Interior Awards 2021: Social gallery
Paul Lelieveld (Jasmax), Elisapeta Heta (Jasmax), David Gaimster (Auckland War Memorial Museum), Graeme Tipene (Artist), Justine Goode (Jasmax) and Neil Martin (Evatt Martin Architects) – winners of the Supreme Award and Emerging Design Professional Award. Image: David St George
Icao Tiseli (Jasmax), Raukura Turei (Interior Awards 2021 judge), Elisapeta Heta (Emerging Design Professional winner), Graeme Tipene (Artist) and Diamond Mihaere (BCI New Zealand). Image: David St George
Craig McKay, Jessie Stent, Preston Thomas, Danielle Barclay, Naomi Rushmer and Vicky Curtin – winners in the Retail category with Comvita Wellness Lab by Blur the Lines. Image: David St George
Amanda Harkness, interior editor of Architecture NZ, was the convenor of this year’s Interior Awards jury. Image: David St George
Andy Florkowski, Sarah Paul and Jamie Howard (RCG) – finalists in the Workplace under 1000m2 category. Image: David St George
Ornela Priotti, Michael Leng, Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe and Natasha Baumgartner (Wingate Architects). Image: David St George
Te Wehi Haka began the evening with a wero. Image: David St George
Ellis Mitchell, Sandy Wallace, Shane Harris, Kim Jarman and Lance Mitchell (Luxaflex) – Interior Awards 2021 sponsors. Image: David St George
Craig Parr (Unispace) and Tina Shepherd (Rocketwerkz) – finalists in the Workplace over 1000m2 category. Image: David St George
Darrelle McWilliams, Lai Twiss, Kate Wotherspoon, Paul Izzard and Nicole Pangari (Izzard) – finalists in the Hospitality category. Image: David St George
The Interior Awards event was held at Webb’s Auction House among fine art including two original Banksy works. Image: David St George
Daniel Lovelace, Nathan Carey, Sophie Griffin, Audrey de Filippis, Sam Castle and Phaedra Applin (Ignite) – finalists in the Retail category. Image: David St George
Interior Awards 2021 sponsors Sub-Zero Wolf with their guests. Image: David St George
Elisapeta Heta (Jasmax) – winner of the Emerging Design Professional category. Image: David St George
Interior Awards guests were welcomed with a karanga. Image: David St George
Christine Kearney and Andrew Rae (Webb’s Auction House). Image: David St George
Nick Moyes (Jasmax), Jordan Cole (Jasmax), Mark Crosbie (MinterEllisonRuddWatts), Phil Judd (Jasmax) and Dave White (Kada – Interior Awards 2021 sponsor) – winners in the Workplace over 1000m2 caetgory. Image: David St George
Michael Leng (Wingate Architects), Sebastian Negri, Erini Compton, Naomi Rushmer (Blur the Lines), Daz Jensen (Designworks) and Tom Malem. Image: David St George
The team from Jasmax, designTRIBE, FJMT and the Auckland Museum collecting the Supreme Award. Image: David St George
Sarina and Ken Powrie (South by Southeast Architects) – finalists in the Residential category. Image: David St George
Thalea Carruthers, Lucy Vete, Lauren Speer (finalist in the Emerging Design Professional category), Daniel Walker, Severin Soder and Kitty Fan (Architectus). Image: David St George
Olivia Mcneil, Liv Patience, Toni Brandso, Ashely Gu and Anna Douglas (Material Creative) – finalists in the Hospitality and Retail categories. Image: David St George
CEO of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, David Gaimster, accepts the Supreme Award for Te Ao Mārama. Image: David St George
Aiden Thornhill, Daijang Tai, Emily Priest and Nat Cheshire (Cheshire Architects) – winners in the Hospitality category. Image: David St George
Raukura Turei (Monk Mackenzie), Rufus Knight (Knight Associates), Sarah Bryant (Peddlethorp), Craig Moller (Moller Architects) and Amanda Harkness (Architecture NZ) – Interior Awards 2021 jury. Image: David St George
Kelly Morris and Natalie Wilkinson (Décortech) – Interior Awards 2021 sponsors. Image: David St George
Blair Johnston, Michael Mason and Peter Westbrook (Warren and Mahoney) – winners in the Workplace up to 1000m2 category. Image: David St George
Beautiful wines from Stoneleigh Organic flowed on the night. Image: David St George
Raimana Jones (Atelier Jones Design) and Eugene Isack (Client) – winners in the Residential Kitchen category. Image: David St George
The team from CTRL Space – finalists in the Hospitality category. Image: David St George
Elisapeta Heta collecting the Emerging Design Professional Award. Image: David St George
Comedians Jesse Griffin and Jackie van Beek were the emcees for the evening. Image: David St George
The team from Kada – Interior Awards 2021 sponsors. Image: David St George
Jessica Mckenzie (Establish Studio) and Tom Norman (Three Sixty Architecture) – winners in the Healthcare and Wellness category. Image: David St George
Erika Rodriguez, Kristin Mischler, Zoe Hallahan, Menna Jones and Allyson Pattie (ECC) – Interior Awards 2021 sponsors. Image: David St George
Philip Graham (Salmond Reed Architects) – finalist in the Residential category. Image: David St George
Malin Andersson, Dannie Chen, Steve Aschebrock, Jasmine Manson, Michael Long, Bianca Sands and Mike Bryan (Inzide Commercial) – Interior Awards 2021 sponsors. Image: David St George
Keri Cunliffe (Third from left; Warren and Mahoney) – finalist in the Emerging Design Professional category – with her whānau. Image: David St George
Ashley Cusick (ArchitectureNow editor) and Doni Clarke, Interior Awards event coordinator for the last six years. Image: David St George
Victor Gin created delicious Tom Collins cocktails for the evening. Image: David St George
Sou Muy Ly (Bull O’Sullivan Architecture) – finalist in the Residential and Civic categories. Image: David St George
The team from Unispace and their guests – finalists in the Workplace over 1000m2 and Healthcare and Wellness categories. Image: David St George
The event was attended by over 350 guests. Image: David St George
Tim Miles, Jane Jeffries (Clients), Adrienne Seagar, Natalie Seagar and Neville Seagar (Seagar Design) – finalists in the Residential category. Image: David St George
Ashley Cusick (ArchitectureNow editor), Caitlyn Leishman (BCI New Zealand) and Kahu Goulton (BCI New Zealand) enjoying cocktails from Victor Gin. Image: David St George
Many thanks to the 2021 Interior Awards sponsors.
The night would not have been complete without the 2021 event partners.
The Interior Awards celebrated its 10th year of honouring New Zealand’s best interiors at Webb’s Auction House on 24 June 2021 with over 350 guests from across the design industry. The night was hosted by emcees Jesse Griffin and Jackie van Beek, and hospitality was provided by Victor Gin, Epic Beer and Stoneleigh Organic Wines. Motion graphic artists Mulk provided entertainment for the evening a spectacular display honouring all 10 years of the Interior Awards, which was projected across a 17-metre display.
To see all the winning projects from the night, click here.