35th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards

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The 35th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards were presented May 9, 2018, during Lightfair in Chicago, at an evening program and reception held at the Revel Fulton Market. Seventeen projects—seven Awards of Excellence, eight Awards of Merit, and two Special Citations—were recognized from a field of international entries. The Radiance Award, the program’s highest honor, was presented to lighting design firm Licht Kunst Licht for the German Ivory Museum in Erbach, Germany.

Projects were reviewed, evaluated, and scored by a group of lighting and sustainability professionals at the International Association of Lighting Designer’s (IALD) headquarter offices in Chicago in December 2017. The seven jury members were as follows: Shawn Caldwell Alshut, RA, ASID, RID, Decatur, Ga.; Anne Bureau, IALD, Bordeaux, France; Tom Chalmers, London; Reiko Chikada, FIALD, Tokyo; Larry French, FIALD, Mill Valley, Calif.; Emily Klingensmith, IALD, Chicago; Catherine Leskowat, Assoc. IALD, Cambridge, Mass.

The 2018 winning projects are:

Radiance Award (and Award of Excellence)
Project: German Ivory Museum, Erbach, Germany
Lighting Design Firm: Licht Kunst Licht, Berlin and Bonn, Germany
(Note: This project has been the recipient of many lighting design awards including a 2017 AL Design Awards Commendable Achievement.)

Award of Excellence
Project: Bahá’í House of Worship of South America, Santiago, Chile
Lighting Design Firm: Limari Lighting Design, Santiago, Chile
(Note: This project has been the recipient of many lighting design awards including a 2017 AL Design Awards Outstanding Achievement.)

Award of Excellence
Project: HSBC Cafeteria, Dusseldorf, Germany
Lighting Design Firm: Licht Kunst Licht, Berlin and Bonn, Germany

Award of Excellence
Project: Lakeview Pantry, Chicago
Lighting Design Firm: Lux Populi, Mexico City and the United Kingdom

Award of Excellence
Project: New Shanghai Theatre, Shanghai
Lighting Design Firm: Unolai Design & Associates, New York, Shanghai, Taipei, and Mumbai

Award of Excellence
Project: OTA Civic Hall, Ota, Japan
Lighting Design Firm: Lighting M, Tokyo

Award of Excellence
Project: United States Courthouse – Los Angeles
Lighting Design Firm: HLB Lighting Design, Culver City, Calif. office

Award of Merit
Project: Apple Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Architect: Foster + Partners, New York

Award of Merit
Project: The Ghost Train, Shorewood, Wisc.
Lighting Design Firm: Creative Lighting Design & Engineering, Germantown, Wisc.

Award of Merit
Project: Hyundai Capital Convention Hall, Seoul, South Korea
Lighting Design Firm: KGM Architectural Lighting, Los Angeles
(Note: This project has been the recipient of many lighting design awards including a 2017 AL Design Awards Outstanding Achievement.)

Award of Merit
Project: Mathematics: The Winton Gallery, London
Lighting Design Firm: Arup, London office

Award of Merit
Project: Oxford Street Estate, London
Lighting Design Firm: Lighting Design International, London

Award of Merit
Project: Story Wall Eskilstuna, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Lighting Design Firm: AF Lighting, Stockholm

Award of Merit
Project: Svindersvik Bridge, Stockholm
Lighting Design Firm: AF Lighting, Stockholm

Award of Merit
Project: The Urchin, Westfield Chermside, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lighting Design Firm: Electrolight, Melbourne and Sydney

Special Citation for Collaborating on an Iconic Civic Landmark
Project: Roundabout Pula, Pula, Croatia
Lighting Design Firm: Skira, Pula, Croatia

Special Citation for Synergy of Light and Material
Project: Sir Joan Ibiza
Lighting Design Firm: RTLD Lighting Design, Tel Aviv, Israel

The Call for Entries for the 36th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards will open August 2018 via the IALD’s website. Projects must be permanent architectural lighting design solutions for which construction was completed after June 1, 2017.

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