IES Lux Awards and Banquet celebrates the excellence of design, creativity and dynamic energy unique to our Bay Area lighting community. All projects in the SF Lux Awards are submitted for online judging in the IES North America Illumination Awards. The IES Lux Awards comprises projects by Bay Area firms that the IES San Francisco Section chooses for special recognition.
2026 Awards Ceremony
Bimbo’s 365 Club (map)
1025 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Date:
September 17, 2026
Schedule of Events:
6:00-7:30pm Cocktails & Appetizer Stations
8:00-9:00pm Awards Presentation
9:15-11:00pm Desert and Dancing with live band, REWiND
2026 Award Winners
Overall Excellence
Jackson Square Workplace Renovation – San Francisco, CA | PritchardPeck Lighting | Designers: Kristin Peck & Kyra Hermann-Traxler | Architect: Michelle Hatton, Jennifer Glover & David Loo, SOM | Electrical Engineer: Nina Ault, ESD/Stantec | Photographer: David Burk, David Burk Photography; Kyra Hermann-Traxler, Pritchard Peck Lighting
Experiential Design Winners
First Place – Battery Wallace, Fort Berry – Marin Headlands, CA | Jonathan Plumpton Lighting Design | Designers: Jonathan Plumpton, Anne Rollins & Anne Chien | Architect: Army Core of Engineers | Photographer: Jonathan Plumpton & Anne Rollins
Second Place – Livermorium Plaza – Livermore, CA | Interface Engineering | Designers: Kristina Santi | Electrical Engineer: Bruce Krietzer, Interface Engineering | Landscape Architect: Chuck Gardella & Kimmy Chen, Gates Studio | Photographer: Kristina Santi & Virgil Parras
Lighting Controls Winner
First Place – Saluhall – San Francisco, CA | Banks Landl Lighting Design | Designers: Matthew Landl, Tan Mekathikom, Tiffany Machin, Chelsie Cocjin & Tobias Holden | Architect: Stiff + Trevillion | Photographer: Albert Law
Interior Lighting Design Winners
First Place – Jackson Square Workplace Renovation – San Francisco, CA | PritchardPeck Lighting | Designers: Kristin Peck & Kyra Hermann-Traxler | Architect: Michelle Hatton, Jennifer Glover & David Loo, SOM | Electrical Engineer: Nina Ault, ESD/Stantec | Photographer: David Burk, David Burk Photography; Kyra Hermann-Traxler, Pritchard Peck Lighting
Second Place – First Baptist Church and Butterfly Tower – Vancouver, BC | ARUP | Designers: Star Davis, Yuliya Savelyeva, Galen Burrell, Elif Ayalp, Sean O’Neill & Janelle Drouet | Architect: Culum Osborne, Revery Architecture | Engineer: Daisy Chan, Nemetz & Associates | Photographer: Ema Peter
Third Place – Children’s Theater of Cincinnati: Renovation of the Historic Emery Theater – Cincinnati, OH | Apeiro Design | Designers: Patty Glasow, Sara McBarnette & Christopher Morris | Architect: GBBN Architects | Photographer: Phil Armstrong & Apeiro Design Team
Award of Merit – Congregation Emanu-El – San Francisco, CA | ARUP | Designers: Elif Ayalp, Yuliya Savelyeva, Kevin Huberty & Matt Franks | Architect: Felicia Dunham, Amy Chang & Emma Spilsbury, Mark Cavagnero Associates | Electrical Engineer: Taylor Casady, Darby Rowland & Harley Knapp, ARUP | Photographer: Tim Griffith
Exterior Lighting Design Winners
First Place – UC Berkeley Grimes Engineering Center – Berkeley, CA | PritchardPeck Lighting | Designers: Kristin Peck, Kyra Hermann-Traxler & Cory Madeson | Architect: Aaron Baumbach, Issac Kim & Lisa Follman, SOM | Electrical Engineer: Kristina Martin, The Engineering Enterprise | Landscape Architect: Kari Tanaka, PGA Landscape | Photographer: David Burk, David Burk Photography; Kristin Peck, PritchardPeck Lighting
Second Place – Gateway of the Pacific – South San Francisco, CA | PritchardPeck Lighting | Designers: Kristin Peck, Alec Buxton, Anna Lok, & Jody Pritchard | Architect: Chris Swigert, Flad | Electrical Engineer: Christian Tomsen, Morrow Meadows | Artist: Masako Miki | Photographer: Jason O’Rear, Jason O’Rear Photography; Kristin Peck & Alec Buxton, PritchardPeck Lighting
Third Place – First Baptist Church and Butterfly Tower Exteriors – Vancouver, BC | ARUP | Designers: Janelle Drouet, Yuliya Savelyeva & Elif Ayalp | Architect: Culum Osborne, Revery Architecture | Electrical Engineer: Daisy Chan, Nemetz & Associates | Photographer: Ema Peter
Energy & The Environment Design Winner
First Place – San Mateo County Office Building – San Mateo, CA | PritchardPeck Lighting | Designers: Kristin Peck, Alec Buxton, Cory Madeson & Anna Lok | Architect: Matthew Wasylciw, Elissa Gee & Javier Arizmendi, SOM | Electrical Engineer: Susie See, Meyers+ | Landscape Architect: CMG | Photographer: David Burke, David Burke Photography; Kristin Peck, PritchardPeck Lighting
Second Place – Hyatt Place, Roseville – Roseville, CA | Stantec | Designers: Rohini Pendyala & Romy Lin | Architect: Ed Rufino, Stantec | Interior Design: Duk Kim, Rebecca Keehner & Milena Piltakyan, Stantec | Photographer: Kat Alves
Third Place – Southline – South San Francisco, CA | HLB Lighting Design | Designers: Brandon Thrasher, Andrew Moore & Tonya Diller-Robertson | Architect: Dawn Jedkins, Kartik Gathani & Dona Shah, DES | Landscape Architect: Chris Mateo, DES | Electrical Engineer: Silverman & Light | Photographer: Jason O’Rear
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