The work by Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart at TheRoyal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne has been awarded the most prestigious prize in the Australian Interior Design Awards.
This year’s Premier Award for Interior Design Excellence and Innovation went to the RCH, the $1 billion new hospital which had more than 100 architects and interior designers involved in its creation.
The therapeutic benefits of nature in the healing process underpin the overall design, the awards jury stating that the building’s interior design “will extend the experience of the power of interiors into the public realm further than any other project this year”.
The awards presentation took place in Sydney and was co-presented by the Design Institute of Australia, designEX and Artichoke.
Organisers said the ninth year of the awards program saw standards and submission numbers increase, with the winning projects across all 15 categories representing briefs and budgets of all varieties, produced by both small and large practices.
Elenberg Fraser won the Sustainability Advancement Award for Vue de monde in Melbourne. The restaurant incorporates a range of sustainable features to deal with energy, water, materiality and products. The jury was particularly impressed by the strategies employed to deal with food waste and the use of locally produced furniture.
Vue de Monde by Elenberg Fraser
“The project redefines sustainable interior design” was the overall comment and the jury went on to acknowledge that Vue de monde’s general excellence would set a “new standard for Australian design identity”.
“With 30 per cent more entries submitted than last year, the 2012 Australian Interior Design Awards indicate a local design scene that is truly flourishing,” says event manager, Jacinta Reedy. “The work this year had the judging panel continually commenting on how, across the board, Australian designers are now influencing trends and standards globally.”
The 2012 award winners:
PREMIER AWARD FOR INTERIOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION Systems)
Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart for The Royal Children’s Hospital, Vic
SUSTAINABILITY ADVANCEMENT
Award
Elenberg Fraser for Vue de monde, Vic
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
Award
Anthony Gill Architects for Potts Point Apartment, NSW
Smart Design Studio for Tusculum St, NSW
Commendation
Noxon Giffen for Manning Road House, Vic
Clare Cousins for Brick House, Vic
Robert Mills Architects for Sorrento, Vic
Carr Design Group for South Yarra Residence, Vic
RESIDENTIAL DECORATION
Award
Atticus & Milo for Huntingtower, Vic
Commendation
Greg Natale Design for Astor Apartment, NSW
Bates Smart for V6 Concavo Display Suite, Vic
RETAIL DESIGN
Award
Landini Associates for Loblaws Maple Leaf Gardens, Canada
Commendation
The Uncarved Block for Melbourne Central, Vic
The Uncarved Block for The Galeries Victoria, NSW
Matt Gibson Architecture + Design for Oscar & Wild, Vic
HOSPITALITY DESIGN
Award
Elenberg Fraser for Vue de monde, Vic
Commendation
Hecker Guthrie for The Old Library, NSW
SJB Interiors (NSW) for Scarlett Restaurant, NSW
Russell & George for Mister Close, Vic
Matt Gibson Architecture + Design for Ramen Ya, Vic
Anthony Gill Architects for Berta Restaurant and Bar, Vic
Travis Walton(interior design) and Rohan Newman (graphic design) for Pretty Please, Vic
WORKPLACE DESIGN
Award
Russell & George for Paper Stone Scissors Vic
Commendation
Hola Projects for Skilled Medical, Vic
here studio for Hub Melbourne, Vic
Group GSA for Credit Suisse, NSW
HASSELL for George Patterson Y&R, Vic
Oxigen with Woods Bagot for Oxigen, SA
PUBLIC INTERIOR DESIGN
Award
Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart for The Royal Children’s Hospital, Vic
Commendation
Searle x Waldran Architecture for Annexe- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic
McBride Charles Ryan for PEGS Junior Boys, Vic
INSTALLATION DESIGN
Award
HASSELL for Chasing Kitsune, Vic
DesignOffice for Nishi Display Suite, ACT
Liminal Spaces for The Barbarians, Tas
A-CH (Atelier Chen Hung) for Scrumptious Reads, Qld
COLOUR IN RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
Award
Smart Design Studio for Tusculum Street, NSW
Commendation
Russell & George for Stepped House, Vic
Thomas Jacobson for Paddington Terrace, NSW
COLOUR IN COMMERCIAL DESIGN
Award
Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart for The Royal Children’s Hospital, Vic
Commendation
Regional Associates for Kyambura Lodge, Uganda
Searle x Waldron Architecture for Annexe — Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic
Elenberg Fraser for Vue de monde, Vic
Travis Walton (interior design) and Rohan Newman (graphic design) for Pretty Please, Vic
EMERGING INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE
Award
Anthony Gill Architects, NSW
Commendation
Studio Moore, Vic
Travis Walton, Vic
Ten23 Architects, Vic
BEST OF STATE — RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
NSW — Anthony Gill Architects for Potts Point Apartment
Qld — Renato D’Ettorre Architects for Azuris
Vic — Robert Mills Architects for Sorrento
WA — rad architects for Brisbane Street Additions
SA — William Burton Architects for North Adelaide Residence
BEST OF STATE — COMMERCIAL DESIGN
NSW — The Uncraved Block for the Galeries Victoria
Vic — Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart for The Royal Children’s Hospital
WA — CODA Studio for CODA Studio
ACT — DesignOffice for Nishi Display Suite
SA — Oxigen with Woods Bagot for Oxigen
Qld — A-CH (Atelier Chen Hung) for Scrumptious Reads
Tas — Liminal Spaces for The Barbarians
BEST INTERNATIONAL
Hecker Guthrie for Graze & Kha, Singapore
For further information and to see the full image gallery visit http://www.australianinteriordesignawards.com/gallery/2012
