User:Vero1982/Chip Israel

Chip Israel (born 1961) is an architectural lighting designer from the United States. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Environmental Systems and worked for Lutron Electronics and Grenald Waldron Associates. In 1992, he founded LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE, a full-service architectural lighting design firm that serves a variety of clients worldwide and has won numerous domestic and international awards for lighting design. LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE has grown to include offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Fort Collins, and Dubai offering full service lighting design. He has presented technical papers and educational seminars in over 9 countries and lectured at a dozen universities across the country, and routinely speaks at industry events - Designers Lighting Forum, Illuminating Engineering Society national and local conferences, and the trade shows Hospitality Design, Neocon and Lightfair. In February of 2006 he spoke at the International Congress on Architecture and Technology in Frankfurt, Germany. Since 2006, he has provided intensive sustainable sessions across the United States, is a LEED AP, and designed a corporate office for LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE that operates at only 0.1W of energy per square foot.

Chip is an active member and Fellow of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Board of Directors as the Director of Education, the IALD Education Trust President, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Hospitality Committee, Bridges and Building Committee member, La Sfacciata Lighting Academy Board of Directors, Designers Lighting Forum of which he is a past President, and is Lighting Certified by the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Profession (LC). In 2009 Chip was presented the prestigious Penn State Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award, the highest honor bestowed by the School of Engineering. The Alumni Awards recognize graduates who have reached exceptional levels of professional achievement.

Projects of Note
The Venetian in Las Vegas, NV

Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, TX

Disney Wilderness Lodge in Orlando, FL

Hong Yi Plaza in Shanghai, China

Pershing Square Park in Los Angeles, CA

Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, CA

Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, NJ

Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village, CA

Anaheim GardenWalk in Anaheim, CA

Harvey Nichols Flagship in Dubai, UAE

Trump International Hotel and Tower in Las Vegas, NV

Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, UAE

Atlantis Resort and Casino in Paradise Island, Bahamas

LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA

Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles, CA

Lakewood Church in Houston, TX

Endeavor Talent Agency in Los Angeles, CA

Cheesecake Factory throughout the United States

Payless Shoe Source throughout the United States

Awards
AIA/LA Restaurant Design Awards

Katsuya Glendale (2009)

oneworld Lounge at LAX (2009)

IES Lumen West Award of Excellence

Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Phase I (2006)

Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa (2004)

The Venetian Exterior (2000)

The Venetian Interiors (2000)

50 Beale Street (1993)

Pershing Square Park (1993)

IESNA Awards of Merit

Ameristar Kansas City (2009)

Katsuya Hollywood (2009)

S-Bar by Stark (2009)

Vincent Thomas Bridge (2006)

Port of Los Angeles Waterfront (2006)

City National Plaza Lobby (2006)

Thomas Properties Group (2006)

Disney’s Wide World of Sports (1999)

Disney’s Coronado Springs Exterior (1999)

Disney’s Coronado Springs Interiors (1999)

MCA Music Publishing (1997)

Metropolitan Transit Authority Headquarters (1997)

911 Wilshire Lobby (1996)

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge (1994)

Pershing Square Park (1994)

Morrison & Foerster Law Offices (1991)

IES Lumen West Award of Merit

City National Plaza Lobby (2006)

Vincent Thomas Bridge (2006)

Spa Resort and Casino (2004)

Moody Gardens Aquarium (2000)

Parker’s Lighthouse (2000)

Juxtapose (2000)

Bayside, Newport Beach (2000)

365 Murad Salon (1997)

The Citadel (1992)

GE Award of Excellence

The Venetian (1999)

911 Wilshire Lobby Renovation (1995)

Morrison & Foerster Law Offices (1990)

GE Award of Merit

50 Beale Street (1993)

Sony Imageworks (1996)

Martin Professional Lighting Designer of the Year (2002)