Date Announced: 23 Apr 2013 PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - The 2012 GE Edison Award has been presented to Hervé Descottes, Jeff Taylor and Jessica Tchah of L'Observatoire International for lighting Vintry Fine Wines in New York, New York, USA (Architects: Rogers Marvel Architects, New York, New York, USA). A personalized Steuben crystal award for the winner of this 30th annual lighting design competition was presented by GE Lighting on April 22, 2013 in Philadelphia.The Vintry Fine Wines store, located in the Battery Park neighborhood of New York City, uses a unique combination of light and architecture to set itself apart from the surrounding cityscape. Starting with its strikingly non-externally illuminated storefront, the lighting concept draws visitors into the store's warm interior. GE Tetra Contour LED systems line the shelves and ceiling, effortlessly merging with the graceful curves and rows of the store that evoke the geography of a vineyard.The warm 2700 K color of the LEDs brings warmth to the space while highlighting the leather surfaces. The curvilinear forms expand the perceived space, and actual linear footage, of the store. The bright, clean lines of light allow the space to have a great deal of merchandise without appearing cluttered. The Tetra Contour systems are specifically molded to each shelf and stack to accentuate the architectural curve of the store, as well as to emphasize the bottles. The placement of the fixtures was extensively studied in a mock-up to ensure maximum lighting with a minimum of reflection from the LED mounting. Each fixture, whether it is located in the shelves or the ceiling, is carefully detailed to prevent visibility from any angle. All fixtures are dimmable and maintained by a state-of-the-art computerized control system that follows the astronomical clock. The lights are brighter during the day and dimmer during evening hours.The GE Tetra Contour systems not only provide sufficient lumen output for the space, but are also energy efficient, cost effective and easy to maintain. Their long lifetime, coupled with the space's centralized lighting control system, ensures that the Vintry Fine Wines store will be able to get the maximum amount of usage from these fixtures with the minimum amount of upkeep. The fixtures will keep the store looking warm and bright for many years to come!A prestigious panel of five judges selected this year's winning entry for its superiority in the following categories: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques; appropriate color, form and texture revelation; energy effectiveness; and cost effectiveness. Judges for this 30th annual competition were: ⢠Ellen Godson LC, MIES, Angus Lighting/H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada⢠Tim O'Keefe, LC, GE Lighting, San Francisco, CA⢠Claudio Ramos, IALD, BANKS|RAMOS Architectural Lighting Design, San Francisco, CA⢠Jered E. Widmer, The Lighting Practice, Philadelphia, PA, USA⢠John C. Workley, AIA, NCARB, RA, Vocon Partners, LLC, Cleveland, OH, USAThe winning project was one of four Awards of Excellence finalists. The other Awards of Excellence winners were:⢠Harry Winston Shanghai Pavilion (Shanghai, The People's Republic of China) designed by Francesca Bettridge, FIES, IALD, LC of Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design (New York, New York, USA).⢠Space Shuttle Pavilion at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum (New York, New York, USA) designed by Brett Andersen, Stephanie Daigle, Samuel Kitchel and Kenneth Schutz of Focus Lighting, Inc. (New York, New York, USA).⢠Velti Headquarters (San Francisco, California, USA) designed by Jody Pritchard, IALD, LEED AP ID+C and Kristin Peck, Associate IALD, LC, LEED AP of PritchardPeck Lighting (San Francisco, California, USA). (Architects: Michelle Ives-Ratkovich and Allard Kuijken, AECOM, Los Angeles, California)Also presented at the GE Edison Awards ceremony were five Awards of Merit, three Awards for Environmental Design, and one Award for Residential Design.2012 GE Edison Awards of MeritThe Burlington Performing Arts Centre(Burlington, Ontario, Canada) Ion Luh and Ryan Fook-Sheung, Consullux Lighting Consultants / CEL (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)Jon Soules, Diamond Schmitt Architects (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)Contributing Architects: Michael Treacy and Eric Lucassen, Diamond Schmitt Architects, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaContributing Designers: David Young and Fazlur Kazi, Consullux Lighting Consultants / CEL, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaConcert and Congress Centre - Augsburg, Germany(Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany) Erwin Döring, d-lightvision (Munich, Bavaria, German)The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)Susan Brady, Attila Uysal, Donna Sumner, Wen Yuan Lin and Bruce Taylor, SBLD Studio (New York, New York, USA)Architects: David M. Schwarz Architectural Services and HKS Architects, Inc., Washington, D.C., USASutphin Boulevard Overpass(Jamaica, New York, USA) Domingo Gonzalez, LC, MIES, CIALD, DLF, AIA, Chae O'Keefe, LC, LEED AP ID+C, IES and Ilva Dodaj, IES, AIA Assoc.Domingo Gonzalez Associates (New York, New York, USA)2012 GE Edison Award for Environmental DesignArquitipo UNARTE, (Puebla, Puebla, México)Gustavo Avilés and José Ramón Tagle, Lighteam Gustavo Avilés S.C. (México City, México) Hilton Columbus Downtown (Columbus, Ohio, USA)Ardra Paige Zinkon, IALD, MIESTec Studio (Columbus, Ohio, USA)Scarlett Residence(Canada)Galina Zbrizher, IALD, IESNA, LC, Total Lighting Solutions (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)Vance Harris, Architect, AIBC AAA MRAIC LEED AP, DIALOG (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)2012 GE Edison Award for Residential DesignScarlett Residence(Canada) Galina Zbrizher, IALD, IESNA, LC, Total Lighting Solutions (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)Vance Harris, Architect, AIBC AAA MRAIC LEED AP, DIALOG (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)Visit www.GEEdisonAward.com to view all the award winners of the 2012 GE Edison Awards in more detail and to find information related to the 2013 GE Edison Award call for entries.GE Lighting invents with the vigor of its founder Thomas Edison to develop energy-efficient solutions that change the way people light their world in commercial, industrial, municipal and residential settings. The business employs about 15,000 people in more than 100 countries, and sells products under the Reveal and Energy Smart consumer brands, and Evolve, GTx, Immersion, Infusion, Lumination, Albeo and Tetra commercial brands, all trademarks of GE. General Electric (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter to build a world that works better. Photo caption: 2012 Edison Award Winner: Vintry Fine Wines in New York, New York, US. (Photograph: Emile Dubuisson)
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