2016 Shortlist Announced: Australian Interior Design Awards
These stunning projects are in the running to win a prestigious interior design award in the residential design and decoration categories
The esteemed Australian Interior Design Awards recognise the very best of Australian designers. This year’s shortlisted winners have created a wealth of dynamic, boundary-pushing projects that demonstrate both innovative design and rich materiality. Awards are presented across Residential Design and Residential Decoration categories, as well as Retail, Public, Hospitality, Workplace and more.
“This year’s shortlist reflects the maturity of the Australian design industry, as well as the extraordinary talent and creativity that act as a foundation for so many design practices,” says event manager Jacinta Reedy. The winners of each category will be announced on June 10, so stay tuned – we’ll bring you all the results the minute the announcements are made. For now, though, take a look through some of our favourite shortlisted projects in the Residential Design and Decoration categories – in all their jaw-dropping beauty.
“This year’s shortlist reflects the maturity of the Australian design industry, as well as the extraordinary talent and creativity that act as a foundation for so many design practices,” says event manager Jacinta Reedy. The winners of each category will be announced on June 10, so stay tuned – we’ll bring you all the results the minute the announcements are made. For now, though, take a look through some of our favourite shortlisted projects in the Residential Design and Decoration categories – in all their jaw-dropping beauty.
Design practice: Sarah Jayne Studios & Khe Design
Project: Surry Hills Terrace, NSW
Photography: Simon Whitbread Photography
Designer’s notes: This project consisted of a transformation of a tired Surry Hills terrace, breathing into it new life and making it fit within the edgy surroundings of the environment. The concept of ‘sophisticated industrial’ flows through, enhanced by the layering of natural materials, textures and furnishings as part of the design.
Project: Surry Hills Terrace, NSW
Photography: Simon Whitbread Photography
Designer’s notes: This project consisted of a transformation of a tired Surry Hills terrace, breathing into it new life and making it fit within the edgy surroundings of the environment. The concept of ‘sophisticated industrial’ flows through, enhanced by the layering of natural materials, textures and furnishings as part of the design.
Design practice: Whiting A+I
Project: Normanby, Victoria
Photography: Sharyn Cairns
Designer’s notes: A residential project for a young family of six. The decorative elements form the finishing touches to a holistic approach to this project. Architecture blends with interior design and decoration to create a perfectly detailed and articulated design resolution.
Project: Normanby, Victoria
Photography: Sharyn Cairns
Designer’s notes: A residential project for a young family of six. The decorative elements form the finishing touches to a holistic approach to this project. Architecture blends with interior design and decoration to create a perfectly detailed and articulated design resolution.
Design practice: Arent&Pyke
Project: Bronte House, NSW
Photography: Felix Forest
Designer’s notes: This beachside home was beautifully reimagined to expand an existing interior aesthetic. A play on curves and quirks of materiality and form are layered throughout the project as a means of visual cohesion. Simultaneously, texture and nuance bring elegance and a sense of the young family into play.
Project: Bronte House, NSW
Photography: Felix Forest
Designer’s notes: This beachside home was beautifully reimagined to expand an existing interior aesthetic. A play on curves and quirks of materiality and form are layered throughout the project as a means of visual cohesion. Simultaneously, texture and nuance bring elegance and a sense of the young family into play.
Design practice: SJB Interiors
Project: Pacific Lighthouse, NSW
Photography: Felix Forest
Designer’s notes: This Bondi Beach apartment encapsulates the sheer pleasure of living beautifully by the beach. It is a residence that delivers relaxed sophistication in sculptural white spaces bathed in daylight. The spaces are designed to exude a cool elegance with natural light tones, playful styling and a refined selection of furniture.
Project: Pacific Lighthouse, NSW
Photography: Felix Forest
Designer’s notes: This Bondi Beach apartment encapsulates the sheer pleasure of living beautifully by the beach. It is a residence that delivers relaxed sophistication in sculptural white spaces bathed in daylight. The spaces are designed to exude a cool elegance with natural light tones, playful styling and a refined selection of furniture.
Design practice: Adele Bates
Project: Toorak Residence, Victoria
Photography: Chris Warnes
Designer’s notes: Toorak Residence balances heritage architecture and minimalist interiors with playful, vibrant decoration. The decoration focuses on creating spaces with the capacity to evoke responses such as surprise, delight, familiarity and calm. The selected furnishings bring personality to each space. Artworks are deliberately impactful, creating focal points within the home.
Project: Toorak Residence, Victoria
Photography: Chris Warnes
Designer’s notes: Toorak Residence balances heritage architecture and minimalist interiors with playful, vibrant decoration. The decoration focuses on creating spaces with the capacity to evoke responses such as surprise, delight, familiarity and calm. The selected furnishings bring personality to each space. Artworks are deliberately impactful, creating focal points within the home.
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
Design practice: MAKE Architecture
Project: Myrtle Tree House, Victoria
Photography: Peter Bennetts
Designer’s notes: This extension to an existing California bungalow continues our explorations, with inventive yet modest architecture that engages carefully with context and site conditions. The desire to retain two existing trees, while providing spatially generous new living spaces, drove the key design moves.
Design practice: MAKE Architecture
Project: Myrtle Tree House, Victoria
Photography: Peter Bennetts
Designer’s notes: This extension to an existing California bungalow continues our explorations, with inventive yet modest architecture that engages carefully with context and site conditions. The desire to retain two existing trees, while providing spatially generous new living spaces, drove the key design moves.
Design practice: Matt Gibson Architecture + Design with Mim Design
Project: Shadow House, Victoria
Photography: Shannon McGrath
Designer’s notes: Referencing attributes of building roof forms in the area and formally simplifying them, this sculptural addition enters into the spirit of the original. Designed specifically as a backdrop to this family’s life and their love of art, this house delights in the experience of materiality and the story of old and new.
Project: Shadow House, Victoria
Photography: Shannon McGrath
Designer’s notes: Referencing attributes of building roof forms in the area and formally simplifying them, this sculptural addition enters into the spirit of the original. Designed specifically as a backdrop to this family’s life and their love of art, this house delights in the experience of materiality and the story of old and new.
Design practice: Whiting A+I
Project: O’Grady Street, Victoria
Photography: Sharyn Cairns
Designer’s notes: An inner-city residential project addressing volume, forms and colour. The interior space conceals and reveals; it hides in plain view. Colour and texture express architectural elements and divide the space. The exterior is brought inside. Decoration is relaxed, fresh and passive, allowing the space itself to be the hero.
Project: O’Grady Street, Victoria
Photography: Sharyn Cairns
Designer’s notes: An inner-city residential project addressing volume, forms and colour. The interior space conceals and reveals; it hides in plain view. Colour and texture express architectural elements and divide the space. The exterior is brought inside. Decoration is relaxed, fresh and passive, allowing the space itself to be the hero.
Design practice: Owen Architecture
Project: Ranley Grove House, Queensland
Photography: Toby Scott
Designer’s notes: The Ranley Grove house is a home to a close family of five. The house is designed to enable the family to be together and private at the same time.
Project: Ranley Grove House, Queensland
Photography: Toby Scott
Designer’s notes: The Ranley Grove house is a home to a close family of five. The house is designed to enable the family to be together and private at the same time.
Design practice: Alexander & Co
Project: Rawson House, NSW
Photography: Murray Fredericks
Designer’s notes: Rawson House is the transformation of an existing 1900s semi-detached cottage in Sydney. The project is a sophisticated and contemporary exploration into materiality and spatial organisation, enhancing the experience of day-to-day living through elegant subtleties.
Project: Rawson House, NSW
Photography: Murray Fredericks
Designer’s notes: Rawson House is the transformation of an existing 1900s semi-detached cottage in Sydney. The project is a sophisticated and contemporary exploration into materiality and spatial organisation, enhancing the experience of day-to-day living through elegant subtleties.
Design practice: Ian Moore Architects
Project: 30 Adelaide Street, NSW
Photography: Daniel Mayne
Designer’s notes: This project is the restoration of a house originally designed by our office and completed in 2001, which had been unsympathetically altered by a previous owner. The new owner requested us to fully furnish the house with pieces appropriate to the architectural language and material palette of the original.
Project: 30 Adelaide Street, NSW
Photography: Daniel Mayne
Designer’s notes: This project is the restoration of a house originally designed by our office and completed in 2001, which had been unsympathetically altered by a previous owner. The new owner requested us to fully furnish the house with pieces appropriate to the architectural language and material palette of the original.
Design practice: Archier
Project: Sawmill House, Victoria
Photography: Archier
Designer’s notes: Sawmill House is an experiment with the architectural procurement process. The project had minimal documentation; it developed through conversation between designer and client, and emerged naturally from materials and processes found within the local community. Promoting the efficient and honest use of materials, it utilised a simplified construction process.
Project: Sawmill House, Victoria
Photography: Archier
Designer’s notes: Sawmill House is an experiment with the architectural procurement process. The project had minimal documentation; it developed through conversation between designer and client, and emerged naturally from materials and processes found within the local community. Promoting the efficient and honest use of materials, it utilised a simplified construction process.
See all projects on the Residential Design shortlist
YOUR SAY
Which project would you like to see win the Australian Interior Design Awards? Name your favourite in the Comments below.
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YOUR SAY
Which project would you like to see win the Australian Interior Design Awards? Name your favourite in the Comments below.
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Design practice: We Are Huntly
Project: Richmond Residence, Victoria
Photography: Brooke Holm
Designer’s notes: This is a unique ’80s-style warehouse. We curated the art, furniture and custom joinery to complement and seamlessly integrate with the existing environment. The result is a gallery-like interior, which finds the perfect balance between personality and a homey yet luxurious space.