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.
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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