The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) is pleased to announce the recipients of the IES Illumination Awards for 2011. The IES granted one Award of Distinction, seven Awards for Excellence, and four Special Citations. The Awards program recognizes individuals for professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design based on the individual merit of each entry. The Award of Distinction honors extraordinary achievement in lighting design. The Award of Excellence is presented for an exceptional contribution to the art and science of lighting design. The Special Citation recognizes superior elements of a project or, in some instances, the use of lighting as an art form. A new award for 2011 is the Control Innovation Award.

Awards were given in the following four categories:

CONTROL INNOVATION AWARD
Sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association

SPECIAL CITATION
CITY OF DREAMS RESORT, BUBBLE THEATER
Designers: Norm Schwab, Glenn Wade, Bryan Barancik, Adam Rechner, Kelly Roberson-Lightswitch Architectural Jason Goldenberg-One Button Productions, Simon Fraser-Ptarmigan Consulting Ltd., Kelly Sticksell-Excitement Technologies

THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AWARD
Sponsored By Osram Sylvania

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, SCIENCE TEACHING AND STUDENT SERVICES CENTER
Designer: Tao Ham-HGA Architects and Engineers

CUSHING CENTER, YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Designers: Chad Groshart, Meghan Smith-Campbell, Mark Loeffler-Atelier Ten

THE PAUL WATERBURY AWARD FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING DESIGN

SPECIAL CITATION
CHANDLER CITY HALL ART SCRIM
For Creative Lighting of an Art Piece
Designers: Jeffrey Gerwing, Abbey Renfrew, Chris Coulter-SmithGroup

BURJ KHALIFA
For understated & effective illumination of the world's tallest building
Designers: Paul Marantz, Hank Forrest-Fisher Marantz Stone, Adrian Smith-Skidmore Owings & Merrill

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
LINCOLN CENTER
Designers: Suzan Tillotson, David Burya-Tillotson Design Associates

EXPO AXIS, WORLD EXPO SHANGHAI 2010
Designers: Yun Weimin, Chu Xingwu, Lee Yingyuan, Wang Delin, Bai Ting, Pan Hongjun, Xie Yuping-Shanghai Grandar Light Art & Technology Co., Ltd.

THE EDWIN F. GUTH MEMORIAL AWARD FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING DESIGN

AWARD OF DISTINCTION
HAPPO-EN: HAKUHOU-KAN HALL RENOVATION, TOKYO
Designers: Masanobu Takeishi-ICE Illumination of City Environment, Yukio Hashimoto-Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
NEW TEMPLE IN EKOIN
Designers: Yukio Onoda, Eri Takeyama, Kahori Mori-Iris Associates

THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM-MCKIM RESTORATION
Designers: Richard Renfro, Eileen M.E. Pierce, Azusa Yabe-Renfro Design Group

SCIENCE STORMS AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, CHICAGO
Designers: Paul Gregory, JR Krauza, Joshua Spitzig, Dan Henry, Kenneth Schutz-Focus Lighting
Jack Pascarosa, Shari Berman-Evidence Design

SPECIAL CITATION
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART
For Daylight
Designers: Paul Marantz, Margo Wiltshire, Paula Martinez-Nobles-Fisher Marantz Stone
Andrew Sedgwick, Brian Stacy, Matt Franks-Arup Lighting
Thomas Phifer and Partners; Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Architecture; Lappas + Havener

The IES honored the 2011 IES Illumination Award recipients at the IES Annual Conference on October 30 in Austin, TX. At the event, the IES proudly presented the awards to the teams of these twelve outstanding designs. Of the 401 total entries, 138 received Awards of Merit. For more information about each project and to view images of the designs and a list of the Merit recipients, please visit the IES website at www.ies.org/programs/ia.cfm.

ABOUT THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA

IES is the oldest and largest educational and scientific society in North America devoted to lighting. Since 1906, the IES has sought to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public. A broad variety of programs, including publications, conferences and seminars, have been established to accomplish this mission. IES publishes and distributes the finest lighting literature authored by committees with the most experienced minds in industry and academia today. For more information about IES, go to http://www.ies.org.