World Festival of Interiors 2015 announce category winners Day One

INSIDE – World Festival of Interiors has announced the best interior designs of 2015 across the categories of Hotels, Bars & Restaurants, Residential and Retail. The annual awards, which started 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 centredaround 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.

• Hotels category: Hotel Hotel by March Studio, Australia

Hotel Hotel by March Studio, Australia, Image Courtesy © Peter Bennetts

Hotel Hotel by March Studio, Australia, Image Courtesy © Peter Bennetts

Hotel Hotel by March Studio, Australia, Image Courtesy © Peter Bennetts

Hotel Hotel by March Studio, Australia, Image Courtesy © Peter Bennetts

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.

•  Bars & Restaurants category: Vivarium by Hypothesis, Thailand

Vivarium by Hypothesis, Thailand, Image Courtesy © Hypothesis

Vivarium by Hypothesis, Thailand, Image Courtesy © Hypothesis

Vivarium by Hypothesis, Thailand, Image Courtesy © Hypothesis

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.

•  Residential category: Tree House by MdAA Architetti Associati, Italy

Tree House by MdAA Architetti Associati, Italy, Image Courtesy © MdAA Architetti Associati

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.

• Retail category: KKi Sweets and the Little Drom Store by Produce Workshop, Singapore

KKi Sweets and the Little Drom Store by Produce Workshop, Singapore, Image Courtesy © Produce Workshop

KKi Sweets and the Little Drom Store by Produce Workshop, Singapore, Image Courtesy © Produce Workshop

KKi Sweets and the Little Drom Store by Produce Workshop, Singapore, Image Courtesy © Produce Workshop

KKi Sweets and the Little Drom Store by Produce Workshop, Singapore, Image Courtesy © Produce Workshop

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. 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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