Eaton’s 40th Annual Source Awards were announced on May 8, 2017, during an awards luncheon at Lightfair, which took place in Philadelphia. The program, which debuted in 1977, recognizes both professional and student work and “focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge, and function of lighting as a primary element in design and requires the predominant use of lighting and controls products from Eaton’s lighting solutions.”
Artist Janet Echelman, was the luncheon keynote speaker. In her talk, titled “Illuminated Cities,” she described the net sculptures she has developed over the past 18 years and how their forms—with thousands of hand-tied knots—create a new kind of experience and interaction for people with the urban illuminated environment.
This year’s Source Awards included six awards in the professional categories—two winners and four honorable mentions. In the student categories, there was one winner, five honorable mentions, and one award of recognition. The awards were as follows:
Professional Category – Winners
Project: Columbus Metropolitan Library-Main Branch, Columbus, Ohio (see image above)
Lighting Designer: Tec Studio Inc., Columbus, Ohio
Project: Private Residence in Colorado
Lighting Designer: Robert Singer and Associates, Inc., Basalt, Colo.
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Private Residence
Professional Category – Honorable Mentions
Project: Erie County Historical Society, Watson-Curtze Mansion and Carriage House, Erie, Pa.
Lighting Designer: Karpinski Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio
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Erie County Historical Society, Watson-Curtze Mansion and Carriage House, Erie, Pa.
Project: Whitehead Hall at the City of New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lighting Designer: Lighting Design Innovations, Batavia, N.Y.
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Whitehead Hall at the City of New York Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Project: 1st Street SW Underpass in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lighting Designer: Lighting Design Innovations, Batavia, N.Y.
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1st Street SW Underpass in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Project: Metro Division 14 Expo Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility in Santa Monica, Calif.
Lighting Designer: RNL, Denver, Colo.
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Metro Division 14 Expo Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility in Santa Monica, Calif.
Student Category – Winner
Project: Sonata Music Classical Skybox – conceptual lighting design of a music recording company’s sports stadium skybox
Student: Hazel Chang, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.
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Hazel Chang from Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C., was the 2017 Source Award student winner. Her project, Sonata Music Classical Skybox, was a conceptual lighting design for a music recording company’s sports stadium skybox.
Student Category – Honorable Mentions
Project: Incandescent – conceptual lighting design office building project
Student: Elizabeth Hundley, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.
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Project: Bloom – a Turkish-American Restaurant
Student: Emma Morris, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.
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Project: Healing Light, The Green Health Center – a healthcare facility project
Student: Marissa Sexton, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis
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Project: Element – a conceptual eatery project
Student: Emily Miller, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, N.C.
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Project: Community Teen Center
Student: Kassondra Hauck, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Mich.
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Student Category – Award of Recognition
Project: Gourmasia – a restaurant project
Student: Abigail Chin, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
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For information about the 41st Annual Source Awards competition, go to TheLightingResouce.Eaton.com.
