Press Release:
INSIDE – World Festival of Interiors announces category winners
A tree house, a converted warehouse and a fragmented hotel lobby announced as best interiors of 2015 across Hotel, Bars & Restaurants, Residential and Retail categories.
Hotel Hotel by March Studio, Australia, winner of the Hotels category
INSIDE – World Festival of Interiors has today announced the best interior designs of 2015 across the categories of Hotels, Bars & Restaurants, Residential and Retail. The annual awards, which started today at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, encompass the best interior designs from the past 12 months from around the globe and this years winners include a hotel lobby made from fragmented pieces of wood and a converted warehouse in Bangkok.
The Hotels category went to the aptly name Hotel Hotel. Located in Canberra, the design for the hotel centred around a welcoming lobby constructed from fractured wood fragments that direct the visitors through the interior spaces and create a stark contrast to the polished walls that surround it. The project by March Studio was awarded the prize for their creative and passionate approach that saw the studio use unorthodox materials to create an unexpected result, a design approach that could have appeared soulless if executed by the wrong designer according to the judges.
Vivarium by Hypothesis claimed the Bars & Restaurants category for its thoughtful approach and clear connection to the area and the client’s brief. The project comprised of the conversion of a warehouse in Bangkok into a vibrant new restaurant. Serving a fusion of Thai and Japanese cuisine, the building honours the industrial heritage of the site and features contemporary additions with a vibrant use of colour.
Italian architecture practice MdAA won the Residential category for their Tree House. The regeneration of an old stable saw the practice create a statement column in the middle of the living space which has come to define the project. Monoform Living @ STRATA in Singapore by Produce Workshop was Highly Commended in the category.
KKi Sweets and the Little Drom Store by Produce Workshop was awarded the Retail category. Created in the historic School of Arts in Singapore, the project created a direct connection with its parent building and features a series of volumes that form intimate spaces throughout.
The four category winners were announced at the end of day one at the INSIDE – World Festival of Interiors and will be followed by a further five categories winners tomorrow. The nine category winners will then go head-to-head on the final day to be named the World Interior of the Year 2015.
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Images of all the winners are available to download from the below link:
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