2. Services
• Architectural lighting
design and consulting
• Daylighting design and
analysis
• Expertise in sustainable and
efficient projects
University of Oregon Lillis
Business Center
3. Recognition
Project Awards
• 2008 Edison Award
• 2008 Edison Award of Excellence in
Environmental Design
• Over 200 National and International
Lighting Design Awards
Personal
• Fellow of the IES
• Fellow of the IALD
• Board of IDA
• Editor at Large, Architectural
Lighting Magazine
• Member of ASHRAE/IES/USGBC 189 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
4. Practice
• Professional service
• Fee based only – no sales relationships
• Nationwide client base with periodic international
work
• Includes
– interior and exterior lighting projects
– commercial, institutional, civic, and residential applications
– high technology and integration
5. Affiliated Lighting Designers
Established relationships for larger projects
• Little Fish Lighting, Seattle
• Biella Lighting Design, Portland
• Tom Williams Landscape Lighting Design, Portland
• Rising Sun Enterprises, Aspen
• Sean O’Connor Lighting Design, Los Angeles
• Total Lighting Solutions, Vancouver
• Lux Populi, Mexico City
• Monrad Engineering, Inc. Tucson
• Architectural Fusion LLC, Tucson
6. Benya Burnett
Partnership for lighting,
daylighting, and
epigenetic design
• Nashville based
• Providing design
consulting services in
Tennessee and the
central US
• Providing educational
programs in the evolving
field of epigenetics, light
and health
7. Sustainable
Design
• Internationally
recognized expertise
• Efficient electric lighting Lewis and Clark Law Library, 2002 Edison Award for
Sustainable Design, LightFair 2003 New York LEED
designs Silver
• Efficient daylighting
design and integration
• Over 50 projects LEED
rated or LEED applied for
including 8 Platinum
Symantec Springfield, 2003 IALD Special Citation
for Sustainable Design, LightFair 2003 New York
8. Higher
Education
Recent clients include
– University of California at
Davis
– Dartmouth
Southwest Securities Trading Center,
– MIT
Baylor University
– University of Chicago
– University of Oregon
– Western Washington
University
– Baylor University
– Oregon State University
– Portland State University
– Mount Angel Abbey
Smith Ballroom, Portland State University
9. K-12
Education
Recent projects include
– Davidson Elementary,
Tucson The Davidson Elementary School –
– Sidwell Friends School 100% daylighted
(LEED Platinum)
– Chartwell School,
Monterey, CA (LEED
Platinum)
Chartwell School – LEED Platinum,
100% daylighted, Solar Powered
10. Traditional Residential Design
• New traditional homes
• Restored or modernized older homes
• Historic homes
• Specializing in private art collections
11. Contemporary and Transitional
Residential Design
• New homes
• Renovations
• Lighting
improvements
to existing
homes
• Published in
Architectural
Digest 20
times since
1980
12. Multi-family Residential
Over 5000 new high rise residential units in 16 buildings designed
since 2003 including Portland Pearl and North Macadam,
Bellevue, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Memphis and Snowmass.
All buildings LEED Silver , Gold or Platinum
14. Galleries, Collections and Museums
• Museums
– Agua Caliente Cultural
Museum
– Sacramento
– Oakland
– Roseburg
• Interpretive Centers
– Oregon Coast Aquarium
– UC Santa Cruz Marine
Discovery Center
• Galleries
– JJ Brookings
– Christian Lassen
• Collections
– Microsoft Corporate Collection
– George Russell Private
Collection (Glass)
15. Gaming
Riverboats
Tunica
Shreveport
North Kansas City
Joliet
Metropolis
Land Based
Atlantic City
Las Vegas
Reno/Tahoe
Native American
Colorado
16. Themed Design
• Hotels and
resorts
• Restaurants
• Casinos
Representative clients
1985 through 2004
– Hyatt Hotels
– Harrah’s
– Il Fornaio
– Grand Casinos
– Piatti
The Resort at Squaw Creek,
Squaw Valley, CA
17. Hospitality Design
(left) The Sheraton Old Town,
Albuquerque
(Above and right) The Grand
Veranda, Tunica
19. Corporate Facilities
Expertise in high
technology
office spaces
Representative clients
– Microsoft
– Wells Fargo
– Symantec
– Apple
– IBM Sequent
– HP
– Oracle
– Cox Enterprises
20. Sports Facilities
Major Arenas
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit (Red Wings)
San Jose Arena, San Jose (Sharks)
21. Institutional Facilities
• Libraries
• Health Care
• Government
Aurora City Hall
Lewis and Clark Law Library
22. High Performance AV Facilities
•Electronic Classrooms
•Board Rooms
•Video Teleconferencing
•Council Chambers
•Control Rooms
23. Houses of Worship
Upper and lower
left: St. Joseph
Cathedral, San Jose
Upper right: St.
Mary’s Cathedral,
San Francisco
Lower right: The
Park Church, c.
1845, Elmyra
24. Daylighting
• Design assistance
Symantec
• Electric/natural integration
Portland International Airport Concourse C
25. Retail
Representative clients
Nike
Esprit
Best Buy
Safeway
Jamba Juice
Circuit City
Moonstruck
Eddie Bauer
Bombay Stores
Williams Sonoma
Saks Fifth Avenue
Carl Greve Jewelers
27. Civic Streets and Plazas
Memphis
• Master Planning
• Transit systems
• Major parks and plazas
• Street and bridge lighting
Phoenix
28. Commercial and Residential
Sites and Landscapes
• Classic
landscapes and
exteriors
• Special low
ambient and
dark sky designs
• Members,
International
Dark-Sky
Association
