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  • Entry process

  • You may enter as many times as you like. Please have the following information ready before you start the entry process:

    *Note: For standard category entries and Community Impact entries, please do not include any information that identifies your practice in the client brief, material and detailing intent, details about innovation and creativity, photos or captions. Emerging Design Professional entries must disclose these details, please include a 3 quater portrait image of yourself as part of your entry.

    For Retail, Workplace, Civic, Hospitality, Healthcare and Wellness, Residential, Residential Kitchen and Education categories:

    Build area, design team, client brief (700 characters), response to client brief (700 characters), material and detailing intent (700 characters) and details about the innovation and creativity (700 characters).

    For Emerging Design Professional category:

    Body of work and design philosophy.

    Cost is $169 per entry.

    For Community Impact Award category:

    Build area, design team, client brief (700 characters), intended purpose (700 characters), how did your expertise affect the outcome and overall design of the project (700 characters), positive outcomes and project funding (700 characters).

    Cost is $84 per entry.

    Imagery specifications:

    10 images maximum, floor plans can be included. Do not make floor plan or exterior project image the first image.

    Required formats are JPG (for photos) and PNG (for illustrations), with a max size of 1MB for each image.

    Online image resizing tool: Squoosh

    Images should be no wider than 1400px and no taller than 900px. It is our preference that the images are in landscape format.
    Image file names should be no longer than 20 characters and have no spaces.
    Captions can be no longer than 350 characters.

  • Select the category you would like to enter

    Retail: i.e. shops, showrooms, department stores, food markets, etc
    Hospitality: i.e. cafes, bars, restaurants, motels, hotels, boutique lodges, etc
    Healthcare and Wellness: i.e surgeries, medical practices, gyms, yoga studios, later-living and assisted living developments, spas, dentists, hairdressers, etc
    Workplace (up to 1,000m²): i.e. offices, studios, warehouses, factories, etc
    Workplace (over 1,000m²): i.e. offices, studios, warehouses, factories, etc
    Education: i.e. pre-schools, primary, secondary and tertiary schools and learning institutions, university halls of residence, etc
    Residential House: i.e. homes, townhouses, apartments, etc
    Residential Kitchen: i.e. kitchens within houses, townhouses, apartments, etc
    Civic: i.e. galleries, museums, theatres, places of worship, libraries, airports, stations, etc
    Community Impact: i.e. community hall, surf lifesaving club, sports clubroom, local museum, health centre, cultural centre (must be substantially or partially community-funded - see criteria)
    Emerging Design Professional: Where the design professional is 35 years or under. Some exceptions allowable - see criteria on the Interior Awards website.
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  • You have selected Community Impact

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  • You have selected Retail

  • You have selected Hospitality - bar/restaurant

  • You have selected Healthcare and Wellness - surgery/gym/clinics/yoga studio/dentist

  • You have selected Workplace up to 1,000m²

  • You have selected Workplace over 1,000m²

  • You have selected Education

  • You have selected Residential house

  • You have selected Residential kitchen

  • You have selected Civic

  • You have selected Emerging Design Professional

    If the project was not completed between this period, it cannot be entered.

    If the project was not completed between this period, it cannot be entered.

    If you do not have client permission, it cannot be entered.
    If you are an Interior Awards finalist, please confirm that you are able to present in person at the live judging event hosted in Auckland on the Wednesday 21st or Thursday 22nd 2025.
    Community Impact Award Finalists do not have present to the Jury, but must submit a short video about the project.
  • Project details

  • Project brief

    Please do not include the name of your practice in the project brief or judging criteria.
  • Judging criteria

  • For Community Impact submissions: What was the intended purpose of this project? What services and support did your practice provide to this project (i.e., design, hands-on construction, fundraising, pro bono work, etc.)?
  • For Community Impact submissions: How did your expertise affect the outcome and overall design of the project (i.e., what creative solutions did you incorporate, such as revising existing structures and so on)?
  • For Community Impact submissions: Provide and illustrate some of the positive outcomes that this project has given to the community it now serves. Please include how the project build was funded - Community impact Award submissions cannot be fully goverment-funded
  • IMPORTANT please read the special Community Award judging criteria before starting your entry, as this is different to the other categories.
    Positive outcomes - Highlight some of the social, environmental and/or economic benefits that this project has provided to the community it now serves.
  • Project credits

  • If this is different to the awards entrant practice.
  • Project principal

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  • Employer/ referee details

    Details of the employer / referee approving your submission
  • Project team

  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
    Click Yes, if you need to add the names of further consultants.
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  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • Specialist consultants

    Enter details of the specialist consultants
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
    Click Yes, if you need to add the names of further consultants.
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • i.e. Project lead, principal architect, interior designer, cultural advisor, designer, artist etc
  • Sponsors

    Disclaimer: Please indicate whether a sponsor product was specified in this project entry, this information is not seen by the jury and forms no part of the judging process (info collected for research only).
    Select which Sponsors products you used in your project (if any)
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    Allowed formats are JPG (for photos) and PNG (for illustrations) with a max size of 1MB for each image.
    Images should be no wider than 1400px and no taller than 900px. It is our preference that the images are in landscape format. Image 1 should not be a plan or exterior photo.
    Files uploaded should be named using this format: category_name_imagenumber.
    Captions should be no longer than 350 characters.
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