Call for Entries: 2017 AL Light & Architecture Design Awards

Early Deadline: May 19, 2017; Final Entry Deadline: June 6, 2017

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Architectural Lighting is pleased to announce that the 2017 AL Light & Architecture Design Awards honoring outstanding and innovative projects in the field of architectural lighting design is now open. The entry deadlines are May 19, 2017 – early entry; June 6, 2017 – final entry.

The AL Light & Architecture Design Awards recognize excellence in lighting design within the specific criteria relevant to each category (Interior, Exterior, Whole Building, and Exhibition and Temporary Lighting Installations). To acknowledge issues of notable importance in today’s practice of lighting design and techniques particular to lighting, AL also presents a series of awards that achieve the Best Use of Color; the Best Incorporation of Daylight; and the Best Lighting Design on a Budget—three issues that are important considerations for designers. Winning projects are published in the July/August 2017 issues and featured on archlighting.com.

Design professionals practicing worldwide may enter one or more projects in multiple categories. Submissions are encouraged from all design professionals—architects, lighting designers, interior architects, interior designers, and landscape architects. Projects must have been completed after July 2015.

Entry fees are as follows:

Entry Fees

Early Entry Deadline (up until May 19, 2017, 11:59p.m.)

Final Entry Deadline (May 20, 2017 12:00a.m. EST through June 6, 2017 EST)

1st Project Entry

$150.00

$200.00

2nd Project Entry and more

$100.00

$150.00

Special Citation Categories

$125.00

$175.00


A $50 late fee, per entry, will be applied to any materials submitted after May 19, 2017. All final entry materials must be received by June 6, 2017.

Register and upload all entries and required materials via the AL Design Awards website.

Click here to view past winners.

If you have any questions about the AL Light & Architecture Design Awards, please contact Elizabeth Donoff, Editor-in-Chief at edonoff@hanleywood.com.

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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