Monday, January 30, 2006
Member News - Howard Brandston
IESNY Member Howard Brandston, FIES, Hon. FCIBSE, FIALD, LC
IESNA member since 1959
IESNA President 1983/84
Fellow designation awarded in 1983
Louis B. Marks Award in 2006
Howard Brandston receives Louis B. Marks Award at the 2006 IESNA Centennial Conference in New York City.
Named in honor of the first President of the IESNA, the LOUIS B. MARKS AWARD is presented to a member of the Society in recognition of exceptional service to the Society of a non-technical nature. The award is a framed scroll and a crystal flame glass sculpture presented at the IESNA Annual Conference.
Past Louis B. Marks Recipients
H oward Brandston Student Design Education Grant: Click Here
Howard Brandston studied theatrical illumination at Brooklyn College and began his career in lighting in the New York theatre. Prior to founding his own firm in 1966, he was a designer at several manufacturing and lighting design firms including Century Lighting, Inc., where he served as assistant to Stanley McCandless, one of the pioneer figures in lighting design.
He has more than forty years experience in lighting design, engineering and electronics, designing illumination for more than 2,500 commercial, institutional, residential and governmental projects.
Mr. Brandston received two major awards in 1999. For his contributions to architecture, he was awarded the AIA Institute Honors award. Also, for his outstanding leadership in the lighting industry, he received the Illuminating Engineering Society Medal, its highest honor – he is the just the fourth designer to be so recognized by the IES. In 1992 he was included in the Interior Design Hall of Fame, the only lighting designer ever to be awarded this honor. Recently, Mr. Brandston was honored as an initial inductee of the Lighting Design Hall of Fame and also received the International Association of Lighting Designers Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2005 He received the Louis B. Marks Award, the IESNA’s highest honor for service to the Society.
Mr. Brandston is a past president of the Illuminating Engineering Society and has addressed forums of the American Institute of Architects, the Illuminating Engineering Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Producers Council, the United States Institute of Theatre Technology, and others.
He has been a guest lecturer or visiting professor at Ohio University, City College of New York, Cooper Union, Temple University, Hofstra University, Washington University, and other institutions. He was formerly Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and worked at the Lighting Research Center there. He held the Feltman Chair in Lighting at Cooper Union where he was adjunct professor of Social Science and Humanities.
His light sculptures have been shown in art galleries throughout the United States and are permanently installed in museums and university collections.
Articles by Mr. Brandston have been published in over 70 publications, including the Sight Saving Review, Progressive Architecture, Lighting Design and Application, and Architectural Lighting, the latter of which he serves as contributing editor.
He has served on committees for the National Academy of Sciences, and was IES representative to the Architectural and Engineering Federal Energy Committee during the energy crisis. His work on energy conservation helped set the initial standards for lighting from 1975-85. He was one of the founding members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Lighting Research and Education Funding Entities, the Lighting Research and Education Fund, and the Lighting Research Institute.
Mr. Brandston is a member of many organizations, including the Architectural League of New York, the Municipal Arts Society, the Illuminating Engineering Society, the International Association of Lighting Designers, and Britain's Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers, where he is an Honorary Fellow. This is an honor limited to twenty-five living persons.