INSIDE World Festival of Interiors has announced the 50 nominees being considered for the World Interior of the Year 2015 award. Running concurrently with the World Architecture Festival, INSIDE comprises of the most original and exciting interiors from the last 12 months.
Nominations have poured in from 16 countries that span four continents across the nine diverse categories that make up the awards. Among those competing are two dentistries, a music arena, two cinemas and a global TV studio. All nominees will compete in the form of live presentations and debates to a distinguished jury during the festival in November. Read on for a complete list of the shortlisted projects.
Bar & Restaurants
- Adrift by David Myers; Singapore / Wilson Associates
- Coastal Private Club; Wuxi / One Plus Partnership (Hong Kong) Limited
- Mecha Uma; Taguig City / Jorge Yulo Architects and Associates
- New Rock World Ktv; X / Inspiration Group
- Vivarium; Bangkok / HYPOTHESIS
- ZEN SUSHI; Rome / Carlo Berarducci / Berarducci Architecture
Civic, Culture & Transport
- Exploded; Wuhan / One Plus Partnership (Hong Kong) Limited
- library@orchard; Singapore / New Space Architects Pte Ltd
- Luminary; Wuhan / One Plus Partnership (Hong Kong) Limited
- Volkswagen Arena; Istanbul / azgan Design Architecture Co. Ltd.
Creative Re-use
- Al Jazeera; London / Volkswagen Arena
- Shepherd's Bush Pavilion Hotel; London / Flanagan Lawrence
- UNLIMITED BOUNDARY , INFINITE VISION; Hangzhou / KLID(Kris Lin Interior Design)
- Waimatou Co-work Loft; Shanghai / Natural Build Operation
Display
- rice LAB; Singapore / studiogoto
- Lotus Square Art Center; Zhuhai / N/A
- ORIGAMI ark; Himeji / Matsuya Art Works
- United Imaging Healthcare Showroom; Shanghai / HALLUCINATE DESIGN OFFICE
- Ward Village Information Center and Sales Gallery; Honolulu / Woods Bagot
Health & Education
- Care Implant Dentistry; Sydney / Luis Pedra Silva - Pedra Silva Architects
- Jeffrey Smart Building, University of South Australia; Adelaide / John Wardle Architects in association with Phillips/Pilkington Architects
- Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne; Melbourne / John Wardle Architects and NADAAA in collaboration
- The University of Queensland Oral Health Centre; Brisbane / Cox Rayner Architects in association with Hames Sharley
Hotels
- Hotel Hotel Ground Floor Interior; Canberra / March Studio
- Shepherd's Bush Pavilion Hotel; London / Flanagan Lawrence
- Skytel; Chengdu / Panorama
- St Regis Hotel Istanbul; Istanbul / EAA - Emre Arolat Architects
Offices
- ARUP Sydney Office Pilot; Sydney / BVN
- Garage+; Taipei / XYI Design Co.
- IDEO SHANGHAI remembering everyday spaces; Shanghai / (Herman Mao, maos design)
- Infocomm Investments; Singapore / SCA design (a member of the ONG&ONG Group)
- Leo Burnett Singapore; Singapore / SCA design (a member of the ONG&ONG Group)
- Medibank Workplace; Melbourne / HASSELL
- Nikken Space Design Office; Osaka / Tetsutaro NISHIDA
- Uralchem Headquarters; Moscow / Luis Pedra Silva - Pedra Silva Architects
- Volkswagen Financial Services; Milton Keynes / Scott Brownrigg Interior Design
- Vopak Terminals Singapore; Singapore / Traart Pte Ltd
Residential
- Expressionz The Loft; Kuala Lumpur / WDA Architect
- Hegel Apartment; Mexico City / ARQMOV Workshop
- Little White House; London / Stiff + Trevillion
- Monoform Living @ STRATA; Singapore / Produce Workshop Pte Lte
- Overview / Scene; New Taipei City / DESIGN APARTMENT
- Quietness; Shanghai / Wei Yi international design associates
- The Mango House; Alibaug / Puran Kumar Architects
- Tree House; Rome / AdAA Architetti Associati via G.Sacchi
Retail
- KABUKE GATE; Narita, Chiba / Specialnormal Inc
- KKi Sweets and the Little Drom Store; Singapore / Produce.Workshop
- LOTTE WORLD MALL; Seoul / Benoy
- MANASARA - The Profile Cutting Store; Chandigarh / Studio Ardete
- Ritz; Sao Paolo / Adriana Pascheto / Adriana Pascheto Arquitetura e Design
More on each shortlisted project can be found here.
