2017 Illuminating Engineering Society Illumination Awards

IES Awards

August 20, 2017

The IES Illumination Awards provide the opportunity for public recognition of professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design based upon the individual merit of each entry judged against specific criteria. This program is not a competition.

The Illumination Award for Interior Lighting Design sponsored by Edwin F. Guth, the Illumination Award for Outdoor Lighting Design sponsored by Eaton, the Energy and Environmental Design Award sponsored by Osram Sylvania, and the Control Innovation Award sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association are parallel programs created to recognize outstanding lighting design. The projects that follow represent this year’s Final Award and Award of Merit recipients.

Award of Distinction: World Trade Centre Transportation Hub (Paul Marantz, Hank Forrest, Micheal Hemmenway – Fisher Marantz Stone, Inc.)

Award of Excellence: – Museum of Tomorrow, Rio de Jenerio, Brazil (Monica Lobo, Daniele Valle – LD Studio)

                                – Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort Public Areas, Hainan, China (Nathan Thompson, Ya-hui Cheng – Denniston International Architects & Planners)

                                – Edmunds.com, Santa Monica, CA (Darrell Hawthorne, Ling Li – Architecture & Light)

                                – Baha’i Temple of South America, Santiago, Chile (Pascal Chautard, Carolina Roese, Francisca Nicoletti, Raul Osses – Limari Lighting Design)

For the full list of Awards see:

Source: https://www.ies.org/events/illumination-awards/2017-ia-awards/

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