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RADIATING SUCCESS


Australian lighting consultant Electrolight has won four IALD awards, including the ‘best of the best’ Radiance prize


THE GEOGRAPHIC emphasis of the IALD International Lighting Design Awards continues its shift from west to east in the 2025 batch of winners. Of the 16 winning projects in the 2025 awards, five are from China, and one each from Japan, traditionally a source of lighting excellence, and Taiwan. While the West has customarily been regarded as leading the way in architectural lighting design (it began in the 1960s in the US and developed in the UK largely in the 1980s), the quality and sophistication of the lighting schemes in China over the past few years has been marked. But the extraordinary feat at this year’s event comes from Australian lighting consultant Electrolight, which has won four awards: one Excellence (there were only two this year), two Merits and the overall ‘best of the best’ Radiance award.


Founded in Melbourne in 2004, the practice has grown to include studios in Sydney and San Francisco. It has won multiple national and international awards in 21 years, including lighting practice of the year at the 2019 Lighting Design Awards in the UK. Its IALD-winning schemes featured on these pages range from an ambitious urban light art installation to revamped restaurants.


Interestingly, the single winner representing the UK, DPA Lighting Consultants, is the oldest practice in this country, established originally as Derek Phillips Associates in the 1950s. Its The OWO schemes (exterior and interior) are a masterclass in precision, discretion and skilful attention to detail.


PHOTO: JAMES NEWTON PHOTOGRAPHY


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