Above: Barajas International Airport, Madrid, Spain

Above: Sheikh Zayed al Nahyan Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Above: St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK

Above: The Sackler Crossing, Kew, UK

Awards

Click here to download a PDF of our July 2008 Light Awards Press Release.

Speirs and Major Associates are delighted to announce their recent success in two important international lighting design awards programmes.

The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Awards are widely regarded as the lighting design communities’ equivalent of the ‘Oscars’. The IALD’s 25th anniversary awards were announced at a glittering black tie event in Las Vegas, USA at the beginning of June 2008. Over 160 entries from all over the world were judged by eminent lighting designers. Projects were scored on individual merit and not against other entries.

The judges awarded eight projects Awards of Excellence and of these three were designed by Speirs and Major Associates:

The re-Lighting of the interior of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK.

Barajas International Airport, Madrid, Spain.

The Sackler Crossing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.

Also, Thermae Bath Spa project in England won one of only four Awards of Merit presented.

Every year the highest scoring project is further honoured and is given the IALD’s prestigious Radiance Award.

This year the IALD Radiance Award was presented to Speirs and Major Associates for the artificial lighting design for Barajas International Airport.

The Middle East Lighting Design Awards (MELDA) recognise best quality lighting design through out the middle east region.

At this years MELDA awards the interior lighting for the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAE (the third largest Mosque in the world) won the Best Public Building Award. It was further honoured by the judges, and was awarded the overall Best Lighting Design Project of 2008.

The five very diverse projects honoured demonstrate the range of creative skills we are able to bring to our projects.

Speirs and Major Associates were part of four prize winning teams announced at the RIBA Regional Awards

Awards in full:

Madrid Barajas Airport – IALD Award of Excellence and Radiance.

St. Paul's Cathedral – IALD Award of Excellence.

Sackler Crossing – IALD Award of Excellence.

Bath Thermae Spa – IALD Award of Merit.

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Mosque Interiors – MELDA Best Public Building and Project of the Year Award.

Sackler Crossing – RIBA.

Heathrow Terminal 5 – RIBA.

BBC Scotland – RIBA.

Royal Festival Hall – RIBA.

Above: Thermae Bath Spa, Bath, UK

Press

IDL Spain, March 2008, Armani Ginza Tower.

Wallpaper*, March 2008, Armani Ginza Tower.

Lighting Magazine, March 2008, Armani Ginza Tower.

Mondo Arc, Issue 41, March 2008, Skylon Restaurant.

Total Lighting, March 2008, Skylon Restaurant.

Mondo Arc, Issue 42 April 2008, Armani Ginza Tower.

Mondo Arc, Issue 42 April 2008, Working with Architects, an article by Keith Bradshaw.

Sleeper, May/June 2008, Skylon Restaurant.

Mondo Arc, Issue 44, June 2008, Heathrow Terminal 5.

International Lighting Magazine, L+D, Brazil, Armani Ginza.

Above: Beijing International Airport, Beijing, PRC

Events

Mark Major will be speaking at the 'Next Generation Lighting' conference on 15th July 2008 at the Royal College of Medicine, London. Mark’s talk concentrates on Recently Completed Airport Projects: Heathrow Terminal 5; Beijing Capital International Airport; Madrid Barajas International Airport.

Jonathan Speirs presented ‘The Visual Value of Light’ with New York based lighting designer Paul Gregory at ‘Light Fair 2008’ in Las Vegas on 28th May to an audience of 300 delegates.

Jonathan Speirs took part in the 2008 RIAS Conference entitled ‘Influence at the Intersection; art, architecture, light, landscape’ on 9th May alongside Peter Eisenman, Charles Jencks and the philosopher Alain de Botton.

Keith Bradshaw and Iain Ruxton presented papers at ‘Light Focus 2008’ at ‘Light + Build 2008’ in Frankfurt on the 8th and 9th April respectively. Keith’s presentation was on ‘Lighting Cultural Buildings’ and Iain’s about landscape lighting, entitled ‘A Dark and Stormy Night’.

Jonathan Speirs was one of the presenters at the second Pecha Kucha event to be held in Edinburgh, where each presenter has 20 images with a maximum time of 20 seconds an image. This took place after the RIAS Convention in Edinburgh on 9th May.

Above: Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport, UK

Above: The Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland

Above: IPC Media, London, UK

Appointment to New Projects

Gathering Place, Venice Biennale 2008 with Gareth Hoskins Architects.

Beyond Architecture, Venice Biennale 2008 with Studio Fuksas.

B2 Subway, Kings Cross Central, London for Argent, with Chipperfield Associates.

Al Madina Tower, Kuwait with Norr Architects.

Yas Island Retail, Abu Dhabi for Aldar Properties, with Benoy Architects.

Lighting Strategy for Covent Garden, London with KPF for Covent Garden London.

Reception Area and Bars, The Berkeley Hotel, London with David Collins Studio.

Reception Areas, Devonshire Square, London with Fletcher Priest for Rockpoint

Recently Completed Projects

Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport with RSHP, for BAA.

Beijing Airport, with Foster + Partners, Naco and Arup, for Beijing Capital International Airport Company Ltd.

HBOS, 110 St. Vincent St with Lee Boyd Architects, for HBOS.

Gardens by the Bay Conservatories, Concept and Schematic Design (development and implementation by Light Planners Associates Inc), with Wilkinson Eyre Associates for Singapore National Parks.

The Dolder Grand Hotel, Zurich, with United Designers and Foster + Partners for Dolder AG.

IPC Media, with Allies and Morrison Architects, for IPC Media.

Above: Swindon Town Centre, UK

Team

We are pleased to announce that Philip Rose has been made a Design Associate in the London Studio. Philip has worked at Speirs and Major Associates for 10 years and has worked on many key projects including the Sackler Crossing, Bridge of Aspirations, Magna Adventure Science Centre and Terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport. Philip’s projects have received numerous awards most recently an IALD Award of excellence for Sackler Crossing.

Orri Peturrson left the London Studio at the end of June to return to Iceland.

Above: Swindon Town Centre, UK

Above: British High Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Above: British High Commission Entrance Pool, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Above: Gardens by the Bay Biomes Concept, Singapore

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