Mark Major
Mark Major is a British lighting designer and architect. He is the co-founder of Speirs Major, a lighting design studio.
Mark Major
- Born
- 1961
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- lighting designer · architect
- Honours
- Royal Designer for Industry · Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland · Fellow of the International Association of Lighting Designers
- Languages
- English
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Mark Major is a British lighting designer and architect. He is the co-founder of Speirs Major, a lighting design studio.
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Major is an architect by training. Having previously worked with lighting designer Jonathan Speirs at Lighting Design Partnership in Edinburgh, the pair established their own lighting design studio Speirs and Major Associates in 1993. In 2010, the studio was rebranded Speirs + Major, and in 2020 as Speirs Major. Major was Lighting Design Advisor to the Olympic Delivery Authority for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012. He became Master for the Faculty for the Royal Designers for Industry in November 2019. Major's notable lighting projects include the Millennium Dome, Greenwich, London, UK (1999), Terminal 5, Heathrow, London, UK (2008), Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing, China (2008), and the interior of St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK (2006). He is active in the field of urban design and light masterplanning and produced the Lighting Vision for the City of London, UK in 2018.
Awards and honours
In 2012, Major was named a Royal Designer for Industry for his "innovative use of light to create public space". He received the 'Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Design' award at the FX Awards in 2015. Major is a Fellow of the International Association of Lighting Designers.
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- 1.Lighting designer Mark Major sees a bright future. Design Week. 2009-02-05.
- 2.Building with Light. Metropolis. 2009-12-01.
- 3.Glancey, Jonathan. Jonathan Speirs obituary. The Guardian. 2012-06-29. 0261-3077.
- 4.Keith Bradshaw. MONDO ARC. May 2025.
- 5.Waring, Matt. Speirs + Major announce new name, brand identity and website arc.
- 6.Lighting design Beyond 2012.
- 7.RSA. 'Don't Forget the Magic' - RSA. www.thersa.org.
- 8.Kennett, Stephen. Setting the World Alight. Building magazine. January 2006.
- 9.The T5 completion. International Airport Review.
- 10.Lee, Dave. 'Revolutionising' how we light our lives. 2013-03-15.
- 11.The dream team - Issue 65 - Magazine. Monocle.
- 12.City of London Lighting Strategy, 2018.
- 13.Current Royal Designers - RSA. www.thersa.org.
- 14.FX Awards 2015: The winners - DesignCurial. www.designcurial.com.
- 15.IALD List of Fellows. International Association of Lighting Designers.
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