CHICAGO  — This year, the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce and honor the finalists of the historic 50th annual Interior Design Competition and the 31st annual Will Ching Design Competition. The Interior Design Competition, celebrating its landmark anniversary, honors creativity and innovation within the industry, while the Will Ching Design Competition highlights outstanding commercial design from firms with ten employees or fewer.

“The Interior Design Competition marks a 50-year lineage of design projects that push boundaries, exhilarate, and evolve how we experience the built space,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO, Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA. “Congratulations to these finalists for their immense accomplishments. Their creative projects inspire and fascinate us while featuring the countless skills and deep knowledge designers must embody to produce world-class work like this.”

Finalists were chosen by a jury including the following distinguished design experts: RATIO Design Principal and Interiors Studio Leader, Andrea Caputo, IIDA; Arcadis Principal and Creative Director, Robin Elmsie Osler, IIDA, AIA; and Architecture Research Office LC Principal, Kim Yao, FAIA.

“The finalists all showed unique and fresh approaches to a portfolio of challenging design projects,” said Caputo on behalf of the jury. “Their beautiful composition of materials throughout the spaces creates mystery, intrigue, and texture the jury celebrates as design looks to the future.”

The Interior Design Competition finalists include:

Corporate Space - Large (1,000 square meters and above)
Project: Bay Area Research Company, Bay Area, CA
Firm: SkB Architects, Seattle

Project: EPHEMERAL AND ETERNAL RED, Jiaxing, China
Firm: PUJU STUDIO, Shanghai

Project: Tongrentang Health Live Broadcast Base, Beijing
Firm: WUUX Architecture Design Studio, Beijing

Education (elementary/secondary educational facilities, colleges/universities)
Project: The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington
Firms: Rockwell Group in collaboration with Ennead Architects and Smith Group

Entertainment (casinos, performing arts centers, sports arenas, theatres)
Project: WUSHANG DREAM MALL INTERNATIONAL CINEMA, Wuhan, China
Firm: One Plus Partnership Limited, Hong Kong

Hotels
Project: The Royal Hotel, Toronto
Firm: Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects, Picton, Ontario

Institutional (cultural, government/municipal spaces, libraries, religious spaces)
Project: The Embassy of Australia, Washington
Firm: Bates Smart in association with KCCT, East Melbourne, Australia

Public Spaces and Commercial Lobbies
Project: U.S. Bank Center, Seattle
Firm: SkB Architects, Seattle

Residences Large (125 square meters and above)
Project: House Zero, Austin, Texas
Firm: Lake|Flato Architects, San Antonio, Texas

Project: Lackawanna, East Hampton, N.Y.
Firm: Stelle Lomont Rouhani Architects, Bridgehampton, N.Y.

Retail (stores, boutiques)
Project: Jaipur Rugs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Firm: Roar, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Showrooms, & Exhibition Spaces
Project: Maison S Museum, Lishui, China
Firm: WIT Design & Research, Beijing

The Will Ching Design Competition finalists include:

Corporate Space Large (1,000 square meters and above)
Project: WELSEND URBAN WORK-GROUND, Chengdu, China
Firm: AND LAB PTE LTD., Singapore

Corporate Space Small (under 1,000 square meters)
Project: Emergence Capital, San Francisco
Firm: FENNIE+MEHL Architects, San Francisco

Project: Forerunner Ventures, San Francisco
Firm: FENNIE+MEHL Architects, San Francisco

The announcement of winners of both competitions will be Tuesday, April 30. All winners will be celebrated and honored in person at Revel in Design, IIDA’s black tie event, on Sunday, June 9 at the Four Seasons Chicago. The Best of Competition for the Interior Design Competition will also be revealed live during the renowned industry event. For details about tables or tickets to Revel in Design, please see here. For more information on the Interior Design Competition finalists, please view here, and for the Will Ching Competition finalists, view here. For questions about these or other IIDA design competitions, please contact competitions@IIDA.org.