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Inside is a sister festival to World Architecture Festival (WAF), the world’s largest live architecture awards program, celebrating the very best in interior design. Inside and WAF finalists will present their projects live to a panel of judges at the international festival in Singapore.
The 2024 Inside Shortlist includes over 80 interior projects in cities around the world, including New York, Dubai, Beijing, Osaka, Sao Paulo, Phuket, Delhi, Auckland, Mexico City, Lisbon and London. Leading design firms on this year’s shortlist include Foster + Partners, Broadway Malyan, Nikken Sekkei and Office AIO. Many emerging design firms will also take to the stage to present live alongside leading firms.
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It celebrates the best new-build interiors across 10 categories, from hotels to workplaces, homes to retail, and showcases cutting-edge interior design concepts and trends from around the world.
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Inside and WAF will return to Singapore for their 17th edition this year, following previous festivals in Lisbon, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Berlin. In addition to a unique live-juried awards program and critique presentations, this year’s event will include a live events program including keynote addresses and insightful seminars with international panellists on the theme of “Tomorrow”.
On the final day of the festival, winners from all 10 Inside Awards categories will go head-to-head for the honour of Interior of the Year in 2024. On the same day, WAF finalists will compete for Landscape of the Year, Future Project of the Year and World Building of the Year.
001 by Canalside Studio. Image © Canalside StudioMiddle Envelope Apartment by CROSS ARCHITECTURE. Image © World Architecture Festival
This year’s finalist interior projects include Zhengze School, an abandoned paper mill in Beijing converted into a primary school by WIT Design & Research; the Australian Embassy in Washington DC by Bates Smart; and Fennia Block by Olla Architecture, a historic building in central Helsinki, Finland being redeveloped into restaurant and retail space.
Doruk Nilüfer Hospital by Zoom TPU. Image © Doruk Healthcare Group, TARANG by THER GRIDP Architects. Image © Vinaj Panjwani
Shortlisted public buildings include the Young V&A in East London, the UK’s first national museum built by and for young people, designed by AOC Architecture and De Matos Ryan, and the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra Hall by MAMA architects, which celebrates Lithuanian culture through innovative acoustics and design.
Zheng Ze School by WIT Design & Research. Image © One Thousand DegreesLithuanian National Symphony Orchestra Hall by MAMA Architects. Image © World Architecture Festival
The full shortlist of this year’s Inside projects can be found here.
Paul Finch, Inside Programme Director, commented: “We received an increased number of entries this year, which provided a fun challenge for our final selection judges, with a record number of finalists heading to Singapore this year. Emerging trends include vibrant colour, the use of plants and creating innovative hybrid spaces that can be used for multiple purposes. We look forward to meeting the finalists in November and presenting the awards to the extremely high standard of creative work.”
