The Asia Pacific Property Awards held earlier this week in Kuala Lumpur has announced winners including Australian firms fjmt (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp), CHRISTOU Design Group and Archer + Wright among others.
429 awards were handed out to 260 companies from 23 countries in the region, it was the biggest International Property Awards regional event in the awards program’s 19-year history.
Newcomer countries to the competition were Mongolia, Bangladesh and Tajikistan with Tajikistan and Bangladesh both receiving one award and Mongolia three awards.
Lord Bates from the House of Lords in British Parliament presented the winning companies with special plaques during awards presentations yesterday. Each company was announced as either a ‘Highly Commended’ or ‘5-Star’ winner.
The 5-star winners were placed under further examination and just one from each category, for a total of 43, was selected to represent the Asia Pacific region.
The regional winners, which were announced at the close of the awards gala, will go on to compete in the International Final ‘World’s Best’ Property Awards hosted in London this coming December.
They will compete against other regional winners from Africa, Arabia, Europe, UK and the Americas to find the ultimate World’s Best in each category.
The Asia Pacific region has an enviable record of achievement at international level. The region was awarded an unbeaten total of 13 World’s Best Awards in 2012: 30 percent of the world’s awards and double and even triple the amount of awards some of the other regions took home.
Stuart Shield, President of the International Property Awards said:
“The record level of participation that we’ve seen from Asia this year has elevated the calibre of this competition. With the bar set so high, the other regions have their work cut out for them if they hope to outshine Asia in the International Property Awards Final event.”
Property Awards winners: AUSTRALIA
Archer + Wright Pty Ltd: Interior Design Apartment: 5-Star
Archertec Interiors: Office Interior: Highly Commended
CBRE: Property Consultancy: 5-Star
CHRISTOU Design Group Pty Ltd:
Leisure Interior: 5-Star
Public Service Interior: 5-Star
Leisure Architecture: Highly Commended
Public Service Architecture: Highly Commended
*Public Service Interior: 5-Star (International Nominee)
Public Service Architecture: Highly Commended
fjmt (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp): Public Service Architecture: 5-Star
HOLA (Projects): Office Interior: 5-Star
Jones Lang LaSalle: Property Consultancy: Highly Commended
Kavellaris Urban Design: Architecture Multiple Residence: Highly Commended
Lexis Design: Interior Design Private Residence: 5-Star
Meriton Property Services Pty Ltd: Residential High-rise Development: 5-Star
Omiros One Architecture: Architecture Multiple Residence: 5-Star
Architecture Single Residence: Architecture: Highly Commended
Redgen Mathieson: Architecture Single Residence: 5-Star
Savills: Property Consultancy Website: Highly Commended
Hotel Awards winners:
Best Hotel: Crown Towers
Hotel Interior: Spicers Balfour Hotel Coop Creative
*Hotel Renovation/Refurbishment: Crown Metropol Perth (International Nominee)
*New Hotel Construction & Design: Hilton Surfers Paradise Brookfield Multiplex (International Nominee)
