2006 IALD Award Winners (23 Annual)

2006 IALD Lighting Design Awards Represent a Year of Firsts
Sustainable Design and Residential Projects Win; Winners Announced in All Categories

Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. The 2006 IALD Lighting Design Awards program was a year of firsts for the 23-year-old program. Of the 23 projects recognized with awards this year, one project won the allusive sustainable design award. Also, for the first time since projects were judged by category, residential projects were recognized with awards this year. All awards were bestowed by the IALD during its 23rd Annual IALD Lighting Design Awards Presentation on May 31 held in conjunction with Lightfair International.

Established in 1983 and co-sponsored by Professional Lighting Design magazine, the IALD Lighting Design Awards program honors lighting projects that display high aesthetic achievement backed by technical expertise. The 2006 IALD Lighting Design Awards included the submission of 160 projects representing 16 countries. The 23 winning projects reside 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. Like all of the awards, The Radiance Award is determined by number of points earned. Judges anonymously score each project, and the projects themselves are reviewed without mention of the lighting designer(s) or firms. The results are not revealed even to the judges until the end of the judging period. The project that has earned the highest point score amongst all of the winners is deemed the Radiance Award winner.

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," said IALD Awards Co-Chair Kenneth A. Douglas, IALD, of Illumination Arts, N.J.

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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.

The design concept for the watch store in the Las Vegas strip was to accent the architecture while highlighting the products in an energy-efficient manner. The two-story interior features a ceiling made of overlapping "onion-skins." The outer shell is lit with hidden color-changing LEDs. An inner dome hangs over the display cases, lit with LEDs, MR16s and moving light projectors - providing an experience that shifts with time. The display cases are lit with multiple interior sources to provide sparkle. Custom table lamps provide lighting to products out of the case and a warm glow to the patrons and staff. 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

The intent was to reduce running costs and HVAC load and enhance the luxury retailer´s brand image throughout its 350 stores worldwide. The Madrid store represents this work. At the store entrance, a slot in the ceiling accommodates all fixtures for a clean, sophisticated image. At the entrance to the low ceiling, the application of light behind surfaces, in coves and in "pull back ceilings" integrates the scheme with the architecture. The number of different ceiling fixtures is limited to two main types, each with two different beam angles. The slot in the stucco ceiling has two built-in tracks to mount the fixtures and has greatly reduced installation costs. 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.

• 111 South Wacker Drive lobby, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

A luminous ceiling bathes the white core walls with a cool, diffuse "northern" light and accent lights provide more dramatic lighting effects at night. The lighting of the underside of the garage ramp reinforces the radial pattern using dimmable fluorescents in architectural coves. Radial slots were cut into the ceilings to integrate lighting equipment used to stimulate plant growth. This building achieved a "core and shell" LEED Gold rating. 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.

A well-integrated lighting concept and architectural coordination resolves to make a successful design solution for this self-storage facility. Daylight and electric lighting minimize energy consumption and maintenance, enhancing the exterior identity of this facility. The lighting also meets modest budget requirements by utilizing only three low-tech luminaire types and only one lamp a 4-foot T8. 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

The dramatic lighting design captures the openness of the incineration plant. The enclosed glass tunnel allows appreciation of the artistic form of the facility. The oceanfront landscaping creates a rhythmical pattern across the park and is illuminated with low polelights, buried LEDs and footlights. 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.

Daylight is the primary source of illumination throughout the grand exhibit hall and perimeter pre-function areas. When required, it is seamlessly augmented by photocell-controlled fluorescent lighting, reinforcing the building´s bridge-like concept. As the first certified "green" convention center and the world´s largest certified "green" building, this convention center defines a new environmental chapter in Pittsburgh´s rich industrial history. 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.

A key aspiration was creating gallery spaces in which natural light was the primary source of illumination. Skylights on the roof were designed to allow diffused north light and reflected sunlight to enter the gallery, while excluding direct sunlight. The design process involved many stages of evaluation and prediction to ensure conservation limits were not exceeded, also ensuring that artworks would not be damaged from excessive light exposure. The resulting quantity and distribution of natural light minimizes electric lighting energy consumption in 25 percent of the new gallery spaces. 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.

Maintenance, energy consumption and budget were critical client concerns, while difficult mounting restrictions created further design challenges. A layered lighting approach establishes the building´s presence, while also accentuating the facade´s intricate detailing. The major challenge was lighting the cornice from a small ledge. Designed in early 2004, white 3000K LEDs were utilized for intensity, size and extended life. A creative mounting assembly minimizes damage to the historic facade. This innovative design renders the historic architecture with reverence, while appropriately utilizing the newest white LED sources and driving development of new dimming capabilities. 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.

The lighting scheme creates vistas, emphasizing critical axes and guides visitors through the collection 50 works from the garden´s benefactors. By transforming strong architectural elements into light fixtures and highlighting the thoughtfully placed sculptures with hidden lighting, the lighting designers created what the delighted benefactor calls "an absolutely magically place." 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.

The lighting for the ten-story office building was conceived as a graphic element to unify its three lobbies and help direct movement through the spaces. The designers created bold graphic stripes of light, separating the ceiling and walls, and created lighted voids that make for an exciting pedestrian experience, all with the use of fluorescent strips. 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.

Airport officials wanted the one million square foot parking deck to extend beyond the boundaries of conventional design. Perforated metal panels, backlighted blue to match the airport´s accent color, provided visibility to meet airport safety requirements, while also revealing the truss structure. This was contrasted by concrete columns in white. The glass enclosed stair towers glow to create lanterns. With dynamic blue LED signal lights programmed to chase around the helix, the path of a driver was mimicked and a dynamic element added to the design. 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

The renovation of this structure was that the light would enhance the architecture and diminish the visual interference of lighting fixtures that could distract the eye. The lighting of the facade was intended to accentuate the volume to the curves and intensity to the base. 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 guest house, located in the traditional and culturally-rich Kyoto, Japan, the lighting design used high-level optical equipment, an elaborate integration of architectural and furniture details, and natural light. The result is a rich expression of contrast, reflection, permeation, and an ever-changing choreography of light along routes of circulation. 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

The hotel was gutted and redesigned. The lighting team designed all of the 44 decorative fixtures in 12 fixture designs that reused 20,000 of the 25,000 Italian glass crystals from previous fixtures. The fixture designs all utilized polished nickel plate or aluminum, crystals in orthogonal patterns and multiple lamps in a chandelier style to create greater mass. 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

The restaurant, located within a Beirut shopping mall, has no natural light. The architect´s original design intent was a curved shaped that embraced the seating area. The lighting concept, inspired by the curve, uses strip lights that vary in length and placement depending on the intensity and type of light intended. Each slit houses linear cold cathode as well as custom directional projectors equipped with GU4 lamps. The cold cathode light slits allow for a dynamic feel of the space. 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 residence underwent a unique basement renovation that challenged the lighting designers to make the lighting truly integrate with the architecture, add visual complexity and emphasize the division between public and private areas. Since the space is partially subterranean with minimal daylight, the electric light provides an emotional reminiscence that is associated with the ever-changing complexities of daylight, achieved largely through dimmable fluorescent technology. 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.

Located near San Francisco´s Museum of Modern Art, the Four Seasons Penthouse is the other residential award of merit winner. The lighting design created custom recessed luminaries tailored to the architectural design by incorporating busway details and indirect uplighting. The lighting becomes art with fiber optic tentacles in the guest bath and glass spheres divide the living/dining areas. 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.

The Bank of America challenged designers to light the 50-foot tall daylighted trading floor for 600 traders - and - create a visually exciting environment. From studies and models came a solution using a ceiling of folded panels and asymmetric cove lights. Daylight controls include automated shades that track the sun and electric lights with dimmers, with additional metal halide downlights. 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.

The new ambulatory care facility serves as the new "front door" for 10,000 daily visitors to a campus of historic health care buildings. The lighting of these spaces reinforces the architectural concepts of the new building, while respecting the beautiful historic building. The entry and lobby are illuminated with ceramic metal halide downlights and wallwashers both selected for their long life and good color rendering properties. Entering the 90-foot-high atrium space, one experiences the powerful brick wall rising through a sloped skylight to its pedimented culmination. 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

The lighting designer was commissioned to develop a lighting master plan for all of Globus´ 13 sites, as well as a complete redesign of the main branch in Zurich. The aim was to develop an overall atmosphere with a high level of originality. The result is the so-called "lighting super structure," a custom-made, multi-functional lighting ceiling. The light ceiling provides a basic and economical lighting atmosphere, switched and dimmed with sensors that react according to daylight conditions. Principal designer on the project is Gerd Pfarré, 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

Lighting designers used integrated artwork, peripheral building illumination and selective uplighting of heritage walls to transform a dangerous almshouse into a safe public space for the people of Exeter. Other features include inscriptions within Chapel Heathers lit from hidden positions in chimneys and edge lit-engraved inscriptions set into the ground . Area illumination is reflected light from low-level walls. Glass doors are aglow, providing ambient light, framing significant views and aiding navigation. 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 design objective of the Hue-Chroma House was to achieve quiet in a city that is overwhelmed with information that includes lighted graffiti and advertisements. Light had the crucial role in supporting the experience of contemplation and visual silence. The principal illumination of the facade is the interior light that moves from exterior, reflecting toward the white walls. The principal lighting designer on the project is Gustavo Avilés of Lighteam Gustavo Avilés 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 inspiration for the lighting design of the 10-story flagship store, located in Tokyo´s most upscale shopping district, was a classic Chanel twed. The lighting of this contemporary, architectural icon embodies the mega-luxurious identity of the fashion house. Its two-foot deep curtain wall controls sunlight integrating glazing, electrochromic film, metal louvers and white LEDs. Custom electronics provide precise control of the view, pixel brightness, and shade position. The result is a shimmering skin of artistic imagery using light and spectacle to unite the building and brand. 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.