Illume is the award-winning in-house lighting design studio crafted by ME Engineers, circa 1996.
The studio gathers a global-spirited team, rich in experience, and leverages diverse backgrounds in architecture, theater, and architectural lighting to deliver comprehensive lighting design services that seamlessly balance artistry with technical expertise from concept ideation to construction support.
Lighting design is an example of precision with deep rooted integration that allows lighting to exist as a distinguished expression of architecture.
Our Services
From concept master planning, concept design studies, construction documents to final aiming and lighting control scene setting support, our full range of lighting services delivers the world’s most recognizable projects across all scales and sectors.
Our approach, described as meticulous and measured, renders all services to various stages of the project.
As LEED accredited professionals, we utilize both green building and best practices to ensure outcomes that satisfy or exceed code requirements or owner targets. We hold a firm commitment to responsiveness for our client’s needs.
A new 1.05 million SF, 48-story office building that features a hotel-style lobby, fitness center, conference center, private roof gardens, and ground-floor retail.
The new 20,000-seat soccer stadium is home to the MLS Minnesota United FC that also hosts concert and community events. The stadium is wrapped in a PTFE skin and illuminated with over 6,100 linear feet of color-changing LE lights.
A $212 million expansion includes a new multi-function space, pre-function space, lobby renovation and rooftop terrace.
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House (“The Ellie”) is a world-class, natural acoustic opera performance venue. The 2,200-seat, 4-level theater and support space is built inside the shell of the historic Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium.
A new 315,000 SF complex designed to enhance athlete performance and well-being.
A new 695,700 SF, four story Judicial Center houses the Colorado Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court Law Library, and an educational civics learning center.
The new 18,000-seat arena is home to the NHL Edmonton Oilers, as well as a concert venue. The arena creates a premium experience for every guest, with club seat, loge seats, execute suites, theater boxes, club lounges and a full-service restaurant.
90,000 SF facility features a data center, postproduction studios, audio and video editing studios, and a broadcast operations center.
The new 20,000-seat arena is home to the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, as well as NBA special events and concerts. The arena features a striking seven-story atrium, outdoor balconies, high-end premium seating and hospitality areas, and a plaza with an outdoor facing stage.
Exterior and interior lighting design featuring facade and roof-edge accent lighting, with custom lighting for key interior spaces including the Diamond Club, Press Club Bar, and the Rotunda.
A 41,000-seat MLB ballpark is home to the Atlanta Braves and combines modern amenities with classic baseball atmosphere. It features premium seating, clubs, suites, and a variety of high-end dining experiences.
The new 690,000 SD, 19,000-seat arena is home to the NHL New York Islanders and is also a premier concert and entertainment venue.
The new 20,000-seat arena is home to the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, as well as NBA special events and concerts. The arena features a striking seven-story atrium, outdoor balconies, high-end premium seating and hospitality areas, and a plaza with an outdoor facing stage.
Design Philosophy / Approach
We take inspiration from the ethereal and cherish light’s ability to shape, transform, and enhance the landscape and built environment.
We staunchly determine each project as unique and harness light to tell the story of its time and place – to celebrate its past, present and future.
We collaborate with the design team to create and realize visionary ideas that promote interaction, elicit emotion and develop an extraordinary sense of destination.
We delight in process and the mastery of craft, from iterative use of digital model studies and lighting visualization tools to coordination of mock-ups to make the intangible understandable and real.
We shoulder environmental stewardship at our core to provide sustainable lighting solutions for enjoyment now and for future generations to come.
We listen to clients to deliver thoroughly thoughtful and integrated lighting designs that are as considerate of accentuating architecture as they are conscious to budget and construction schedule.
We strive to cultivate long-lasting relationships with trust as its foundation and look forward to creating a new possible.
Illume, we are a vision of ME Engineers.