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2025 IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards

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Honoring outstanding creativity and design in interior design and interior architecture projects based in Asian Pacific countries across 15 categories.

Eligibility

Any interior designer or interior architect may submit design project(s). The competition is open to participants worldwide, however projects must be located in the Asia Pacific region and must have been completed in or after July 2023.

Projects must be located in the following countries/regions:

Afghanistan, American Samoa, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Marian Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna

Competition Guidelines

Important Dates

The Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards take place annually. 2025 commemorates the 13th Annual design competition.
Submission Open August 4, 2025
Submission Closed September 5, 2025

Pricing

All fees must be submitted electronically. Apply for IIDA membership to take advantage of our member pricing!

  • $350

    IIDA Member Price

  • $450

    Non-IIDA Member Price

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

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, in February of 2026! 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. The Winners’ Celebration will also reveal the 2025 Best of Competition!

For questions or more information, contact IIDA Design Competitions Manager at competitions@iida.org