2024 IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards
-
Closed
-
Winners Announced

Winners
-
Project Title
THE KARL LAGERFELD
Photos by Jack Qin-
Location
Macau
-
Firm
CHIL Interior Design
-
Category
Hotels
-
Award
Best of Compeitition
-
Location
-
Project Title
T33 Full Time Center
Photos by Zhang Qilin-
Location
Shenzhen
-
Firm
UCD/Urban Collection Design and CCD/Cheng Chung Design
-
Category
Corporate Space Large (1,000 square meters and above)
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
HEADQUARTERS
Photos by YANG & ASSOCIATES GROUP-
Location
Shenzhen
-
Firm
YANG & ASSOCIATES GROUP
-
Category
Corporate Space Large (1,000 square meters and above)
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
Unbounded
Photos by Kris Lin International Design-
Location
Cangzhou
-
Firm
Kris Lin International Design
-
Category
Corporate Space Small (under 1,000 square meters)
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
Haikou Gaoxingli Insun Cinema
Photos by Jonathan Leijonhufvud-
Location
Haikou, China
-
Firm
One Plus Partnership Limited
-
Category
Entertainment (casinos, performing arts centers, sports arenas, theatres)
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
Wyndham Grand Shanxi Xiaohe Xincheng
Photos by Wanda Hotel Design Institute-
Location
Taiyuan, China
-
Firm
Wanda Hotel Design Institute
-
Category
Hotels
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
United States Consulate General Hyderabad, India
Photos by Gabe Border-
Location
Hyderabad, India
-
Firm
Richärd Kennedy Architects
-
Category
Institutional (cultural, government/municipal spaces, libraries, religious spaces)
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
Royal One
Photos by Kris Lin International Design-
Location
Cangzhou, China
-
Firm
Kris Lin International Design
-
Category
Residences - Large (95 square meters and above)
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
Mesa by José Avillez - THE KARL LAGERFELD
Photos by Jack Qin-
Location
Macau
-
Firm
CHIL Interior Design
-
Category
Restaurants, Lounges, and Bars
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
UTAN Restoran and Kafe
Photos by Jason Poi-
Location
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
-
Firm
3Axis Design Associates
-
Category
Restaurants, Lounges, and Bars
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
Wuhan Hanyang Mansion by PowerChina
Photos by Shixiang Wanhe-
Location
Wuhan
-
Firm
Matrix Design
-
Category
Sales Centers and Show Flats
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
JIANMO & WUSHE Art Home Showroom
Photos by Zhaoliang Tang-
Location
Foshan, China
-
Firm
Shenzhen Zhijian Design Co., Ltd.
-
Category
Showrooms and Exhibition Spaces
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
-
Project Title
The Spa at THE KARL LAGERFELD
Photos by Jack Qin-
Location
Macau
-
Firm
CHIL Interior Design
-
Category
Spas, Fitness Centers, and Gymnasiums
-
Award
Category Winner
-
Location
Jury
-
Vibha Jani, IIDA
Professor, Kansas State University
-
Tom Lee
Principal, Tom Lee Studio
-
Susan Orlandi
Workplace Leader | Principal, DLR Group
Competition Guidelines
Submission Requirements
All submissions must be completed electronically. No hard copy submissions will be accepted. To enter a project into this competition, you will need to prepare and submit the following:
Written Component
-
- Your firm's contact information including name, address, phone number, and email
- Your design project's information including name and location
- Project description: a brief project summary (50-word maximum)
- Challenge statement: a description of your design challenge (250-word maximum)
- Solution statement: a description of specific solutions to project challenges (250-word maximum)
Images
Please submit color images of your completed project, in JPG or JPEG format with a maximum file size of 2MB. You may submit captions to your images, not to exceed 50 words. Take note of the following additional guidelines:
-
- Submit 7-10 color images total
- only one (1) exterior image is permitted
- Use numbers to name your image files, in order of uploads (01, 02, 03, etc).
- Submit a minimum of one (1) floorplan
- A maximum of three (3) floorplans are allowed
- Please use the following format for floor plans: "floorplan1, floorplan2, floorplan3"
- No composite images allowed - only one photograph per image upload
- Do not reference or include your design/architectural firm name/logo in the images
- Images may be edited to improve contrast ratio, color balance, and composition through cropping only.
- Images may not be edited to add, remove, or alter any aspect or element of the project including its context. Images should represent the project as it exists in the built environment.
- Conceptual renderings will not be accepted
- Submit 7-10 color images total
Categories
Projects must be submitted in one of the categories below. Categories may be renamed, consolidated, or eliminated (and projects reclassified) at the discretion of IIDA and/or the jurors.
-
Corporate Space - Large (1,000 square meters and above)
- Corporate Space - Small (under 1,000 square meters)
- Education (elementary/secondary educational facilities, colleges/universities)
- Entertainment (casinos, performing arts centers, sports arenas, theatres)
- Healthcare (hospitals, outpatient clinics, medical facilities)
- Hotels (must include at least one (1) guest room image)
- Institutional (cultural, government/municipal spaces, libraries, religious spaces)
- Public Spaces & Commercial Lobbies
- Residences - Large (95 square meters and above)
- Residences - Small (under 95 square meters)
- Restaurants, Lounges, and Bars
- Retail (stores, boutiques)
- Sales Centers and Show Flats
- Showrooms and Exhibition Spaces
- Spas, Fitness Centers, and Gymnasiums
Judging
The winning design projects will be selected by a jury of design professionals. Submissions are judged on excellence in aesthetics, design, creativity, and function as well as the suitability of the design solution to the project challenge and the successful integration of the elements of design. The jury reserves the right not to select a winner from the entries submitted. A maximum of two winners in each category will be selected. It is at the jurors' discretion to not select a winner in each category. A "Best of Competition" winner will be selected from the category winners.
Prize
Winners will be celebrated with an awards ceremony in Paris, France, February of 2025! Winners will be honored and awarded during the scheduled ceremony, featured on IIDA.org and across IIDA’s social media platforms, receive official digital assets, including competition winner logos for self-promotion, and coverage in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners.
For questions or more information, contact IIDA Design Competitions Manager at competitions@iida.org