2024 Inside shortlist announced

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Sunny Side Up by Rogan Nash Architects. Shortlisted in the Residential category for Inside 2024. Image: Simon Wilson

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Precinct Properties Auckland offices by Warren and Mahoney (WAM). Shortlisted in the Workplace (large) category for Inside 2024. Image: Barry Tobin

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The Fennia Block by Olla Architecture. Shortlisted in the Retail category for Inside 2024. Image: Martin Sommerschield

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UQ Brisbane City by BVN. Shortlisted in the Education category for Inside 2024. Image: David Chatfield

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Good Job Games by Jeyan Ulku Architects. Shortlisted in the Workplace (large) category for Inside 2024. Image: Ibrahim Özbunar

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The Embassy of Australia Washington D.C. by Bates Smart. Shortlisted in the Public Buildings category for Inside 2024. Image: Joe Fletcher

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Melt Season Flagship at Taiyuan by Mlkk Studio Limited. Shortlisted in the Retail category for Inside 2024. Image: Supplied

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Doruk Nilüfer Hospital by Zoom TPU. Shortlisted in the Health & Fitness category for Inside 2024. Image: Doruk Healthcare Group

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Minthis by Woods Bagot. Shortlisted in the Hotels and Bars & Restaurants categories for Inside 2024. Image: Trevor Mein

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Penn Color Technology Center by DP Design. Shortlisted in the Workplace (small) category for Inside 2024. Image: Mazterz, Courtesy of DP Design

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Young V&A by AOC Architecture and De Matos Ryan. Shortlisted in the Public Buildings category for Inside 2024. Image: Luke Hayes

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InnoDom Cologne by kadawittfeldarchitektur gmbh. Shortlisted in the Workplace (small) category for Inside 2024. Image: Jens Kirchner

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Jade Apartment by Matrix Design. Shortlisted in the Public Buildings category for Inside 2024. Image: Shi Xiang Wan He

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Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra Hall. Shortlisted in the Public Buildings category for Inside 2024. Image: MAMA Architects

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001 by Canalside Studio. Shortlisted in the Bars & Restaurants category for Inside 2024. Image: Canalside Studio

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Tree O'clock — Villa Qabalah by Studio Locomotive. Shortlisted in the education category for Inside 2024. Shortlisted in the Public Buildings category for Inside 2024. — Tree O’clock — Villa Qabalah by Studio Locomotive. Shortlisted in the education category for Inside 2024. Shortlisted in the Public Buildings category for Inside 2024. Image: Beer Singnoi, Studio Locomotive

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TARANG Pavilion by The Grid Architects. Shortlisted in the Public Buildings category for Inside 2024. Image: Vinay Panjwani

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Alibaba DAMO Nanhu Industry Park. Shortlisted in the Workplace (large) category for Inside 2024. Image: Matrix Design

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Middle Envelope Apartment by Cross Architecture. Shortlisted in the Residential category for Inside 2024. Image: Supplied

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Zhengze School by WIT Design & Research. Shortlisted in the Education category for Inside 2024. Image: One Thousand Degrees

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This year’s shortlist reveals that two New Zealand interiors projects are in the running to win awards at the global awards event held in Singapore later this year.

The 2024 Inside Shortlist represents over 80 interior projects from across the globe, in cities including: New York City, Dubai, Beijing, Osaka, São Paolo, Phuket, Delhi, Auckland, Mexico City, Lisbon, and London. Leading design firms to feature in this year’s shortlist include Foster + Partners, Broadway Malyan, Nikken Sekkei and Office AIO. Many emerging design firms will also be on stage, live pitching against the big names.

The shortlist celebrates the best new completed interiors across ten categories, ranging from Hotels to Workplace, and Residential to Retail, and showcases some of the world’s most cutting-edge interior design concepts and trends.

Two projects from New Zealand have made it into this year’s Inside shortlist:

Workplace (large): Precinct Properties Auckland Office by Warren and Mahoney (WAM)
Residential: Sunny Side Up by Rogan Nash Architects

Amongst the interiors projects to be shortlisted this year are the Zhengze School by WIT Design & Research, the renovation of an abandoned paper mill in Beijing into a primary school, the Embassy of Australia in Washington D.C., by Bates Smart, and The Fennia Block, by Olla Architecture, which sees the redevelopment of a historic block in the centre of Helsinki, Finland into a restaurant and retail space.

The New Zealand projects that have made the cut have done so in a year where the competition has been tougher than usual. Said Inside programme director Paul Finch: “A welcome increase in entries this year has given the shortlisting judges a pleasant challenge — with a record number of finalists heading to Singapore this year.”

In terms of trends, Finch comments that “…vivid colours, greater use of planting, and the creation of innovative hybrid spaces for multiple uses” have emerged in this year’s shortlist.

Inside is the sister festival of the World Architecture Festival (WAF), the world’s biggest live architectural awards programme, celebrating the very best in interior design. Both Inside and WAF finalists will present their projects to a panel of judges live at the international festival in Singapore 6–8 November.

For more details on the 2024 World Architecture Festival and the WAF and Inside Awards please visit: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com @worldarchfest #WAF24 #INSIDE24