2017 Lumen West Awards

The Illuminating Engineering Society Los Angeles Section (IESLA) presented the 2017 Lumen West Awards at its 20th annual awards dinner held on June 24, 2017, at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

The event drew a record-breaking attendance of more than 400 guests from the design and manufacturing sectors of the lighting industry. Awards were presented in two categories: The Lumen Award of Excellence, the highest level of recognition for permanent architectural application, and the Lumen Award of Merit, in recognition for a meritorious permanent architectural application.

Overall, the jury selected 27 projects to receive awards from an entry pool of more than 66 submissions from Los Angeles Section members. (The Orange County Section received 32 entries. To see the list of those winners, click here.) Six projects received an Award of Excellence, and 21 projects were given Awards of Merit. The complete list of project winners is as follows:

Award of Excellence for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Boston Consulting Group, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: Oculus Light Studio

Award of Excellence for Interior Lighting Design and Award of Merit for Outdoor Lighting Design
Project: 525 Market – Building Lobby and Plaza, San Francisco
Lighting Designer: Frances Krahe and Associates

Award of Excellence for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Hyundai Capital Convention Center, Seoul, South Korea
Lighting Designer: KGM Architectural Lighting Design

Award of Excellence for Interior Lighting Design
Project: The Mural Room, Santa Barbara Courthouse, Santa Barbara
Lighting Designer: Ann Kale Lighting Design

Award of Excellence for Exterior Lighting Design
Project: Poly International Plaza, Beijing
Lighting Designer: Frances Krahe and Associates

Award of Excellence for Exterior Lighting Design
Project: Gallery Alley, Lincoln, Nebraska
Lighting Designer: Patrick B. Quigly & Associates

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Beekman Hotel, New York
Lighting Designer: Brian Orter Lighting Design

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Borracha, Henderson, Nev.
Lighting Designer: John Levy Lighting Productions

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, San Antonio, Calif.
Lighting Designer: CD+M Lighting Design Group

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: The Green Planet, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lighting Designer: CD+M Lighting Design Group

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Kennedy Wilson International, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: Brilliant Lighting Studio

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design and Award of Merit for Lighting Control Innovation
Project: Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Center at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Lighting Designer: HLB Lighting Design

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Milbank, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: Sean O’Connor Lighting Design

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Musco Center for the Arts, Orange, Calif.
Lighting Designer: HLB Lighting Design

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Officine Brera, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: Oculus Lighting Studio

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, Calif.
Lighting Designer: Thinkwell Group

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Top Golf, Las Vegas
Lighting Designer: CD+M Lighting Design Group

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: Westfield Terminal 2 at LAX, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: KGM Architectural Lighting Design

Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
Project: XPRIZE, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: Brilliant Lighting Studio

Award of Merit for Outdoor Lighting Design
Project: The Bloc, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: Oculus Light Studio

Award of Merit for Outdoor Lighting Design
Project: Enchanted: Forest of Light – La Cañada, Flintridge, Calif.
Lighting Designer: Lightswitch

Award of Merit for Outdoor Lighting Design
Project: IAC Façade, West Hollywood, Calif.
Lighting Designer: eSquared Lighting Design

Award of Merit for Outdoor Lighting Design
Project: Tech Hub Backlot Landscape, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: Oculus Light Studio

Award of Merit for Lighting Control Innovation
Project: Santa Fe Springs Office Expansion and Renovation – Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
Lighting Designer: BuroHappold Engineering

Award of Merit for Energy and Environmental Lighting Design
Project: La Kretz Innovation Center, Los Angeles
Lighting Designer: BuroHappold Engineering

The following people served as the 2017 Lumen West Award co-chairs: Sylvie Tabori of Current Light and Vice President / Incoming President of IESLA, and Kristine Paterno of Patrick Quigley & Associates.

The 2017 Lumen West jury included Heith Rogers, Google; Terry Charron, Current Light; Ken Downing, Luceplan; Meghan Howell, eSquared Lighting Design; Michael Schrupp, EXP; Dave Young, ETC; Cy Eaton, Lumenetix; and Mindy Iannello, Performance Lighting Systems and Orange Country IES President, and IES District 5 Chairperson. Ms. Iannello, along with David Komonosky, Principal, Performance Lighting Systems in Orange County, Calif. managed the judging process for the local section awards jury.

In addition to the project awards the Section also presented its service awards. The following members were recognized for their contributions:

• IESLA Outstanding Leadership Award: Mark Seegel, Levine Seegel Associates

• IESLA Manufacturer of the Year: Louis Poulsen

• IESLA Firm of the Year: Current Light

• IESLA Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Section: Mark Seegel, Levine Seegel Associates; Blake Whitney, Primus Lighting; Andy Powell, Lighting Design Alliance; Allan Weaver, Feelux Lighting; and Colleen Peach, KGM Architectural Lighting

• IESLA Manufacturer’s Rep of the Year: Mark Duff, Prudential Lighting Systems

For more information about the Los Angeles IES section and its activities go to the Section website.