The winners of the German Lighting Design Award 2026 (Deutscher Lichtdesign-Preis) had been introduced on September tenth on the ICS Worldwide Convention Middle in Stuttgart. The award acknowledges lighting design throughout workplaces, academic and cultural amenities, hospitality, public areas and transport infrastructure.
Based mostly in Hamburg group richt I acquired the title 2026 Lighting Designer of the 12 months We received the out of doors lighting design class for Hamburg’s historic Lombards Bridge. Licht Kunst Licht acquired Particular Jury Award Adopted for out of doors lighting at Cologne Cathedral.
Additionally consists of different multi-category winners. a・g lichtMEDI Headquarters in Bayreuth and FOUR RT4 entrance foyer in Frankfurt had been acknowledged; Belzner Holmes Mild DesignMunich’s Nationwide Archaeological Assortment and Istanbul’s Zeyrek Cinili Hammam had been honored.
Winner – Challenge and Design Firm
| workplace and administration | MEDI Headquarters, Bayreuth — a・g licht |
| Inside lighting / public area | Magdeburg, Hyperschale — licht imaginative and prescient design |
| Outside lighting / public area | Dieforz metropolis middle — Oliver Kristen Lichtplanung |
| out of doors lighting design | Historic Lombards Bridge, Hamburg — group richt |
| cultural buildings | Eichstaedt Cathedral — Ingenue Bamberger |
| Inns and eating places | Rosewood Schloss Fuschl, Salzburg, Austria — Licht 01 Lighting Design |
| training | La Nave College, Bax, Switzerland — artwork gentle |
| creative mission | FOUR RT4 Entrance Foyer, Frankfurt — a・g licht |
| Artwork museum/museum | Nationwide Archaeological Assortment, Munich — Belzner Holmes Mild Design |
| worldwide mission | Zeylek Cinili Hammam, Istanbul, Turkiye — Belzner Holmes Mild Design |
| transportation infrastructure | Zurich Central Station, Switzerland — lichtgestaltende ingenieure vogtpartner |
| viewers award | German Mining Museum in New Mild, Bochum — Lightlife |
| Particular Jury Award | Exterior lighting of Cologne Cathedral — Licht Kunst Licht |
| Lighting Designer of the 12 months | Workforce Licht, Hamburg |
of viewers awardThe work, introduced in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt, was determined by trade guests at Mild + Constructing 2026. The prize is Lightlife lighting mission German Mining Museum In Bochum.
unbiased professional decide
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Professor Dr. paul schmitz — Hawke, Hildesheim
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Professor Dr. thomas lemhild — Wismar College of Utilized Sciences
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Professor Dr. Cornelia Mooseman — Hawke, Hildesheim
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Professor Suzanne Brenninkmeyer — Licht + Raum Consultants
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Dr. Jurgen Waldorf — Managing Director of ZVEI Lighting Division
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Markus Helle — Highlights Editor-in-Chief
The jury may also embrace representatives from the earlier yr’s Lighting Designer of the 12 months. The analysis course of combines a overview of mission submissions and web site visits to chose initiatives. The analysis considers architectural integration, person wants, lighting management, upkeep, and power effectivity. The jury operates independently of the industrial pursuits of sponsors and organizers.
sponsors and companions
The 2026 Awards had been supported by the next sponsors and companions:
| partnership | group |
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| sponsor | Anolis. Bergmeister Leuchten. Iguzzini; Trilax; XAL; Zumtobel |
| VIP accomplice | Arcos Mild; L&L Luce & Mild; LED Linear |
| film accomplice | Nichia Chemical Industries. norca |
| decide sponsor | gentle + constructing |
| Challenge and gala companions | Eltefa. LiTG; gentle + constructing. Vestberg |
These organizations supported the competition and associated actions, serving to to carry skilled lighting design to a broad trade viewers.
In regards to the German Lighting Design Award
The German Lighting Design Award, first awarded in 2011, acknowledges excellent lighting options and focuses on the contribution {of professional} lighting design to the constructed atmosphere. This competitors promotes the occupation and brings collectively architectural, technical and human views on gentle.
View all winners and nominees. Official website of the German Lighting Design Award.
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