Interior Design Excellence and Innovation Award Recipient
ProjectSantos Centre
SA
Design PracticeBVN Architecture
T 03 9639 9199
PhotographyJohn Gollings
Jury CitationSantos Centre Adelaide was regarded by the jury as the “complete project” that surpassed benchmark expectations in all areas of contemporary interior design practice. This project reveals an impressive understanding of the contribution of workplace design to business success. Using the design of the workplace as a commercial tool, the interior has the potential to contribute to employee satisfaction, the company’s recruitment success and general productivity. The project offers meaning, engagement, visual communication, energy and livability and is evidence of a sophisticated consideration of the needs and requirements of business, ESD, workplace culture and worker comfort. The interior is well integrated with its architectural envelope, with the sculptural stair being particularly well resolved. The workplace interior is a well-judged balance of human, commercial and even whimsical elements. The designer and the client are to be congratulated on their understanding of the importance of the workplace as a contributor to commercial achievement.
Retail Interior Design Award Recipient
ProjectKsubi
Vic
Design PracticeHerbert + Mason Architecture & Ksubi
T 03 9663 0733
PhotographyBen Glezer
Jury CitationThis project heralds a much needed and clever shift in retail design in Australia, in terms of both interior spatial resolution and brand reinforcement. The jury acknowledged that if retail design is about being ahead of the pack, then this project is exemplary. The ingeniously designed progression of spaces through the store is experimental, humorous, explanatory and sophisticated, resulting in a unique and adventurous retail experience that references the edgy aspects of popular and visual culture.
Hospitality Interior Design Award Recipient
ProjectMaedaya Bar
Vic
Design PracticeArchitects EAT
T 03 9824 0813
PhotographyDerek Swalwell
Jury CitationThis interior is the result of a brave and clear concept that communicates a strong story and sense of narrative. The traditional ritual of drinking sake is memorably reflected in the design and a sense of the “Japanese” is clearly evident. The interior embodies simplicity and the design makes a sophisticated use of texture and material. The relationship between the materials used and what is consumed in the establishment has been carefully considered. A strong juxtaposition has been created between the two dining spaces within the interior, which cleverly respond to the different processes of food preparation and presentation in each area.
Corporate Interior Design Award Recipient
ProjectSantos Centre
SA
Design PracticeBVN Architecture
T 03 9639 9199
PhotographyJohn Gollings
Jury CitationThis project reveals an impressive understanding of the contribution of workplace design to business success. Using the design of the workplace as a commercial tool, the interior has the potential to contribute to employee satisfaction, the company’s recruitment success and general productivity. The project offers meaning, engagement, visual communication, energy and livability and is evidence of a sophisticated consideration of the needs and requirements of business, ESD, workplace culture and worker comfort. The interior is well integrated with its architectural envelope, with the sculptural stair being particularly well resolved. The workplace interior is a well-judged balance of human, commercial and even whimsical elements. The designer and the client are to be congratulated on their understanding of the importance of the workplace as a contributor to commercial achievement.
Public/Institutional Interior Design Award Recipient
ProjectQueensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Qld
Design PracticeJohn Wardle Architects + Wilson Architects ,in association
T 03 9654 8700
PhotographyChrstopher Jones
Jury CitationThe jury recognised this as a project of international standing where the interior resolution is a beautiful extension (or intention) of its architecture. The interior environment is seamless in relation to its exterior and spaces are robust with carefully selected and designed elements. The resulting interior is a confidently designed environment that does not attempt to conceal its laboratory spaces, but celebrates their presence as powerful and energizing demonstrative elements by displaying them proudly.
Residential Interior Design Award Recipient
ProjectRoss Street Residence
Vic
Design PracticeHassell
T 03 9654 5744
PhotographyShannon McGrath
Jury CitationA finely crafted, elegant interior that blurs at the edges where it connects with its enclosing architecture and meets its external surroundings. The wonderful sculptural nature of the internal spaces is extended and enlivened by an abundance of natural light. The absence of conventional domestic spatial paradigms and the considered use of materials and finishes complete the composition, ensuring that this family home will bring enjoyment to all who visit and dwell within it, a sentiment that has been wholeheartedly confirmed by the client.
Residential Interior Decoration Award Recipient
ProjectBeach House - Northern Beaches
NSW
Design PracticeHare & Klein
T 02 9368 1234
PhotographyJenni Hare
Jury CitationA seamless interior that demonstrates clever use of textiles, finishes and materials that relate to the surrounding landscape and the architectural envelope. Earthy. A timeless mix of furniture has been ingeniously selected to result in an extremely livable family home. The jury described the space as being simple, honest and unpretentious – all key factors for a family weekender. In a discipline that is about the layering and addition of surface treatments and other elements, this project makes a refreshing contribution to contemporary Australian interior decoration practice.
Interior Product Design Award Recipient
ProjectOffice Pod
Qld
Design PracticeImage Products
T 07 3713 7299
PhotographyKyra Webb
Jury CitationA simple and innovative commercial interior product that offers users and specifiers a high degree of flexibility in terms of space and function. The judges felt that the product employed a considered and constant language of detailing and form, resulting in an elegant and unobtrusive interior element. It would work well within most existing workplace interiors and also in temporary working environments such as construction sites and exhibitions.
Interior Textile Design Award Recipient
ProjectFoundation
Design PracticeLoop
T 1300 667 390
Jury CitationThe project embodied a bold and lively contemporary graphic that the jurors felt was a much-needed addition to the textile ranges currently marketed for health care interiors. The timelessness of the designs and the diverse colour palette also give the textile range the potential to appear within other interior projects, offering specifiers options beyond the obvious application.
Colour In Commercial Interiors Award Recipient
ProjectClub Lumiere @ Lumiere Residences
NSW
Design PracticeRLD
T 02 9331 4066
Jury CitationA limited yet strong use of colour has been achieved through a combination of materials, elements and textures. The dominant blue and charcoal of the vertical surfaces have been softened by billowing curtains, and the colours of each interior element, including the swimming pool itself, are in perfect balance. Clever lighting design has rendered the interior surfaces lustrous, while the curtains and lifebuoy add a touch of whimsy.
Colour In Residential Interiors Award Recipient
ProjectAlbert Park Residence
Vic
Design PracticeMatt Gibson A+D
T 03 9500 0713
PhotographyJohn Wheatley
Jury CitationThe jury applauded this project for its carefully crafted use of colour. Confident colour selections have been incorporated in a very refined and dignified manner. Each interior space has been considered as a composition of form and colour, resulting in a beautifully balanced outcome.
Environmentally Sustainable Design Award Recipient
ProjectWilliamstown High School, Bayview Street Campus
Vic
Design PracticeSpowers
T 03 9614 6144
PhotographyDianna Snape
Jury CitationA confident project that extends the incorporation of ESD principles by their innovative and integrated use as teaching elements. Various ESD systems have been exposed and cleverly emphasized as education tools, resulting in an interior where the environment quite literally becomes the teacher. The designers have achieved a striking outcome within the constraints of a public education project budget. The innovative manipulation of ESD initiatives has contributed to a refreshingly non-institutional interior that, while robust, is also highly habitable, dynamic and stimulating.
Emerging Interior Design Practice Award Recipient
ProjectAmnesty international Australia HQ
NSW
Design PracticeArtillery Interior Architecture
T 03 9686 1899
PhotographySimon Wood
Jury CitationThe jury was impressed by Artillery’s practice philosophy and aspirations for its future development. The initiatives Artillery’s directors have established to create a workplace culture within the practice were seen as exemplary and Artillery’s ethical and global positioning was also acknowledged as evidence of their understanding of contemporary practice. Artillery’s completed projects to date indicate that there is significant potential for this recently established interior design practice.
Best International Interior Design Award Recipient
Project Entry Paradise Pavillion
Designer Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA)
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