The 2026 Brilliance Awards


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2026 Awards Recipients


Controls: Award of Honor
Modern Slopeside Hideaway
Bachelor Gulch, CO
AKLD Lighting Design
Anne Kustner, Harmon Lee, Lisa Bartlett


Controls: Award of Merit
Seattle Convention Center Summit Building
Seattle, WA
HLB Lighting Design
Michael Lindsey, E. Teal Brogden, Sam Hewett


Custom Luminaire: Award of Honor
First Security Bank Missoula
Missoula, MT
Mazzetti
Brennan Schumacher, Kait Mendenhall


Exterior: Award of Honor
A Bridge, Reimagined
Beaver Creek, CO
AKLD Lighting Design
Lisa Bartlett, Harmon Lee, Talissa Brownell


Exterior: Award of Merit
100 Colors No. 52 Mirage for Google
Mountain View, CA
Mazzetti
Brennan Schumacher, Mia Curtic


Hospitality: Award of Honor
Populus Hotel
Denver, CO
LS Group
Kristen Miller


Hospitality: Award of Merit
Hyatt Regency Greenwich
Greenwich, CT
Illuminating Concepts / IMEG
Tammy Dyce, Laiken Green


Large Scale Commercial: Award of Honor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Osborne Legacy Complex
Lincoln, NE
illume | A Vision of ME Engineers
Casey Curbow, Joy Yamada, David Riffel, Susane Moua, Anna Pyle, Aaron Adams


Large Scale Commercial: Award of Merit
Seattle Convention Center Summit Building
Seattle, WA
HLB Lighting Design
Michael Lindsey, E. Teal Brogden, Sam Hewett


Medium Scale Commercial: Award of Honor
Dark Finishes, Bright Ideas
Chicago, IL
AKLD Lighting Design
Lisa Bartlett, Talissa Brownell


Medium Scale Commercial: Award of Merit
Lindner Family Tennis Center
Mason, OH
HLB Lighting Design
Darcie Chinnis, Fabiola Salgado, Michelle Muray


Small Scale Commercial: Award of Honor
DMNS West Atrium Lighting Improvements
Denver, CO
BCER
Gregg Adams, Daniel Cortes, Rachel Peterson, Chris Wren


Small Scale Commercial: Award of Merit
Adorn / Workplace Resource
Denver, CO
illume | A Vision of ME Engineers
Casey Curbow, Omar Al-Essa


Residential: Award of Honor
Modern Slopeside Hideaway
Bachelor Gulch, CO
AKLD Lighting Design
Anne Kustner, Harmon Lee, Lisa Bartlett


Residential: Award of Merit
Sunshine Ranch
Colorado
Robert Singer and Associates
Robert Singer, Chase Carter, Josh Mueller


Energy Efficiency Award
Seattle Convention Center Summit Building
Seattle, WA
HLB Lighting Design
Michael Lindsey, E. Teal Brogden, Sam Hewett


Lifetime Achievement Award
Sandra Vasconez