World Festival of Interiors - INSIDE shortlist announced
Sculptform Design Studio by Woods Bagot, Melbourne, Australia.
Te Ao Marama, Auckland War Memorial by FJMT in association with designTRIBE and Jasmax, Auckland, New Zealand.
Feather House by Irving Smith Architects, Nelson, New Zealand.
Foodstuffs’ North Island HQ by Monk Mackenzie, Auckland, New Zealand.
Paseo Mallorca by OHLAB, Palma, Spain.
Tomacado (Shanghai IFC) by Liang Architecture Studio, Hangzhou, China.
Victorian Pride Centre by Brearley Architects+Urbanists and Grant Amon Architects, Melbourne, Australia.
Ling Ling by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos, Mexico City, Mexico.
Pang Mei Noodle Bar by Office AIO, Beijing, China.
Dyson Global HQ, St James Power Station by M Moser Associates, Singapore, Singapore.
Brandnamic Campus by G22 Projects, Gries, Italy.
NAB 3 Parramatta Square by Woods Bagot, Sydney, Australia.
PH7800 by MAS, Istanbul, Turkey.
This year’s INSIDE shortlist reveals the interior design firms with their eyes firmly on the future, highlighting interior design trends to watch out for, from around the world.
The 2022 world shortlist represents over 65 interior projects in cities including Sydney, Hong Kong, Brooklyn, Mumbai, Istanbul, Milan, Beijing, Lisbon and London. This year three New Zealand projects from Monk MacKenzie, Irving Smith Architects and FJMT Studio in association with DesignTRIBE and Jasmax made the list. International design firms to feature in this year’s shortlist include Woods Bagot, Cox Architecture, Benedetti Architects and M Moser Associates.
“Trends in this year’s entries ranged from the small to the large scale and included the increasing deployment of wood in both structural and decorative ways; the use of spiral staircases to improve circulation; insertion of nature, including use of internal trees; and an increasing interest in the creative re-use of historic buildings, many of them industrial.” - Paul Finch, INSIDE programme director.
Amongst the Public Buildings to be shortlisted this year is the Victorian Pride Centre, designed by BAU and GAA to provide a profoundly welcoming and safe place for Australia’s LGBTIQ+ communities, whilst shortlisted Housing projects include a living space by MAS for an art collector in Cesme, Turkey, featuring a series of porous, open plan living spaces, arranged around sculpted white architectural elements.
Shortlisted Workplace interiors include NAB 3PS by Woods Bagot, 13 levels of adaptable workspace interconnected by a central signature red staircase, and Dyson’s Global HQ by M Moser Associates, which transforms a former turbine hall into an inner sanctum for engineering innovation. Shortlisted Bar and Restaurant interiors include the Ling Ling restaurant on the 56th floor of a skyscraper in Mexico City, designed by Sordo Madaleno to emulate a typical Mexican courtyard using exuberant vegetation.
“Many projects focused on the flow of users in the interior space, with use of lobbies, landings and stairs for social and learning engagement. This was accompanied by an interest in natural light, the blending of interior and external spaces, and the contrast between stylish design and furniture and raw construction materials evident in walls and ceilings…” - Paul Finch, INSIDE programme director.
The festival will be taking place in Lisbon, Portugal from 30 November–2 December under the theme of ‘Together’ where ‘World Interior of the Year’ nominees will present their projects to international judging panels including Olga Bolshanina, Linzi Cassels, James Grose and Li Wan.
For more details on the 2022 Inside Festival of Interiors and the World Architecture Festival visit www.insidefestival.com and www.worldarchitecturefestival.com.
