Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, according to the organisers, the 2018 Australian Interior Design Awards featured “game-changing public designs, convention-challenging workplaces and meticulously detailed retail spaces, this year’s winners elevate Australia’s design reputation to new heights.”

On Friday 25 May, the 15th annual Australian Interior Design Awards were presented at a gala celebration in Sydney, with more than 500 of Australia’s interior design and architecture practitioners and professionals in attendance.

Space & Time by Russell & George was presented with the 2018 Premier Award, while in the Public Design, Sustainability Advancement and Best of State Commercial Design (NSW) categories, Wynyard Walk by Woods Bagot was lauded by the jurors as “a public project of infrastructural significance”.

2018 AWARD WINNERS AND COMMENDATIONS

Premier Award for Australian Interior Design

Russell & George for Space & Time, Vic

Interior Design Impact Award

Grimshaw in association with The Buchan Group (Masterplanner: Civitas, Construction Partner: Probuild) for Highpoint Shopping Centre, North East Precinct Development, Vic

Sustainability Advancement Award

Woods Bagot for Wynyard Walk, NSW

Emerging Interior Design Practice Award

Ritz & Ghougassian, Vic

Commendation

Pattern Studio, NSW

Residential Design Award

Bicker Design for Canning Cottage, Vic

Commendation

Breathe Architecture for Nightingale 1, Vic
Madeleine Blanchfield Architects for Coogee House II, NSW Ritz & Ghougassian for Highbury Grove, Vic
SJB for Darlinghurst Residence, NSW

Residential Decoration Award

Arent & Pyke for Curatorial House, NSW

Commendation

Golden for South Yarra Mirror Apartment, Vic
Robson Rak Architects & Interiors for Elwood2, Vic Robson Rak Architects & Interiors for Stables House, Vic SIBLING Architecture for Frenches Interior, Vic
SJB for Beach House, NSW

Hospitality Design Award

Alexander & CO. and Tribe Studio Architects for Sean Connolly at Dubai Opera, United Arab Emirates

Commendation

Carr for Jackalope, Vic
Genesin Studio for Viet Next Door, SA
George Livissianis for Chin Chin, NSW
studio-gram for Shobosho, SA

Retail Design Award

Chris Connell Design for L'eclisse, Vic

Commendation

Acne Studios Design Team and H&E Architects for Acne Studios, Sydney, NSW George Livissianis for BEC & BRIDGE, NSW
Russell & George for Space & Time, Vic

Public Design Award

Woods Bagot for Wynyard Walk, NSW

Commendation

Collins and Turner for Guardian Early Learning Centre Barangaroo, NSW FJMT for Bunjil Place, Vic

Workplace Design Award

BVN for The Customer Experience Company, NSW

Commendation

Hassell for Pepper Sydney, NSW
Redgen Mathieson for The Agency, NSW
Studio Kate for Hordern House, NSW

Installation Design Award

Russell & George for Space & Time, Vic

Commendation

Folk Architects for Watchmaker, Vic
Gloss Creative Pty Ltd for Myer Autumn Runway 'It's Not Just Fashion', Vic Studio Wonder for Maticevski: Dark Wonderland, Vic

Best of State Awards for Residential Design

New South Wales - Madeleine Blanchfield Architects for Coogee House II Queensland - Deicke Richards for Crescent House
South Australia - studio-gram with Kate Russo for Millswood House Victoria - Bicker Design for Canning Cottage
Western Australia - Robeson Architects for King George

Best of State Awards for Commercial Design

Australian Capital Territory - Guida Moseley Brown Architects for Canberra Airport – International
New South Wales - Woods Bagot for Wynyard Walk
Queensland - Cox Architecture for 259 Queen Street Main Lobby Refurbishment
South Australia - Genesin Studio for Viet Next Door
Tasmania - JAWS Interiors & JAWS Architects for Pumphouse Point Shorehouse Addition Victoria – Russell & George for Space & Time
Western Australia - Woods Bagot Perth Studio and Schiavello Construction for Dentsu Aegis (DAN)

Best International Design Award

Alexander & CO. and Tribe Studio Architects for Sean Connolly at Dubai Opera, United Arab Emirates

Architecture & Design Team

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