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Public Space

This category is open to any interior design projects funded by a public body and/or that are dedicated to public use. Projects suitable for inclusion are foyers, malls, airports, transport centres, churches, temples, entertainment venues, reception/event venues, libraries, cinemas, theatres, concert halls, museums, galleries, community centres, retirement villages, boarding houses, law courts, law enforcement offices, parliamentary buildings, mortuaries, cemeteries and parks. Given the wide variety of typologies this category governs, submissions will be judged on case-by-case criteria with regards to how they have acquitted their stated brief. Considerations include: brief, concept, ability to engage and serve the general public, spatial acumen, parameters, decoration, lighting, sustainability, innovation and originality of design outcome.

Past Winners

2025

Boot Factory and Mill Hill Centre Precinct

Archer Office

Photographer credit: Peter Bennetts, Hamish McIntosh and Murray Fredericks

2024

The Embassy of Australia, Washington DC

Bates Smart with KCCT

Photographer credit: Joe Fletcher

2023

Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre

Kosloff Architecture

Photographer credit: Derek Swalwell

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