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Above Jonathan Speirs, Keith Bradshaw and Mark Major receive the Design Practice of the Decade Award; Top right Michael Grubb, director at Sutton Vane Associates, receives the Lighting Designer of the Year award; SVA also won the Exterior category for Cathedral Square, Peterborough (above right).
A DECADE OF DESIGN The UK Lighting Design Awards celebrated its tenth anniversary with a thrilling and emotional evening.
More than 700 of the country’s leading light- ing designers, manufacturers and architects gathered to celebrate another successful year in the industry at the tenth Lighting Design Awards in London on March 21st. Big winners on the night included Speirs + Major, who scooped the Design Practice of the Decade Award. But it was also a suc- cessful night for Cinimod Studio after the practice won both the Special Projects cat- egory and the Small Retail Award. Michael Grubb of Sutton Vane Associates walked away with the coveted Lighting Designer of the Year Award.
Ben Cronin, editor of Lighting magazine, reflected upon the changes the lighting industry has undergone in the last ten years and marvelled at the maturity and contin- ued growth in the sector. “This year, we have had 168 entries in the project categories which we have reduced to a shortlist consisting of 81 projects from 43 different companies. When you add the product entries to this total, we had 234 entries from 105 different companies over- all. This tells me that lighting design has matured as a profession, but also that there is an unprecedented level of innovation tak- ing place in manufacturing.”
DESIGN PRACTICE OF THE DECADE There were no surprises as Speirs + Major were deservedly recognised as the ‘Design Practice of the Decade’. Has there been a practice that has done more for establishing the profession of lighting design? The judges certainly thought not.
“Speirs + Major is an iconic global lighting design practice that has done exceptional service in promoting the lighting consultan- cy profession. Speirs + Major are deserving recipients of this award in recognition of all their fantastic projects over the past decade. The practice’s diversity, standard of work and professionalism has done much to raise the profile of lighting design,” com- mented the judges during their delibera- tions.
Founded in 1992 by Jonathan Speirs and Mark Major, the practice now employs 30 staff and has offices based in London and Edinburgh. Both founding members trained and practiced as architects before decid- ing to focus on lighting design which has demonstrably shaped their approach to the profession and the ethos of their practice – that light should be embedded at the heart of the architectural design process. Speirs + Major commented: “Whilst receiv-
ing such recognition from our peers it also presents us with a dilemma: how do we meet the challenge of the next decade? We will continue to evolve and strengthen the practice in response to new opportunities and challenges that the future brings. In the meantime our sincere thanks to all those who sent us messages of congratulations and who have supported us over the years.”
LIGHTING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Sutton Vane Associates’ director Michael Grubb was named Lighting Designer of the Year in what was a great night for SVA who also won the Exterior Projects category with its scheme for Cathedral Square, Peterbor- ough. It was also highly commended in the Low Carbon category.
Michael Grubb, who was named as the 2012 Olympics Learning Legacy Ambassador for lighting earlier this year, has worked on a wide range of high profile and award-win- ning lighting projects, including Cathedral Square and this year’s highly commended scheme for the A11 Underpass in the Lee Valley. The judges called him a “thoroughly deserving recipient” of the UK lighting industry’s top accolade and described him as “a diligent, exemplar designer with a
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