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.