Jefferey Knox
IES
Senior Lighting Designer, Studio Leader
Dallas
Jefferey’s curiosity about light and the human experience serves him well as a lighting designer experienced in both the art and science of light.
His work experience in project management and design in New York, Los Angeles, Denver and Dallas has exposed him to a diversity of project types, including restaurants, luxury cruise ships, medical facilities, offices, roadways, daylighting and energy analysis studies. His project base is international, with well over 200 projects constructed in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Jefferey enjoys the uniqueness of each project and strives to create lighting solutions that enhance the architecture while providing high functionality, low maintenance, and overall efficiency in the design.
In addition to his design work, Jefferey is an AIA/CES presenter for Schuler Shook. He has judged a series of applications for Architectural SSL Magazine’s Product Innovation Awards program and has been a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Illumination Awards program. He has taught ‘Basic Lighting Design’ at the New York University School of Continuing Education and served as adjunct faculty at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. His ongoing research into the spectral characteristics of light includes both human visual system research and photo-biological interests.
University of Houston University Center
University of Texas San Antonio Center for Oral Health Care
Pulaski Technical College Fine Arts Building
Tulsa Technology Center
Fossil Auditorium
Centro Med Palo Alto Clinic
Centro Med Walzem Clinic
Oklahoma City Community College Performing Arts Center
St. Andrews Episcopal School Performing Arts Center
Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts
Lone Star College Kingwood Recital Hall
Lone Star College Montgomery Recital Hall
Education
- BSAE – University of Colorado
Organizations
- Illuminating Engineering Society
Awards
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Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
- Dallas AIA Design Awards, Honor Award, 2022
- Preservation Achievement Award, 2020
- TEXO 2020 Distinguished Building Awards – First Place, 2020
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Lamar Street Underpass, Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
- IES Illumination Design Award of Merit, 2016
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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Academic Performing Arts Complex
- IES Illumination Design Award of Merit, 2016
- AIA Austin Design Award, 2016
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Zenith: An American Grill
- IES Design Award of Merit – Zenith: An American Grill
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DOE Denver Regional Support
- IES Design Award of Merit – DOE Denver Regional Support Office
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Mid–West Cardiovascular Institute
- IES Design Award of Merit – Mid–West Cardiovascular Institute
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Denver Central Library
- IES Design Award of Merit – Denver Central Library
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Kansas City Zoo Entry Building
- IES Design Award of Merit – Kansas City Zoo Entry Building
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South Shore Bank, 35th Street Branch
- IES EPRI Design Award – South Shore Bank, 35th Street Branch
Publications
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“High Performance Design Guide to Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings – Vermont & Northeast Region,” Contributing Technical Editor, 2004
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“Architects Energy Guide” sponsored by AIA Colorado and the Colorado Office of Energy Conservation, Contributing Technical Editor, 2003
Presentations & Panels
- “Sources, Surfaces and Eyes – Calculation Procedures Incorporating Spectral Distribution Information,” Co-Author, IESNA Annual Conference, 2003
- “Sources’ Spectra, Roadway Surfaces and the Potential for Uplight Scattering,” Co-Author, International Dark-Sky Association Annual Conference, 2003
- “Daylighting”, Lower Rio Grande AIA, Building Communities Conference, 2010
- “Light, Can It Affect Your Health?”, Lower Rio Grande Valley AIA Building Communities Conference 2012
- “LED’s, Getting Beyond the Hype to What Works” Texas Society of Architects Annual Conference 2012
- "LEDs, Getting Beyond the Hype to What Works" and "Evidence-Based Lighting for Long-Term Care", Lower Rio Grande AIA, Building Communities Conference, 2013
- “Light – Can It Affect Your Health?”, METROCON, 2013
- “Light, Can It Affect Your Health?”, Lightshow Southwest Tradeshow and Texas Society of Architects 75th Annual Convention and Design Expo, 2014
- "Evidence Based Lighting for Long-Term Care", METROCON14, 2014