award of Excellence in the Retail/Entertainment category was presented to:
* Louis Vuitton Global Lighting Design, Madrid, Spain
Principal lighting designer on the project is Rogier van der Heide, IALD, of Arup Lighting in Amsterdam. Other lighting designers credited on the project are Simone Collon and Ben Kreukniet.
Three Awards of Excellence were presented in the Corporate category to:
* 111 South Wacker Drive lobby, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Stephen Margulies, IALD, of Cosentini Lighting Design in New York City. Fernando Soler is the other lighting designer credited on the project.
* Flex Systems, Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Derek Porter, IALD, principal of Derek Porter Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. Other lighting designers credited on the project are Katrina All and Katie Green.
* Hiroshima City Naka Incineration Plant, Hiroshima, Japan
Principal lighting designer on the project is Kaoru Mende, IALD, of Lighting Planners Associates in Tokyo, Japan. Other lighting designers credited on the project are Ryuichi Sawada and Mari Kubota.
Two Awards of Excellence were presented in the Monumental Structures/Public Spaces category to:
* David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Keith Yancey of Lam Partners in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lighting designer Paul Zaferiou is also credited on the project.
* High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Andrew Sedgwick of Arup Lighting in London. Arfon Davies is also credited for the lighting design on the project.
The High Museum of Art also won the first IALD Sustainable Design Award, which was first recognized as an Award of Excellence and then judged in the sustainable design category. The IALD instituted a sustainability category in 2004. Although there were submissions into the category, no project had met the qualifications until this year's judging. According to the judging criteria, "sustainable lighting design meets the qualitative needs of the visual environment with the least impact on the physical environment."
Two Awards of Excellence were presented in the Site/Facade category to:
* Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Jeff Gerwing, IALD, of Smith Group, also in Detroit. Other lighting designers credited are Rodrigo Manriquez, IALD, and Chris Coulter.
* Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Stephen Bernstein, IALD. Marty Salzberg is the other lighting designer credited on the project.
Twelve IALD Awards of Merit were granted, with four presented in the Monumental Structures/Public Spaces category to:
* Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.
Principal lighting designers on the project are Stephen Bernstein, IALD, and Mitul Parekh of Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design in New York City.
* Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, N.C., U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Andrea Hartranft, Associate IALD, of C.M. Kling & Associates in Alexandria, Virginia.
* Igreja de Sao Francisco de Assis, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Principal lighting designer on the project was Monica Luz Lobo, principal of Monica Luz Lobo Lighting Design Sutdio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other lighting designers credited on the project are Ines Benevolo, Danielle Valle and Gabriel Vinagre.
* Kyoto State Guest House, Kyoto, Japan
The principle lighting designers on the project include: Kaoru Mende, IALD, Ryuichi Sawada and Aki Hayakawa of Lighting Planners Associates in Tokyo, Japan.
Two Awards of Merit were presented in the Hospitality category to:
* Geneva Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland
Principal lighting designer on the project is David Singer of Arc Light Design in New York City. Other lighting designers credited on this project are: Joern Siebke, project manager, Sandra Chung, Si Young Kim, Jerry Ryu and Liliana Ivanovska.
* Waterlemon, Beirut, Lebanon
Principal lighting designer on this project is Dimitri Saddi of PSLAB in Beirut. Other designers credited on the project include Rana Haddad and Pascal Hachem.
Two Awards of Merit were presented in the Residential category to:
* Briar Cliff Residence, Kansas City, Mo.
The principal lighting designer on the project was Derek Porter, IALD, principal of Derek Porter Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. Katie Green is the other designer credited on the project.
* Four Seasons Penthouse, San Francisco, Calif.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Hiram Banks, principal of h.e. banks and associates lighting design, in San Francisco. Claudio Ramos, IALD, and Jody Pritchard are the other lighting designers credited on the project.
One Award of Merit was presented in the Corporate category to:
* Bank of America Trading Floor, Charlotte, N.C.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Stephen Margulies, IALD, of Cosentini Lighting Design in New York City. Marianne Maloney is also a credited lighting designer on the project.
One Award of Merit was presented in the Academic/Institutional category to:
* Bellevue Hospital New Ambulatory Care Center, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
Principal lighting designer on the project is Stephen Margulies, IALD, of Cosentini Lighting Design in New York City.
One Award of Merit was presented in the Retail/Entertainment category to:
* Globus Department Store, Zurich, Switzerland
Principal designer on the project is Gerd Pfarr?, IALD, principal of Pfarre Lighting Design in Munich, Germany. Katja Moebs is the other lighting designer credited on the project.
One Award of Merit was presented in the Site/Facade category to:
* The Almshouses, Princesshay, Exeter, England, UK
Principal lighting designer on the project is Martin Lupton of BDP Lighting in London. The other lighting designer credited on the project is Mark Ridler.
* Two Special Citations were granted. The IALD Special Citation for Innovative Use of Materials and Techniques for Daylight Control, an entry in the Residential category, was presented to:
* Hue-Chroma House, Mexico City, Mexico
The principal lighting designer on the project is Gustavo Avil?s of Lighteam Gustavo Avil?s in Mexico City.
The IALD Special Citation for Technical Integration of Facade and Aesthetic Sensitivity to Brand Image, an entry in the Corporate category, was given to:
* Chanel, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
The principal designer on the project is Matthew Tanteri, IALD, of Tanteri and Associates in New York City.
The IALD, established in 1969, is an international organization dedicated to the profession of architectural lighting design. Based in Chicago and comprised of more than 700 members throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, the IALD's role is to set the global standard for lighting design excellence.
To read more about the awards, and see images of them, visit the IALD website.
