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Light + Building 2026 Events

The events at Light + Building address current developments in the industry and offer valuable inspiration, opportunities for exchange and space for discussion. Below is a first look at the event highlights for 2026.

Design Plaza

Design Plaza

The Design Plaza is a central stage for presentations, offering a varied programme on lighting, architecture and design across all six days of the trade fair. In addition to inspiring keynotes and talks on topics such as sustainability, efficiency and digital developments, visitors can look forward to exciting trend presentations every day as well as the ceremonial presentation of prestigious design awards.

The IALD International Lighting Design Awards are among the world’s most important accolades for architectural lighting concepts. Presented by the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), they honour projects that impress with creative design, technical excellence and atmospheric lighting solutions. The 43rd award ceremony will take place in March 2026 in collaboration with the IALD as part of Light + Building.

The Designplus Award recognises products that combine innovation, design quality, functionality and sustainability in an exemplary way. Exhibiting companies can submit their pioneering solutions in several categories. The award is organised in cooperation with Stylepark – the award ceremony will take place on the Design Plaza.

The trend agency bora.herke.palmisano. will present daily Trend Talks, exploring current movements and societal developments that will shape lighting design for the 2026/27 season.