The 2023 IALD International Lighting Design Awards
September 19, 2023
Now in its 40th year, the IALD International Lighting Design Awards is the longest-running award program that recognizes architectural lighting design excellence.
The 40th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards presentations was made possible by our title sponsor Acuity Brands, and broadcast globally on 13 September, 2023.
The full presentation is available for viewing on the IALD YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn channels at your leisure, or you can watch right here:
2023 IALD Award Winners
The IALD is pleased to announce the following projects as winners of award categories in this year’s selection. Congratulations to all our winning lighting design firms!
The 2023 IALD Radiance Award for Excellence in Lighting Design
The Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Brussels, Belgium
Fiorenzo Namèche, IALD
Guerric Hocepied, LIGHT-TO-LIGHT
Photography © Marc Detiffe
The 2023 IALD Awards of Excellence
550 Madison Avenue Lobby
New York, New York, USA
Martin van Koolbergen, IALD
Stacie Dinwiddy, CLD, IALD (formerly of KGM Architectural Lighting)
Stacey Bello
Dorothy Underwood, Assoc. IALD
KGM Architectural Lighting
Photography © James Ewing, Gensler
Central Library of Esfahan Municipality
Esfahan, Iran
Niloofar Behnia
Hossein Shahparifard
Masoud Heydari
Behin Lighting CompanyPhotography
© Negar Sedighi
Espenes Rest Stop
Sørfjorden, Hardanger, Norway
Paul Traynor
Arve Olsen
Christina Haraldseth
Benjamin Reinhoff
Øystein Johansen
Light Bureau
Photography © Fovea Studio
INC Boutique
Hangzhou, China
Ke Yang
Wei Liang
He Zhang
Bingxue Xia
YAANK Lighting Design
Photography © Ye Song;
© Hanmo Vision
Indoor Lighting for the Mausoleum of Theodoric
Ravenna, Italy
Lorenza Golinelli
Alberto Ricci Petitoni
I-DEA s.r.l.
Photography © Oscar Ferrari
New Perelada Winery
Girona, Spain
Maurici Ginés, IALD
Víctor Vinyamata
Núria Barat
Alessandra Bertolini
Fernando Rojo
Asia Sierra
Bernat Badia
Mauro Vásquez
Mariah Peláez
Verónica Agnolutto
Clara Massó
Artec Studio
Photography
© Hisao Suzuki; © Pep Sau
Polish Army Soldiers’ Cemetery at Westerplatte
Gdańsk, Poland
Tomasz Klimek
Maciej Nowak
Aleksander Nowacki
Mikołaj Szubert-Tecl
Dariusz Piech
Michał Podsiadły
QLAB Laboratory of Light
Photography © Piotr Krajewski; © Konrad Matulaniec
Rochester Cathedral
Kent, United Kingdom
Ryan Slessenger
David Burch
John Hebberd
CES Lighting & Electrical Specialists
Photography © Nikhilesh Haval,
Nikcreations
Videography © David Ford,
The Light Painters
Suzanne and Water Scott Aquarium
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Steve Gollehon
Jeff Frank
Alex Asay
Morrissey Engineering
Photography/Videography © Tom Kessler
Zero-Energy Media Façade
Basel, Switzerland
Valentin Spiess
Reto Weljatschek
Michael Stucki
Gesine Gennrich
Erik Eggeling
Ivo Schüssler
Oliver Heyerick
iart
Photography © Laurids Jensen; © iart; © Michele De Lucchi + AMDL CIRCLE
Videography © iart
The 2023 IALD Awards of Merit
American Museum of Natural History –
Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals
New York, New York, USA
Richard Renfro
Jenny Stafford
Matt Caraway
Aylin Aydin
Angie Ohman
Paola Bernal
Renfro Design Group
Photography © Frank Oudeman; © Renfro Design Group
Athens Olympic Museum
Marousi, Athens, Greece
Abe Shameson, Loisos + Ubbelohde
Konstantinos Labrinopoulus, KLAB Architecture
Loisos + Ubbelohde in collaboration with KLAB Architecture
Photography © Mariana Bisti
Biograph Pilot Clinic
San Mateo, California, USA
Kristin Peck, Assoc. IALD
Cory Madeson
Anna Lok
PritchardPeck Lighting
Photography © Adam Rouse
The Elizabeth Line: Line-Wide Design
London, United Kingdom
Keith Miller, Assoc. IALD
Philip Avery, Assoc. IALD
Equation Lighting Design
Photography © Morley von Sternberg, FRIBA
Greenhills Beach Residence
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Donn Salisbury, IALD
Vladi Rosolova (formerly of Electrolight)
Electrolight
Photography © Rohan Venn
GRNDCTRL Night Club
Shanghai, China
Ke Yang
YAANK Lighting Design
Photography/Videography © Feng Shao
Hallgrímskirkja
Reykjavík, Iceland
Örn Erlendsson
Guðjón L. Sigurðsson, IALD
Katerina Blahutová
Erling Þorgrímsson
LISKA ehf.
Photography © Örn Erlendsson
The Schwarzman Center Renovation at Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Ishikawa Prefectural Library
Ishikawa, Japan
Kaoru Mende, FIALD
Mari Kubota, Assoc. IALD
Momoko Muraoka, Assoc. IALD
Hikaru Kimura
Lighting Planners Associates
Photography © Lighting Planners Associates
Hervé Descottes
Wei Jien
Leah Xandora
Wen Y. Lin
Anna Muslimova
Yasmin Giacoman
Mayumi Yasuda
L’Observatoire International
Photography © Francis Dzikowski, Otto
Senate House Steps, University of London
London, United Kingdom
Sarah Alsayed
Colin Ball, IALD
Ollie Lambert
Mark Ridler
BDP Lighting
Photography © Nick Caville
SETSU Niseko – a Seven Palms Resort (Reception, Lobby Lounge & Wine Bar)
Hokkaido, Japan
Shigeki Fujii, Assoc. IALD
Sanny Yuwono
Nipek
Photography © Nipek
Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Orlando, Florida, USA
Ann Kale, IALD
Nathaniel Bartos, Assoc. IALD
Ann Kale Associates
Photography © Ann Kale; © Ciro Coelho Photography
Queen Miami Beach (Theatre Restaurant Night Club)
Miami, Florida, USA
Julien Caquineau
Gareth Davies
María Flores
Mariel García
Pedro Hurtado
Carolina Ibarra
Axel Magos
Francisco Montes
Marco Morales
Thomas Paterson, IALD
Hugo Solano
Lux Populi
Photography © Craig Denis Creative
Verizon at the Hub on Causeway
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Carrie Hawley, IALD
Amy Huan
Webster Marsh (formerly of HLB Lighting Design)
Michael Stiller
HLB Lighting Design + Michael Stiller Design
Photography © Andy Caulfield; © Bret Osswald
Videography © HLB Lighting Design
The 2023 IALD Special Citations
2023 Special Citation for Community Improvement Through Interactive Lighting
Nightshift
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alan McIntosh, IALD
Mulvey & Banani Lighting
Photography/Videography © Osvaldo Sepulveda
2023 Special Citation for Cost-Effective Sustainable Improvement of Community Space
Woodriff Lane Lighting Intervention
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Steensen Varming, in collaboration with KI Studio
Photography © Steensen Varming; KI Studio; 3S Lighting
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