type private industry architecture and design lighting design brand and communications founded 1992 founders jonathan speirs and mark major headquarters london and edinburgh uk key people mark major and keith bradshaw number of employees 30 website www.speirsandmajor.com speirs major is a uk lighting design practice originally founded by jonathan speirs 1958 2012 and mark major in 1993 . the practice is noted for its illumination of many prominent buildings including barajas international airport 1 2 30 st mary axe the gherkin the millennium dome and the interior of st. pauls cathedral . 3 the firm has also developed lighting master plans for several british cities including cambridge coventry durham 4 newcastle and for major private developments including greenwich peninsula and king s cross central london . speirs major has been credited with helping to raise awareness of the lighting design profession in the uk . 5 today it employs approximately 30 people drawn from disciplines including architecture art lighting interior graphic and theatrical design . its studios are based in london and edinburgh uk . contents 1 lighting architects 2 notable projects 3 recent awards 4 bibliography 5 notes and references 6 external links lighting architects edit both founding members jonathan speirs who died in 2012 and mark major trained and practiced as architects before focusing on lighting design . in interviews 5 6 they have argued that light should be embedded at the heart of the architectural design process rather than applied as a cosmetic add on . 5 this integral approach to light 7 has led them to adopt the term lighting architect to describe their role as building with light as opposed to bricks and mortar . 5 notable projects edit queen elizabeth olympic park london 2014 maggie s centre lanarkshire 2014 in lumine tuo utrecht the netherlands 2013 infinity bridge stockton on tees uk 2009 armani fifth avenue new york united states 2009 sheikh zayed mosque abu dhabi uae 2008 beijing capital international airport beijing prc 2008 8 the restoration of the royal festival hall london 2007 armani ginza flagship store tokyo japan 2007 9 bbc scotland exterior lighting glasgow uk 2007 durham lighting strategy durham uk 2007 4 10 terminal 4 barajas airport madrid spain 2006 2 the interior of st paul s cathedral london 2006 3 the sackler crossing kew gardens london 2006 11 30 st mary axe the gherkin london 2004 the copenhagen opera house copenhagen denmark 2004 world squares for all trafalgar square london 2003 gateshead millennium bridge uk 2002 magna science adventure centre rotherham uk 2001 12 the millennium dome greenwich london 2000 burj al arab hotel exterior dubai uae 1999 riba stirling prize collaborations speirs and major associates have designed lighting for a number of buildings that have either won or been nominated for the riba stirling prize for architecture . stirling prize winners maggie s centre london rogers stirk harbour partners in 2009 terminal 4 barajas airport madrid richard rogers partnership in 2006 30 st mary axe the gherkin london foster and partners in 2004 the gateshead millennium bridge wilkinson eyre in 2002 the magna centre rotherham wilkinson eyre in 2001 stirling prize shortlisted projects maggie s centre lanarkshire reiach and hall architect in 2015 5 aldermanbury square london eric parry architects in 2009 the royal festival hall restoration allies and morrison in 2008 the dresden main station redevelopment foster and partners in 2007 the phoenix initiative coventry mjp architects in 2004 the dance base grassmarket edinburgh malcolm fraser architects in 2002 recent awards edit outstanding achievement al light & architecture design awards 2015 scottish design award 2015 iald radiance award 2014 design practice of the decade lighting design awards 2012 iald radiance award 2010 pld recognition award for best new project 2009 iald radiance award 2009 iald radiance award 2008 light and architecture award 2008 fx design award for best lighting 2008 iesna award of merit 2007 iesna award of distinction 2007 lighting designer of the year uk 2007 fx design award for best lighting 2007 fx design award for best lighting 2005 iald award of excellence 2005 lighting designer of the decade light magazine uk 2005 bibliography edit in 2006 jonathan speirs and mark major authored the book made of light the art of light and architecture a series of visual essays on lighting design . 13 the book is co authored by anthony tischhauser and published by swiss architectural publisher birkh user . 14 jonathan speirs ; anthony tischhauser ; mark major 2006 . made of light the art of light and architecture . birkh user . isbn 978 376436860 9 . notes and references edit richard rogers partnership . terminal 4 barajas airport madrid richard rogers partnership 2007 a b slessor catherine . spanish soft machine architectural review july 2006 a b kolb jaffer . divine light architectural lighting november 2006 a b plan to illuminate historic city bbc news august 2007 a b c d kennett stephen . setting the world alight building services journal january 2006 mansfield susan . that warm glow of success the scotsman june 2002 alexander kaye . seeing the light the architects journal september 2008 basulto david . beijing airport foster partners arch daily may 2008 donoff elizabeth . new giorgio armani flagship store in toyko s ginza district architectural lighting magazine april 2008 news article durham light and darkness strategy one north east august 2007 sadighian david . speirs and major treads lightly at the sackler crossing architectural record november 2007 the magna science adventure centre architectural record addy ben . a little light reading building services journal march 2006 made of light the art of light and architecture amazon.com external links edit speirs major website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title speirs and major associates & oldid 739463050 categories architectural lighting designlighting designersarchitecture firms of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 20 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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