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2027 IIDA Interior Design Awards

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Honoring achievement in outstanding interior design/interior architecture that encourages and uses innovative interior design ideas, techniques, and furnishings. 

Eligibility

Any interior designer or interior architect may submit design project(s). This competition is open to participants worldwide. The design project(s) must have been completed in or after December 2024.

Guidelines

Important Dates

The Interior Design Awards take place annually. 2027 commemorates the 53rd Annual IIDA Interior Design Awards.
Submission Open December 1, 2026
Submission Closed February 9, 2027
Award Finalists Announced April 19, 2027
Award Winners Announced May 4, 2027
Winners’ Celebration June 13, 2027

Pricing

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

Early Bird Pricing: December 1 - 15, 2026
Regular Pricing: December 16 - January 25, 2027
Last Chance Pricing: January 26 - February 9, 2027

  • $350

    IIDA Member Early Bird

  • $450

    Non-IIDA Member Early Bird

  • $450

    IIDA Member Regular Price

  • $550

    Non-IIDA Member Regular Price

  • $550

    IIDA Member Last Chance

  • $650

    Non-IIDA Member Last Chance

Guidelines

Submission Requirements

All submissions must be completed electronically. No hard copy submissions will be accepted. There is no limit to the number of eligible projects a firm may submit; however, each project may only be submitted once. To enter a project into this competition, you will need to prepare and submit the following:

Written Component

  • Contact Information:
    • Your design firm's name, address, phone number, and email
  • Project Information:
    • Your design project's information including name and location
  • Three Project Statements:
    • 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)

Please use the following list of categories as a guide regarding the projects we accept. We neither judge nor award based on categories, but we do allow designs to be submitted into a category:

  • Aviation and Transportation (centers, hubs, stations, and transportation-related facilities)

  • Corporate Spaces - Large (1,000 square meters and above)
  • Corporate Spaces - Small (under 1,000 square meters)
  • Education (elementary/secondary educational facilities, colleges/universities)
  • Entertainment (casinos, performing arts centers, theaters)
  • Healthcare (hospitals, outpatient clinics, medical facilities)
  • Hotels (must include at least one (1) guest room image)
  • Institutional (cultural, government/municipal spaces, libraries, religious spaces)
  • Multi-family (residential complexes, student housing, and mixed-use developments)
  • Public Spaces and Commercial Lobbies
  • Residences - Large (125 square meters and above)
  • Residences - Small (under 125 square meters)
  • Restaurants, Lounges, and Bars
  • Retail (stores, boutiques)
  • Sales Centers and Show Flats
  • Showrooms and Exhibition Spaces
  • Spas and Wellness
  • Sports (arenas, gymnasiums, fitness centers and facilities)
  • Sustainability/Adaptive Reuse (environmentally responsible interiors)

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, with a 50-word maximum. Take note of the following image requirements:

  • 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 naming 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

Judging

A jury of design professionals will select the finalists and winning design projects. 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.  Award Finalists will be announced in late April of 2027, Winners will be announced in May of 2027, and the Best of Competition will be revealed during the Winners’ Celebration. 

Prize

Winners will be honored at the Chicago-located winner’s celebration, known as the premier IIDA event Revel In Design, on June 13, 2027! The winners will be featured on IIDA.org and across Interior Design media platforms. In the event that a previously published entry is selected as the winner, Interior Design reserves the right not to republish that project. The winners will also receive official digital assets, including competition winner logos for self-promotion, coverage, and spotlighted on IIDA’s social media accounts, and published in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners.