Who grabbed the spotlight at this year's Lighting Design Awards?

Projects as diverse as the stunning Hotel Puerta América in Madrid, a funicular railway in North Yorkshire and Peterborough Cathedral were among the outstanding winners at this year's Lighting Design Awards.

Winners were selected from a host of entries across 15 categories and judged by senior figures in the lighting industry. Those singled out for recognition included three products, 11 outstanding projects, plus the Awards' first lighting designer of the year. The victors celebrated in style at the awards prize giving ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London on 30 March.

The awards are organised by Emap and the Institution of Lighting Engineers and are supported by the Lighting Industry Federation, International Association of Lighting Designers and the Institution of Electrical Engineers. They were sponsored by: Microlights, iLight, Lamp Lighting, Trilux, Lutron, Holophane, Philips, Wila, Reggiani, Dynalite, Fitzgerald Lighting, Ansorg, Oldham Lighting, PLASA and DW Windsor.

The winners take it all

Interior luminaires
Winner: UM1 Meso Optic, Etap Lighting
Runners-up: Flameguard, Scolmore International; Clean, Zumtobel Staff Lighting; Solar II, Zumtobel Staff Lighting

Light sources and control gear
Winner: CosmoPolis, Philips Lighting
Runners-up: Eutrac Dali, Se’lux Lighting; Ventronic,
Venture Lighting Europe

External luminaires
Winner: Vertical Surface Illuminator, Zumtobel Staff Lighting
Runners-up: Focal Point, Chromaticia; Motis Blade, Woodhouse

Public buildings
Winner: Dagenham Civic Centre
Runners-up: National Gallery, East Wing; Turner, Whistler, Monet Exhibition at Tate Britain

Lighting for leisure
Winner: Fifty, London
Runners-up: The Prince of Wales Theatre; Blackpool Zoo Dinosaur Safari

Transport
Winner: Saltburn’s funicular cliff lift
Runners-up: The Mersey Wave; Sean O’Casey pedestrian
swing bridge, Dublin

Exterior
Winner: Mirror ball, Blackpool Illuminations
Runners-up: Royal Bank of Scotland hq, Edinburgh;
10 Exchange Square, Broadgate, London

Workplace
Winner: BP – 20 Canada Square, London
Runners-up: Euro Packaging; Parker Green, Drumalane Mill

Retail
Winner: BMW Mini Showroom, Park Lane, London
Runners-up: Selfridges personal shopping area, Oxford Street, London; Harrods Fine Jewellery Room, London

Heritage
Winner: Peterborough Cathedral
Runners-up: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin;
The Long Room and Pitch at Lord’s Cricket Ground

Special projects
Winner: Bough 1, Oxo Tower Wharf
Runners-up: Almshouses, Princesshay, Exeter;
The Battle of Britain Monument

Residential
Winner: London House SW3
Runners-up: Homer Street, London W1; Private house, Studland, Dorset

International
Winner: Hotel Puerta América, Madrid
Runners-up: Galleria West, Seoul, South Korea; Nasher Sculpture Center; Copenhagen Opera House

Entertainment
Winner: NVA – The Storr – Unfolding Landscapes
Runners-up: Fatboy Slim 2005/2006; Kylie “Showgirl” Greatest Hits Tour 2005

Designer of the Year
Winner: Gary Campbell

Fifty, London

Lighting designer:
Lighting Design International
Architect:
Ettwein Bridges
Electrical contractor:
Jetts Electrical
Major suppliers:
Arc Lighting, CDi, Cube Lighting, DAL, Light Corporation, Lightgraphix, Metropolis AV, Oldham Lighting

Peterborough Cathedral

Lighting designer:
Lightmatters
Architect:
Marshall Sisson
Electrical contractor:
Sotham Engineering Services
Major suppliers:
AC/DC, Bega, Concord:marlin, Erco, Helvar, Hess, Light Projects, Meyer, Optimo, Selecon, Thorn Lighting

Bough 1, Oxo Tower Wharf

Lighting designer:
Simon Corder
Electrical contractor:
Trafalgar Lighting
Major suppliers:
Encapsulite

Dagenham Civic Centre

Architect and lighting designer:
Campbell Design
Electrical contractor:
Inspace
Major suppliers:
AC/DC, CCT Lighting, Concord:marlin, iGuzzini, Light Corporation, Lutron, Metro Lighting

Source

Electrical and Mechanical Contractor