Winners revealed: 2017 Australian Interior Design Awards
Best International Design Award: TVNZ Television Network Centre Headquarter Refurbishment by Warren and Mahoney.
Indigo Slam by Smart Design Studio.
Paramount by The Office Space by Woods Bagot.
First Peoples by Museums Victoria Design Studio.
UQ Oral Health Centre by Cox Architecture.
Jac and Jack by George Livissianis.
Higher Ground by Design Office.
Studio Five by PTID.
The EDG Office by Archer Office.
Frasers Property Australia Head Office by BVN.
Egyptian Mummies by Studioplusthree.
A Private Residence by SJB.
Darling Point Apartment by Brad Schwartz Architects.
Ambition, bravery and experiential design were the hallmarks of the winning projects in the 2017 Australian Interior Design Awards.
More than 500 interior designers and architects gathered together for the awards announcement and celebration dinner on Friday 9 June in Melbourne. The awards have been recognizing excellence in Australian interior design innovation for 14 years, through a unique collaboration between founding partners the Design Institute of Australia and Artichoke magazine.
The Best International Design Award was received by Warren and Mahoney Architects for the TVNZ Television Network Centre Refurbishment in Auckland. The project was also commended in the Workplace Design category.
The jury were blown away by Warren and Mahoney’s “Blade Runner”-inspired “media city in the sky” TVNZ project in Auckland. The jurors made note of the “highly connected and transparent workplace, which embodies the immediacy and adrenaline of the live media organisation it is home to. The pared back industrial aesthetic is richly layered with references to analogue and digital media”.
The TVNZ headquarter refurbishment also took home the Interior Design award at the recent Australian Good Design Awards.
On the 2017 jury for the Awards for Australian Interior Design were Sonda Banney (Architectus), Elizabeth Carpenter (FJMT Studio), Amanda Stanaway (Woods Bagot), Mark Simpson (DesignOffice), Nick Travers (Techne Architecture + Interior Design), Tony Chenchow (Chenchow Little), Sophia Leopardi (Williams Burton Leopardi) and Fiona Lynch (Fiona Lynch), with jury convenor Joanne Cys (University of South Australia).
The awards program celebrates interior design excellence across seven primary categories: Retail Design, Hospitality Design, Workplace Design, Public Design, Installation Design, Residential Design and Residential Decoration.
The awards presentation also included the announcement of the winners of the Premier Award for Australian Interior Design, Sustainability Advancement Award, Best of State Awards for Commercial Design and Residential Design, the Emerging Interior Design Practice Award and the Award for Interior Design Impact.
The winners of the 2017 Australian Interior Design Awards are:
Premier Award for Australian Interior Design
Indigo Slam – Smart Design Studio
Award for Interior Design Impact
Paramount by The Office Space – Woods Bagot
First Peoples – Museums Victoria Design Studio
Sustainability Advancement Award
UQ Oral Health Centre – Cox Architecture
Retail Design
Jac and Jack – George Livissianis
Hospitality Design
Higher Ground – Design Office
Public Design
Studio Five – PTID
Workplace Design
The EDG Forum – Archer Office
Frasers Property Australia Head Office – BVN
Installation Design
Egyptian Mummies – Studioplusthree
Residential Decoration
A Private Residence – SJB
Residential Design
Indigo Slam – Smart Design Studio
Emerging Interior Design Practice
Brad Swartz Architects
Best of State
Commercial Design and Residential Design
Best International Design
TVNZ Headquarters – Warren and Mahoney
Commendations
See the commended projects here.
View all the winners and commendations on the Australian Interior Design Awards website.
The Australian Interior Design Awards thanks its sponsors: Dulux Australia, Business Interiors, Forbo Flooring Systems, Smeg, The Laminex Group, Space Furniture and Bespoke Careers, with Denfair as jury host.
