- Article by Elisa Scarton
The first week of the IDEA 2021 shortlist reveal ends with the Colour, Hospitality and International categories.
All shortlisted projects are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the IDEA website where you can find more images and information about each project.
We announced almost all the shortlisted categories this week and will be continuing with the final few next week.
Yesterday we shared the shortlisted projects in our Retail, Workplace and Sustainability categories.
We’ll be back on Monday 27 September with the final two residential categories.
Shortlisted projects were selected by our editorial team. A further round of judging by our judges David Flack, Jean-Paul Ghougassian, Meryl Hare, Domino Risch, Chelsea Hing, Ryan Genesin and Brahman Perera will determine the category winners, which will be announced in late November.
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Below is the full Colour shortlist:

- AHW Studio, Sydney, INK Interior Architects
- Arch and Scallop house, Jan Juc, Space Grace & Style
- Atomic Beer Project, Redfern, YSG with styling by Felicity Ng
- Ballarat house, Ballarat, Kennedy Nolan
- Budge Over Dover, Sydney, YSG with Svalbe & Co and styling by Felicity Ng
- CFMEU Membership, Melbourne, Spaceos Interior Design & Architecture
- Divided house, Richmond, Jackson Clements Burrows
- Dreamweaver, YSG
- Erskine house, Melbourne, Kennedy Nolan
- Four Pillars Laboratory and Gin Shop, Sydney, YSG
- Johnson Partners, Sydney, YSG with styling by Felicity Ng
- Kew house, Kew, Fiona Lynch
- Rodanthe, Sydney, Amarot with styling by Olga Lewis
- St Kilda apartment, St Kilda, Fiona Lynch
- The Budapest Cafe, Melbourne, Biasol Studio
See the full Colour shortlist.
Below is the full Hospitality shortlist:
This category is sponsored by Signature Floors.

- 1R, Melbourne, Foolscap Studio
- 400 Gradi, Brunswick, Dean Dyson Architects
- Atomic Beer Project, Sydney, YSG with styling by Felicity Ng
- Aurora, Adelaide, Georgie Shepherd Interior Design with Brown Falconer as base building architect
- Bodyscape, Claremont, State of Kin
- Cafe Lafayette, Melbourne, Hassell with Studio Round
- CBC Airport Taproom, Canberra, Craig Tan Architects
- Chancery Lane, Melbourne, Bergman and Co with Hayley Curnow
- Chu Restaurant, Rooty Hill, The Unlisted Collective
- Cicciabella, Sydney, Fiona Lynch
- Cucina Porto, Sydney, Tom Mark Henry with the Star Entertainment Group
- Cuto Kids Cafe, Wentworth, Keeyuen
- Firebird, Melbourne, Ewert Leaf with stylists Ana Calic and Amy Stuart
- Four Pillars Laboratory – Eileen’s Bar and Gin Laboratory, Sydney, YSG with styling by Felicity Ng
- Harbord Hotel, Sydney, Alexander & CO. with stylist by Claire Delmar
- Hero ACMI, Melbourne, Chris Connell Design with Ben Hutton
- Hilton, Melbourne, Bates Smart
- Hinchcliff House – Lana, Sydney, Mitchell & Eades

- Industry Beans, Brisbane, Platform by DesignOffice
- ITL, Adelaide, Genesin Studio in collaboration with Walter Brooke
- Little National Hotel, Sydney, Bates Smart
- Master Lanzhou Noodle Bar, Doncaster, Elvin Tan Design
- Never Never Distillery, McLaren Vale, Genesin Studio
- New Quarter, Richmond, Ewert Leaf
- Next Hotel, Melbourne, Woods Bagot
- No.179, Melbourne, Proto-Tipo
- Ona Coffee, Canberra, Breathe
- Re-ply, New York City, BVN
- Rydges, Canberra, Plus Architecture
- Slow House, Bondi, Prospace Australia
- Sol Bar and Restaurant, Adelaide, Genesin Studio in collaboration with Walter Brooke
- Stables, Perth, State of Kin
- Sydney Tower Projects: Bar 83/Infinity/Sky Feast, Sydney, Loopcreative
- Tempo Cafe, Terrey Hills, Five Foot One Design
- Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula, COX Architecture
- The Budapest Cafe, Melbourne, Biasol Studio
- Verity Lane Market, Canberra, Mather Architecture
- W Hotel, Melbourne, Hachem
- Woodcut Restaurant, Sydney, Loopcreative
See the full Hospitality shortlist.
Below is the full International shortlist:
This category is sponsored Laufen.

- PM Private Office, Hong Kong, Studio Liu with Cecilie Koch Larsen
- Re-ply, US, BVN
- Signatures Suria KLCC, Malaysia, Russell & George
- Subtype, New Zealand, Noise Noise Noise
- The Upper, Japan, Luchetti Krelle
See the full International shortlist.
On Monday, we shared the shortlisted projects in our biggest and most highly anticipated category – Residential Single. On Tuesday, it was the turn of Institutional, Public Space and Event. Wednesday we featured the Object – Furniture and Lighting categories, while yesterday, we shared the Retail, Workplace and Sustainability shortlists.
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