2009 AL Design Awards: Peltz Theater Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles

Entrant: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design

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Cited for its exquisite uniform illumination and the sensitive use of color in a lighting scheme, the Museum of Tolerance’s Peltz Theater made an impression with this year’s jury. As the primary event space, the lighting must set the tone for each event. To achieve this, color-changing LED covelights graze the side walls, PAR38 tungsten halogen downlights in architectural slotsfitted into “raise/lower” battens for easy relamping—provide general illumination, and a combination of PAR38 and MR17 lamps provide accent lighting.

To address acoustics, a 3D lighting effect was married with interior finishes—a coil drape metal scrim on the side walls creates a moiré effect. Casting a soft shimmer in the space, the intensity can be altered through coordination with the control system to create a “visually stimulating luminous environment.”

Manufacturers / Applications
ETC: Lighting controls
Lighting Services Inc: Surface-mounted tungsten halogen PAR38 accent light at metal scrims
Philips TIR: Color-changing LED covelight
Lucifer Lighting: Adjustable tungsten halogen MR17 accent lights under balcony
MP Lighting: Seat-integrated LED lights
Osram Sylvania: Lamps throughout
Prescolite: Tungsten halogen PAR38 downlight “house lights”

About the Author

Elizabeth Donoff

Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.

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