2023 Illumination Awards
The 50th Annual IES Illumination Awards
The 2023 IES Illumination Awards were presented on August 3, 2023 during the kick-off of the 2023 Annual Conference.
2023 Illumination Awards – Merit Award Recipients
Boston Section
BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY
Designer:: Borealis Lighting Studio
BOSTON CHILDREN’S BROOKLINE
Designer:: Lam Partners
CHARLOTTE & WILLIAM BLOOMBERG MEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
Designer:: HLB Lighting Designer:
CONFIDENTIAL CORPORTATE CLIENT FIT-OUT
Designer:: Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting
ENTERTAINMENT NATION, SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Designer:: Available Light
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY, BUILDING 201
Designer:: CannonDesign
KENTUCKY DISTILLERY EXPERIENCE
Designer:: Hartranft Lighting Design
MICROSOFT RESTON
Designer:: HLB Lighting Designer:
SQUARE INC. ST. LOUIS HEADQUARTERS
Designer:: CannonDesign
THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE
Designer:: Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting
VERIZON AT THE HUB ON CAUSEWAY
(Outdoor Lighting Design and Lighting Control Innovation)
Designer:: HLB Lighting Design
WACHENHEIM SCIENCE CENTER
Designer:: Available Light
Calgary Section
RECONCILIATION BRIDGE
Designer:: lightSPACE at SMP Engineering
Chicago Section
DAR CONSTITUTION HALL RENOVATION, PHASE 3
Designer:: Schuler Shook
LANDSCAPE IN LIGHT: THE TIFFANY WINDOW AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Designer:: Schuler Shook
VUORI – SOHO
Designer:: RL Studio
Cleveland Section
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Designer:: Osborn
Columbus Section
HOCKING HILLS LODGE
Designer:: Zinkon Creative Studio
Dallas Section
DFW HIGH C GATES
Designer:: Corgan
DOLESE BROS. CO. EXTERIOR
Designer:: LuM Lighting Design
FREEDOM PLACE EXTERIOR @ OLD PARKLAND
Designer:: studio e lighting
OLD PARKLAND CAMPANILE
Designer:: studio e lighting
“THE GEM” AT DOLESE BROS. CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Designer:: LuM Lighting Design
Denver Section
BEZEL BAR
Designer:s: HLB Lighting Design
CATBIRD HOTEL
Designer:: LS Group
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA
Designer:s: Illume
MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY INTERIOR
Designer:s: Mazzetti Lighting Design
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONCOURSE E EXPANSION
Designer:: HLB Lighting Design
Detroit Section
CHOCTAW CULTURAL CENTER
Designer:: Illuminating Concepts
FETZER INSTITUTE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RENOVATION
Designer:: SmithGroup
GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FILM
Designer:: SmithGroup
PERRIGO NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS
Designer:: SmithGroup
SHAW LANE POWER PLANT RENOVATION
Designer:: Integrated Design Solutions
District of Columbia Section
7500 OLD GEORGETOWN ROAD
Designer:: MCLA
80 M STREET MASS TIMBER DC
Designer:: CMK
DCPS BENJAMIN BANNEKER HIGH SCHOOL
Designer:: CMTA
JOHN EATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Designer:: CGS Architects
Grand Rapids Section
SAINT SEBASTIAN BELL TOWER
Designer:: Progressive AE
International
751D • PARK
Designer:: Toryo International Lighting Design Center
AL MANA HQ, DOHA
Designer:: Guangzhou Goden Lighting Design Co., Ltd
CANAL GRAND THEATRE OF YANGZHOU CHINA
Designer:: Tongi Architectural Design Group
CAPITASPRING
Designer:: Nipek Pte Ltd
CHAPEL OF SOUND
Designer:: Beijing United Artists Lighting Design Corp. Ltd.
DUNEDIN CITY LED STREETLIGHT REPLACEMENT
Designer:: LDP
FANGXIA AND YUNSHU
Designer:: ATL International Lighting Design Inc.
FUTURE PLAYGROUND – YOUTH THEATRE KASSEL
Designer:: Lichtwerke GmbH
GUANGMING DONGTAN YUAN
Designer:: Tongji Architectural Design Group
GUANGZHOU HAIXIN BRIDGE LIGHTING DESIGN
Designer:: Beijing Tsinghua Holdings Habitat Development Lighting Institute Co., Ltd.
HALLGRIMSKÍRKJA
(Interior and Outdoor Lighting Design)
Designer:: Liska ehf
HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE, ADELAIDE
Designer:: Aurecon
HUWEI IRON BRIDGE
Designer:: CosmoC Lighting, Ltd.
ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL LIBRARY
Designer:: Lighting Planners Associates
INTERIOR LIGHTING AND DAYLIGHTING FOR BY ART MATTERS AT OŌELI
Designer:: Arup
KAZAN
Designer:: Electrolight
KAWASAKI DELTA
Designer:: Susumu Matsushita Architecture & Lighting Design Labo.
LANGJIU DIZHIGE
Designer:: Brandston Partnership Inc.
LAYERING OF LANTERN NARRATIVE
Designer:: Light Directions
LIGHTING DESIGN OF CHANGZHOU QINGGUO LANE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL DISTRICT
Designer:: Beijing Tsinghua Holdings Habitat Development Lighting Institute Co., Ltd. & Changzhou Illumination Engineering Co., Ltd.
LIGHTING DESIGN OF MEMORIAL HALL OF WANG YANGMING
Designer:: Lighting Design Institute of UAD
LINGANG TOP SCIENTISTS FORUM, SHANGHAI
Designer:: LEOX Design Partnership
MAHÁ CLUB BEIJING
Designer:: Light Poetic
MEDTRONICS OFFICE SINGAPORE
Designer:: Light Collab
MONOLOGUE ART MUSEUM
Designer:: Gradient Lighting Design
MUSE HOUSE
Designer:: ASlight
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PUBLICATIONS AND CULTURE, HANGZHOU
Designer:: Zhejiang Architectural Design and Research Institute, FangFang Studio
NIANHUACANG
Designer:: ATL International Lighting Design Inc.
NANJING MIXC
Designer:: Tungsten Studio Lighting Design
NON-REGISTERED VIP RECEPTION CENTER FOR THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
Designer:: Puri Lighting Design
NOVARTIS PAVILLON – ZERO-ENERGY MEDIA FAÇADE
Designer:: iart – Stuido for Media Architectures
OCBC WISMA ATRIA FLAGSHIP, SIGNAPORE
Designer:: Glint Lighting Design
OSLO NATIONAL MUSEUM – THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION
Designer:: Studio Massimo Iarussi Lighting Design
POLISH ARMY SOLDIERS’ CEMETERY AT WESTERPLATTE
Designer:: QLAB Laboratory of Light
ROMAN THEATRE
Designer:: Skira
RUI ZHOU ANCIENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE
Designer:s: Aurora Lighting Enterprise (Z Design and Planning Lighting Co. Ltd.)
SETSU NISEKO
Designer:: Nipek Pte Ltd
SKP CHENGDU, CHINA
Designer:: Speirs + Major LLP
SHINGU CITY CULTURE CENTER “TANKAKU HALL”
Designer:: Lumimedialab Inc.
SHOWIN ACADEMY KOYUKAN
Designer:: Lighting M Inc.
SHOWROOM OF SPANISH TECHSIZE FLAGSHIP STORE
Designer:: Beijing Essence Lighting Design Co., Ltd
SINGTEL WATERFRONT THEATRE
Designer:: Lighting Planners Associates
STARBUCKS RESERVE® WUHAN HEARTLAND 66 STORE
Designer:: WEGO Lighting Design
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MUSEUMS
Designer:: Limari Lighting Design
TERRA EMILY RESTAURANT
Designer:: Expolight
THE TOWERS OF THE EVANGELISTS MARK AND LUKE OF THE BASILICA DE SAGRADA FAM ÍLIA, BARCELONA
Designer:: Licht Kunst Licht AG
THE MIRO STORE OF DUOYUN BOOKSTORE
Designer:: Gradient Lighting Design
THE SHIPPING MUSEUM
Designer:: School of Architecture, Tsinghua University and One Lighting Associates, Beijing
THE TAIKANG SANYA, A TRIBUTE PORTFOLIO RESORT
Designer:: J+B Studios Architectural Lighting
TOKYO TORCH TOKIWABASHI TOWER
Designer:: Mitsubishi Jisho Design
VIRGIN ENDINBURGH
Designer:: Elektra Lighting Ltd
WUXI HEZI SPA CLUB
Designer:: WEGO Lighting Design
XIONG’ AN CCCC FUTURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CITY SERVICE CENTER – SOURCE OF THE FUTURE
Designer:: School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
YADA THEATRE
Designer:: Tongji Architectural Design Group Co., Ltd
YAN JI LI
Designer:: ATL International Lighting Design Inc.
YOKOHAMA MINATO MIRAI HALL
Designer:: Pnasonic Coporation
ZHAOQING SHERATON LIGHTING DESIGN
Designer:: Future Lighting Design (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd
Kansas City Section
COLUMBUS CREW — LOWER.COM FIELD
Designer:: Henderson Engineers
FRANK O’MARA TRACK & FIELD HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTER
Designer:: Henderson Engineers
GEODIS PARK
Designer:: ME Engineers
RESCH EXPO CENTER
Designer:: Henderson Engineers
Los Angeles Section
ALTERYX
Designer:: Wolcott Architecture (Brilliant Lighting Studio)
AMA SUSHI
Designer:: eSquared Lighting Design
AREA 15
Designer:: John Levy Lighting Productions, Inc.
CANTINA MONARCA
Designer:: Lighting Design Alliance
CONFIDENTIAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Designer:: Oculus Light Studio
CONFIDENDTIAL TECH COMPANY
Designer:: Sean O’Connor Lighting
CULTURE KINGS
Designer:: Lighting Design Alliance
CULVER POINTE
Designer:: eSquared Lighting Design
JIO WORLD CENTRE
Designer:: Lighting Design Alliance
JIO WORLD DRIVE MALL & BAY CLUB
Designer:: Ganti & Associates Inc.
JOHNNIE WALKER PRINCES STREET
(Interior Lighting Design and Lighting Control Innovation)
Designer:: BRC Imagination Arts
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY DROLLINGER STAGE
Designer:: HLB Lighting Design
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION
Designer:: HLB Lighting Design
NIKU X LA
Designer:: Lighting Design Alliance
PASARROYO
Designer:: Lighting Design Alliance
PORTA VIA PALM DESERT
Designer:: Pratt Lighting Design
STEINMETZ HALL, DR. PHILLIPS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Designer:: Ann Kale Associates
ST. REGIS HOTEL LOBBY LOUNGE
Designer:: Lighting Design Alliance
TALISKER DISTILLERY
Designer:: BRC Imagination Arts
TECHSTYLE
Designer:: eSqaured Lighting Design
THE VAULT CASINO AT YAAMAVA
Designer:: Lighting Design Alliance
TWITCH LAX
Designer:: Banks Landl Lighting Design
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE — STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER
Designer:: P2S Inc.
Mexico Section
AMERICAN AIRLINES ADMIRALS CLUB DCA
Designer:: Lux Populi
PARIS THEATER RESTAURANT
Designer:: Lux Populi
Miami Section
ASURION GULCH HUB
(Energy and Environmental Design and Interior Lighting Design)
Designer:: HLB Lighting Design
Milwaukee Section
LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN
Designer:: Ring & DuChateau, LLP
Minneapolis/St. Paul Section
HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER
Designer:: Leo A Daly
JAMS — JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Designer:: HGA
PLYMOUTH CREEK COMMUNITY CENTER
Designer:: Nina Italiano (HGA)
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA – MASONIC INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPING BRAIN
Designer:: HGA
Montreal Section
QUEBEC’S PARLIAMENT BUILDING
Designer:s: Tetra Tech QI Inc and GS Urbalum/Cima+21
New York City Section
1155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS – ENTRANCE AND POPS PLAZA
Designer:: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
200 PARK AVENUE
Designer:: Kugler Ning Lighting Design
277 PARK AVE
Designer:: Renfro Design Group, Inc.
550 MADISON AVENUE: GARDEN, CROWN, FAÇADE
Designer:: Arup
550 MADISON AVENUE LOBBY
Designer:: KGM Architectural Lighting
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY – NORTHWEST COAST HALL
Designer:: Renfro Design Group, Inc.
BOB DYLAN CENTER
Designer:: Tillotson Design Associates
CIVILIAN HOTEL
Designer:: Focus Lighting
CHASING RABBITS
Designer:: Christine Hope (Focus Lighting)
CHRIST CHURCH UNITED METHODIST
Designer:: Tillotson Design Associates
CUMMINS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION
Designer:: Arup
DUBAI EXPO – AL WASL PLAZA
Designer:: Office for Visual Interaction
EAST SIDE ACCESS / GRAND CENTRAL MADISON
Designer:: Domingo Gonzalez Associates
FRICK MADISON
Designer:: Anita Jorgensen Lighting Design
GENE LEAHY MALL
Designer:: Joshua Spitzig (Atelier Ten)
MANITOGA / THE RUSSEL WRIGHT DESIGN CENTER
Designer:: Anita Jorgensen Lighting Design
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO
Designer:: Renfro Design Group, Inc.
ONE VANDERBILT
Designer:: Tillotson Design Associates
SUMMIT ONE VANDERBILT
Designer:: Arup
ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE CHURCH NYC
Designer:: The Lighting Design Group
ST. REGIS CAIRO / THE NILE CONICHE
Designer:: Fisher Marantz Stone, Inc.
THE SCHWARZMAN CENTER RENOVATION AT YALE UNIVERSITY
Designer:: L’Observatoire International
TIN BUILDING
Designer:: L’Observatoire International
WILLIS TOWER REPOSITIONING
Designer:: Kugler Ning Lighting Design
WINTER PARK LIBRARY
Designer:: Tillotson Design Associates
Omaha Section
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE – HEALTH SCIENCES
Designer:: Morrissey Engineering
THE COHEN BUILDING
Designer:: Engineering Technologies, Inc
THE FARNAM
Designer:: Alvine Engineering
UNDISCLOSED HIGHRISE, NASHVILLE, TN
Designer:: Alvine Engineering
Orange County Section
COLLEGE OF THE DESERT CENTRAL CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT
Designer:: WSP (Studio K1)
TIDE ACADEMY
(Interior and Outdoor Lighting Design)
Designer:: LPA Inc.
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE
Designer:: WSP (Studio K1)
Ottawa Section
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST JAMES
Designer:: Gabriel Mackinnon
Philadelphia Section
AB HEADQUARTERS
Designer:: BEAM, Ltd.
PENN STATE HEALTH CHILDREN’S LANCASTER PEDIATRIC CENTER
Designer:: Barton Associates, Inc.
SAINT MARK’S CHURCH SANCTUARY
Designer:: BEAM, Ltd.
MAZUR HALL
Designer:: BEAM, Ltd.
THE MIDDLEMAN FAMILY PAVILION AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA IN KING OF PRUSSIA
Designer:: The Lighting Practice
THE PAVILION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA – CLINICAL SPACES
Designer:: HDR
THE PAVILION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA – PUBLIC SPACES
Designer:: HDR
Phoenix Section
RENATA’S HEARTH
Designer:: Creative Designs in Lighting
THE ARIZONA BILTMORE RESORT
Designer:: Creative Designs in Lighting
Portland, Oregon Section
PAE LIVING BUILDING
Designer:: Luma Lighting Design
THE PATRICIA RESER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Designer:: Luma Lighting Design
Rochester Section
GREECE CHILDREN’S LIBRARY
Designer:: Passero Associates
San Francisco Section
AUTODESK GALLERY
Designer:: Banks Landl Lighting Design
BUENA VISTA PRIVATE RESIDENCE
Designer:: Electrolight
FORERUNNER VENTURES
Designer:: PritchardPeck Lighting
MARIN ACADEMY AQUATIC CENTER
Designer:: Auerbach Glasow
NVIDIA VOYAGER INTERIOR
Designer:: HLB Lighting Design SC WORKPLACE
OFFICE TI FOR GLOBAL TECH CLIENT
Designer:: WSP USA
SC WORKPLACE
Designer:: Loisos + Ubbelohde
THE MATHESON
Designer:: Electrolight
St. Louis Section
KANAWHA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Designer:: Reed Burkett (Envision Lighting Design, LLC)
ST. LOUIS CITY HALL
Designer:: Reed Burkett (Envision Lighting Design, LLC)
Tampa Section
STAR WARS: GALACTIC STARCRUISER
Designer:: Walt Disney Imagineering
Toronto Section
CAA ED MIRVISH THEATRE, HARRY POTTER TRANSFORMATION
Designer:: Consullux Lighting Consultant
LITTLE CANADA — OUR HOME IN MINIATURE LAND
Designer:: Mulvaney & Banani International Inc.
POLAR ASSET MANAGEMENT PARTNERS INC.
Designer:: Smith + Andersen
Vancouver Section
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HARBOUR FRONT THEATRE RENOVATION
Designer:: Introba Light Studio
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY APPLIED SCIENCE BUILDING EXPANSION AND RENOVATIONS
Designer:: Michael Graham (WSP CANADA)
THE THREE WATCHMEN
Designer:: Introba Light Studio
Wichita Section
MAIZE PERFORMING ARTS & AQUATICS CENTER
Designer:: Professional Engineering Consultants
2016 Illumination Awards – Merit Award Recipients
ANCHORAGE SECTION
UAA ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRY BUILDING
Designer: Ken Ratcliffe
Company: AMC Engineers
JUNEAU SEAWALK
Designer: Ben Haight
Company: Haight & Associates
BLOOD BANK OF ALASKA CENTRALIZED FACILITY
Designer: Keith Confer
Company: AMC Engineers
VALDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL
Designer: Channing Lillo
Company: RSA Engineering
YUKON-KUSKOKWIM AQUATIC CENTER
Designer: Jessica Hannan
Company: AMC Engineers
ATLANTA SECTION
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS
Designer: Anjan Sarkar
Company: CDM Lighting Design Group
MOTOROLA MOBILITY HEADQUARTERS
Designer: Ted Ferreira
Company: CDM Lighting Design Group
BOSTON SECTION
MIT INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL ENGINEERING & SCIENCE (IMES)
Designer: Adam Kibbe
Company: Collaborative Lighting LLC
OSRAM AMERICAS HEADQUARTERS
Designer: Carrie Hawley
Company: HLB Lighting Design
BOSTON CELTICS COURTSIDE CLUB
Designer: Reiko Kagawa
Company: Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting Inc.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL SANCTUARY LIGHTING
Designer: Brett Donham
Company: Donham & Sweeney Inc. – Architects
EMD MILLIPORE LOBBY
Designer: Sara Schonour
Company: CannonDesign
HAVAS/ARNOLD WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS
Designer: Keith Yancey
Company: Lam Partners
MIT PBE FRATERNITY
Designer: Chris Ripman
Company: Ripman Lighting Consultants
AVA THEATER DISTRICT FAÇADE & FORECOURT LIGHTING
Designer: Alfred Wojciechowski
Company: CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc.
BLUE WALL CAFE AT UMASS AMHERST LINCOLN CAMPUS CENTER
Designer: Will Lewis
Company: Lewis Lighting Design LLC
BRIGHAM + WOMEN’S HOSPITAL – BRIGHAM GREEN
Designer: Brian Thomson
Company: SEACON / Kleinfelter / Thomson Design Associates
MIT OFFICER SEAN COLLIER MEMORIAL
Designer: Carrie Hawley
Company: HLB Lighting Design
SPECTRUM HEALTH SYSTEMS
Designer: Adam Kibbe
Company: Collaborative Lighting LLC
THE DAVID F. QUINN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Designer: Chris Ripman
Company: Ripman Lighting Consultants
BROCKTON CITY HALL – EXTERIOR + FAÇADE ILLUMINATION
Designer: Chris Ripman
Company: Ripman Lighting Consultants
CAPE ANN MUSEUM
Designer: Robert Osten
Company: Lam Partners
SUMMER STAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY – INTERIOR LIGHTING
Designer: Chris Ripman
Company: Ripman Lighting Consultants
PARSNIP RESTAURANT & LOUNGE
Designer: Julie Rose
Company: Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting Inc.
BOSTON PUBLIC MARKET
Designer: Carrie Hawley
Company: HLB Lighting Design
CT FASTRAK – HARTFORD NEW BRITAIN BUSWAY
Designer: Chris Ripman
Company: Ripman Lighting Consultants
VISTAPRINT
Designer: Reiko Kagawa
Company: Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting Inc.
SUMMER STAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY – EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Designer: Chris Ripman
Company: Ripman Lighting Consultants
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ED / ICU ADDITION
Designer: David Pires
Company: TRO
POTAMUS TRADING
Designer: Kera Lagios
Company: Lam Partners
BISHOP MCVINNEY AUDITORIUM
Designer: Katherine C. Abernathy
Company: Abernathy Lighting Design Inc.
EF EDUCATION FIRST
Designer: Jeffrey Sladen
Company: Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting Inc.
CDM SMITH BOSTON OFFICE
Designer: Lindsey Mackey
Company: MPA
LONGWOOD CENTER LOBBY
Designer: Reiko Kagawa
Company: Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting Inc.