Congratulations to the

2022 LUMEN AWARD RECIPIENTS

The IESNYC is pleased to honor the brilliant award winning projects and those who designed, built and engineered them.

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals
New York, NY
Renfro Design Group 
Richard Renfro, Jenny Stafford, Matt Caraway, Aylin Aydin, Angie Ohman, and Paola Bernal

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AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Confidential Aerospace/Defense Headquarters
Reston, VA
Fisher Marantz Stone 
Paula Martinez-Nobles, Katheryn Czub, Amy E. Leder, and Charles G. Stone II

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AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Little Island
New York, NY
Fisher Marantz Stone 
Enrique Garcia-Carrera, Paul Marantz, and Miyoung Song-Carroll

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AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Stony Brook Medicine MART Building and Children's Hospital Tower
Stony Brook, NY
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design 
Francesca Bettridge, Michael Hennes, and Nira Wattanachote

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AWARD OF MERIT
Bike Barn at Thaden School 
Bentonville, AR
TM Light  
B. Alex Miller and Aoife O'Leary

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AWARD OF MERIT
Denver Art Museum 
Denver, CO
Buro Happold  
Wei Liu, Gabe Guilliams, James Clotfelter, and Chris Coulter

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AWARD OF MERIT
550 Madison Avenue Lobby 
New York, NY
KGM Architectural Lighting 
Stacie Dinwiddy, Martin van Koolbergen, Stacey Bello, and Dorothy Underwood

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AWARD OF MERIT
MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center 
Garrison, NY
Anita Jorgensen Lighting Design  
Anita Jorgensen and Joseph Ballweg

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AWARD OF MERIT
Winter Visual Arts Center at Franklin & Marshall College 
Lancaster, PA
L'Observatoire International  
Hervé Descottes, Wei Jien, June Park, Thomas Mnich, and Wen Y. Lin

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CITATION FOR CEILING FEATURE
Deutsche Bank Center Lobby
New York, NY
One Lux Studio 
Stephen Margulies, Elena Areshina, and Taki Taniguchi

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CITATION FOR URBAN LIGHTING RESEARCH
Light Gowanus
Brooklyn, NY
Sighte Studio

Francesca Bastianini, Alexandra Pappas-Kalber, Trinetra Manickavasagam, and Matthew Webb

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CITATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Terra–The Sustainability Pavilion
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Buro Happold 

Chris Coulter, Gabe Guilliams, and Jenny Werbell

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ABOUT THE IESNYC LUMEN AWARDS

The IESNYC Lumen Awards program was conceived and managed by the New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society in 1968. It was developed to publicly recognize lighting design members whose exceptional professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design has culminated in some of the world’s most innovative lighting projects.

Awards are presented in the following categories:

Lumen Award of Excellence
The highest level of recognition for permanent architectural application.

Lumen Award of Merit
Meritorious recognition for permanent architectural application.

Lumen Citation
Special recognition for an art installation, technical detail, portion of a single project, temporary installation or other work.

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2022 Judges

Glen Fasman
Bliss Fasman Inc.

Michael Hennes, LEED AP BD+C
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design

Carrie Meadows
LEDs Magazine

Kelly Roberts
WALD Studio

Richard Southwick, FAIA
Beyer Blinder Belle

Claudia Saavedra
R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, LLP

Beth Turomsha, IES, LC, WELL AP
Schuler Shook


Lumen Journal


A Conversation with the Jurors by Randy Reid

Randy Reid, editor of designing lighting (dl) magazine, discussed the award selection process with the jurors. More


Fashion Report: IESNYC Lumen Awards Gala

By Lori Thomas Reid, designing lighting/Edison Report Details Here



2022 Committee

Chairs
Clara Powell, Cooledge Lighting
Adrienne Shulman, ERCO Lighting, Inc.

Board Advisor and Creative Director
Randy Sabedra
, RS Lighting Design

Masters of Ceremony
James O’Blaney, O’Blaney Rinker Associates
Nathaniel Bliss,
Specification Lighting Sales

Lumen Awards Sales Manager
Anna Kim
, Enterprise Lighting Sales

Gala Lighting Coordinator
Jordan Cohen, International Lights

Social Media Coordinator
Matt Dacey, Synergy NYC

Print and Digital Designer
Cathy Bontempo, Harborlight Design

Members
Rachel Gibney, Available Light
Rebecca Mintz, The Lighting Practice
Asher Schoenberg, Stan Deutsch Associates



2026 IESNYC Event and Educational Sponsors

Brilliant Sponsor


Radiant Sponsors


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Sparkle Sponsors

Lutron Electronics  |  Light Abilities


Twinkle Sponsors

Available Light      |      Hartranft Lighting Design     |      HLB Lighting Design  

KGM Architectural Lighting     |      MGE Lighting Design Collaborative     |     Pierce Lighting Studio