IIDA announces winners of Asia Pacific Design Awards
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Best of Asia
Pacific Design Awards. The Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards honors the highest level of creativity and design
excellence in Interior Design/Architecture projects throughout the Asia Pacific region.
“The purpose of the Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards is to actively pursue the tremendous talent that covers
that region and to publicly recognize those designers,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl Durst,
Hon. FIIDA, LEED AP. “This year’s entries displayed notable elements of elegance, artistry, and functionality
housed in each concept. The designers of this region are without doubt indelible innovators of the Interior
Design/Architecture profession.”
Judge Joey N. Shimoda, IIDA, FAIA (Chief Creative Officer, Shimoda Design Group) agreed. “The winning entrants
all shared a degree of understated elegance. The overall calibre of entrants was very high and continues to
evolve the conversation about global and local design: What does it look like? What does it mean, and how does
it engage a local audience?” Other judges on the panel for the Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards included Primo
Orpilla, IID A (Co Founder and Principal, Studio O+A) and Annhy Shim, Associate IIDA (Senior Design Manager,
The Related Group). The 2014 category winners are as follows:
CORPORATE SPACE LARGE
Best of Category
Project: KOIL – Kashiwa-no-ha
Open Innovation Lab, Innovation
Floor, Kashiwa-shi, Japan. Firm:
Naruse Inokuma Architects,
Tokyo, Japan
CORPORATE SPACE SMALL
Best of Category
Project: Top Plaza, Guangzhou,
China. Firm: Ronald Lu &
Partners, Hong Kong
CULTURAL/INSTITUTIONAL/
EDUCATIONAL
Best of Category
Project: Penleigh and Essendon
Grammar School ‘The Infinity
Centre’, Keilor East, Australia
Firm: McBride Charles Ryan,
Prahran, Australia
HEALTHCARE
Best of Category
Project: Gold Coast Hospital
and Health Service, Southport,
Australia. Firm: GCUH
Architecture, Glen Iris, Australia
HOTELS
Best of Category
Project: Waldorf Astoria Beijing,
Beijing, China. Firm: Yabu
Pushelberg, New York, NY
MUNICIPAL/PUBLIC SPACES
Best of Category
Project: UA Cine Times Cinema,
Hong Kong. Firm: One Plus
Partnership Limited, Hong Kong
RESIDENCES
Best of Category
Project: House in Sai Kung, Hong
Kong. Firm: Millimeter Interior
Design Limited, Hong Kong
RESTAURANTS
Best of Category
Project: Shinsen, Shenyang,
China
Firm: Stickman Tribe Ltd, Hong
Kong
RETAIL
Honorable Mention
Project: Lane Crawford Shanghai,
Shanghai, China. Firm: Yabu
Pushelberg, New York, NY
The winning projects will be celebrated at an awards ceremony held at the Conrad Centennial Singapore,
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, where the Best of Competition winner will be announced. Images of the winning
projects are available to view on the IIDA website and will be featured in the December issue of Contract
magazine, the publishing partner for the competition. AD
IIDA is the commercial Interior Design association with a global reach. We support design professionals,
industry affiliates, educators, students, firms, and their clients through our network of 13,000+ Members
across 50 countries. IIDA advocates for advancements in education, design excellence, legislation,
leadership, accreditation and community outreach to increase the value and understanding of Interior
Design as a profession that positively impacts the health and well-being of people’s lives every day.
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