St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine - 2024 IALD Award of Merit

PROJECT: Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine
LOCATION: New York, NY, United States
LIGHTING DESIGN: DLR Group
PHOTOGRAPHY: (c) Alan Karchmer; Kevin Reeves

On September 11, the Greek Orthodox Church came down with the Twin Towers at Ground Zero. From the ashes, a new Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine—and a memorial to those who were lost and served—arose. The new church was conceived as a solid stone church by day that glows "from the light of 10,000 candles" by night. As a symbol of the restorative powers of faith, light—and how it inhabits the interior spaces while also expressing itself externally as a beacon of hope—is the essence of this magnificent building.

The 2024 IALD International Lighting Design Awards was celebrated in a San Diego, California, presentation event. Twenty-eight projects from ten countries were recognized and applauded for demonstrating exceptional lighting design and contributing to the professional community.

Now in its 41st year, the IALD International Lighting Design Awards is the longest-running program that recognizes architectural lighting design excellence. Receiving an IALD award is universally heralded as the top honor in the lighting design industry. Since its inception in 1983, the IALD International Lighting Design Awards has honored lighting design that reaches new heights, moves beyond the ordinary, and represents excellence in aesthetic and technical design achievement.

Complete details on the IALD Awards program, this year's and previous years' winners, and how to submit projects for consideration in the next Awards cycle can be found at https://iald.org/awards.

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