One of the most striking features of this year's IALD International Lighting Design Award winners - apart from the fact that only one of the 10 chosen is from the US - is that they offer a snapshot of how much lighting technique has changed. Without exception, they illustrate how assimilated lighting has become (at least in the best schemes), fusing with the architectural fabric. The results are luminescent surfaces and sleek lines of light that subtly follow rather than fight the structure, exemplified by the following three projects. At least at this rarefied level we have come a long way from what former Concord design director Janet Turner used to describe as 'acne of the ceiling'.
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