Great innovation, a sense of authenticity and equisite materiality and detailing were the common hallmarks among the winners of the 2026 Australian Interior Design Awards, announced on 12 June in Sydney.<\/p>\n
The jury commented that, \u201cnarratives are refined, concepts are carefully considered and the commitment to improving wellbeing through rigorous planning prevails.\u201d<\/p>\n
The jury awarded The Forest by Woods Bagot the Premier Award for Australian Interior Design, praising its \u201cincredibly rich, layered environment that is uplifting and to which anyone would want to return.\u201d The Forest is the University of Tasmania\u2019s flagship Hobart campus, providing an inner-city hub for learning, research, collaboration and community. The Forest is a highly connected campus that weaves together existing structures and new interventions with integrated landscape, through-block connections and publicly accessible thoroughfares. It also took home a Public Design Award.<\/p>\n
Convened by Geraldine Maher, Director of Maher Design, the jury for 2026 comprises Mardi Doherty (founder and principal, Studio Doherty), Iva Foschia (director, IF Architecture), Paul Foskett (principal and head of interior design APAC, Populous), Alessandra French (co-founder, State of Kin), Tim Greer (director, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects), Brahman Perera (director, Brahman Perera), Eva-Marie Prineas (principal, Studio Prineas), and Kirsti Simpson (studio chair and global leader of workplace interior design, Woods Bagot).<\/p>\n
The jury shared that this year\u2019s awards recognise \u201cthe outstanding standard Australian interior design is operating at.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur unique design identity is inventive and rigorous, with a feel for light and materiality that is quite extraordinary. It makes us stand out and we should all be very proud,\u201d said the jury. <\/p>\n
Premier Award for Australian Interior Design<\/p>\n
The Forest by Woods Bagot<\/a><\/p>\n Hospitality Design<\/p>\n Omada<\/a> by Studio Gram<\/p>\n Marlowe<\/a> by J.AR Office<\/p>\n Workplace Design<\/p>\n Arup Workplace Brisbane<\/a> by Hassell in partnership with Arup<\/p>\n Installation Design<\/p>\n Lynda Draper: Glimmer <\/a>by Youssofzay Hart<\/p>\n Our Wondrous Planet<\/a> by Museums Victoria<\/p>\n Public Design<\/p>\n Metro Tunnel Project \u2013 Town Hall Station<\/a> by Hassell, Weston Williamson and Partners, and RSHP<\/p>\n The Forest<\/a> by Woods Bagot<\/p>\n Retail Design<\/p>\n Deiji <\/a>by Pattern Studio<\/p>\n Residential Design<\/p>\n Coogee House III<\/a> by Interior Design: Genevieve Hromas with Architecture: Tribe Studio Architects<\/p>\n Residential Decoration<\/p>\n The Gentleman<\/a> by YSG Studio<\/p>\n Sustainability Advancement<\/p>\n Arup Workplace Brisbane <\/a>by Hassell in partnership with Arup<\/p>\n Emerging Interior Design Practice<\/p>\n Occupy Studio<\/a><\/p>\n Best of State<\/p>\n See all the Best of State projects. <\/a><\/p>\n Commendations<\/p>\n See all the Commended projects.<\/a><\/p>\n The Australian Interior Design Awards<\/a> are presented by the Design Institute of Australia<\/a> and InteriorsAu. The awards are supported by Dulux<\/a>, Space<\/a>, Sub-Zero Wolf,<\/a> Laminex<\/a>, Elton Group<\/a>, Roca<\/a>, Bowermans<\/a>, GH Commercial<\/a> and Nightworks.<\/a> For more images of these projects, see the Australian Interior Design Awards gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great innovation, a sense of authenticity and equisite materiality and detailing were the common hallmarks among the winners…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-732313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}