Congratulations to the
2025 LUMEN AWARD RECIPIENTS
June 18, 2025. The IESNYC is proud to announce the distinguished recipients of the 2025 Lumen Awards. This annual celebration honors outstanding achievements in lighting design and recognize individuals and project teams who demonstrate exceptional creativity, technical expertise, and a deep commitment to excellence in the field.
The Lumen Awards showcase the most innovative and impactful lighting projects from across the industry, setting benchmarks for quality and inspiring the lighting design community. The 2025 recipients exemplify the highest standards of design excellence, enhancing the built environment through thoughtful, effective, and sustainable lighting solutions.
The IESNYC congratulates all awardees and applauds their contributions to advancing the art and science of illumination.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Buro Happold
Gabe Guilliams, Chris Coulter, John Sloane, Elias Gomez, and Aida Miron
Al-Mujadilah Center & Mosque for Women
Doha, Qatar
AWARD OF MERIT
Lighting Workshop
Doug Russell, Megan Casey, and Sammie Wu
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY
AWARD OF MERIT
Spark Studio Lighting Design
Scott Herrick, Justine Parrish, and Jess Marshall
Charter Communications Headquarters
Stamford, CT
AWARD OF MERIT
Tillotson Design Associates
Suzan Tillotson and Liyi Pan
Oxman Studio
New York, NY
AWARD OF MERIT
TM Light
B. Alex Miller and Elizabeth Enders
The Travel Agency Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
CITATION
for Facade Lighting
Fisher Marantz Stone
Enrique Garcia-Carrera, Kristina Jajalla, and Laetitia Stephanos
Garage Facade at Princeton University Geo-Exchange Plant
Princeton, NJ
CITATION
for Historic Renovation
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
Francesca Bettridge, Michael Hennes, and Nira Wattanachote
Gould Memorial Library Rotunda Renovation
Bronx Community College
The Bronx, NY
CITATION
for Art Memorial
Buro Happold
John Sloane and Maya Hladišová
Artist: Immanuel Oni
HALO
New York, NY
CITATION
for Laylight Detail and Execution
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
Stephen D. Bernstein, Michael Hennes, Jiyoung Lee, and Clara Samudio
Yale Peabody Museum Renovation and Expansion
New Haven, CT
ABOUT THE IESNYC LUMEN AWARDS
Since 1968, the IESNYC Lumen Awards program has publicly recognized 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
Highest level of achievement for a permanent architectural application
Lumen Award of Merit
Meritorious achievement for permanent architectural application
Lumen Citation
Special recognition for a permanent or temporary lighting installation, technical detail, portion of a single project, or other work.
The Lumen Awards program is not associated with the IES Illumination Awards. If you are interested in submitting your project to the IES Illumination Awards, visit ia.ies.org
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Order paper prints, keepsakes, cards, digital images, and more!
2025 Judges
Lee Brandt, HLB Lighting Design
Chadwick Carswell, Chadwick Carswell Lighting LLC
David Cyr, IMEG
Scott Hay, Reveal Design Group
Golsana Heshmati, The SEED
Andrew Lazarow, LAB at Rockwell Group
Christopher Ventresca, Ventresca Lighting Designers
Lumen Journal
2025 Committee
Chair and Board Liaison
Christine Hope, Focus Lighting
Committee Advisors
Clara Powell, Cooledge Lighting
Adrienne Shulman, ERCO Lighting, Inc.
Creative Advisor
Randy Sabedra, RS Lighting Design
Lumen Awards Sales Manager
Anna Kim, Enterprise Lighting Sales
Gala Lighting Coordinator
Jordan Cohen, International Lights
Print and Digital Designer
Cathy Bontempo, Harborlight Design
Members
Nathaniel Bliss, Specification Lighting Sales
Matt Dacey, ELA + Synergy
Jessie Grillo, Diversified
James O’Blaney, Diversified
Asher Schoenberg, SDA Lighting and Controls
Gary Wong, Bold
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Twinkle Sponsors
Available Light | Hartranft Lighting Design | HLB Lighting Design
KGM Architectural Lighting | MGE Lighting Design Collaborative | Pierce Lighting Studio
