Explore the 2023 INSIDE World Festival of Interiors shortlist

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is continuing to ramp up for November’s three-day conference in Singapore with the announcement of shortlisted finalists for this year’s INSIDE World Festival of Interiors, featuring some of the best new interior design projects from over 70 emerging and established firms around the world.

WAF program director Paul Finch said: "This year’s entries are well up to standard, showing a zest for life and color which reminds us of the important contribution design makes to the everyday world."

Projects were selected in eleven categories by a five-member jury panel and will be presented live during the Festival before a winner is selected to follow last year's superlative Children Library design from Condition_Lab. They join the more than 400 projects included in the WAF's overall shortlist. The full list of contenders can be viewed below. 

Category: Workplace (Large)

• Montagne du Parc by ncbham
• Dexus Place 80 Collins by Warren and Mahoney
• Tasman Campus by Form4 Architecture
• M&C Saatchi by Woods Bagot
• Subcultural Retreat with a Kick by designFreak Co.Ltd. / TokyoDex Inc.
• Entertainment Company Headquarters by Rapt Studio
• Convene at 22 Bishopsgate by Woods Bagot

Category: Workplace (Small)

• Link Lab creative offices by Stay - Markland - Link Lab
• Alero Rebel Base by Alero Design Studio
• OP Financial Group innovation and training centre by PES-Architects
• Nispetiye No12 bt OFIST
• JEWELRY OFFICE by CAAT Studio (Kamboozia Architect & Design Studio)'
• 35 by Shid Architects
• Office Space Reconstruction of KingJee Winsun by ADINJU Muhhe Studio

Category: Health & Fitness 

• Dental Boutique Sydney by Jesse Ant Architects
• JOLLY Beauty Salon by Rina Lovko Design Studio
• Murrenda Residential Aged Care Home by STH
• Full-Featured Optometry Clinic – Jizhou Branch Of Tianjin Eye Hospital Optometric Center by CHENGYI (GUANGZHOU) DECORATION ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
• Shibuya Eye Clinic by KTX archiLAB

Category: Bars & Restaurants

• Do Not Feed Alligators by Rapt Studio
• Townclub by Strategic Design Department (NWD), Laud
• Champion Wine Cave by Ris Collective
• Delatite Cellar Door by Lucy Clemenger Architects
• FUEGO by VAIR Design
• Sage by OFFICE AIO
• Biz Istanbul – AKM Terrace Restaurant by Tabanlioglu Architect
• ROYAL VEGA by Art and Architecture Associates
• Aegean Airlines Business Lounge by K-Studio
• New version of Haidila by Vermilion Zhou Design Group

Category: Retail

• Far Eastern Department Store – Zhubei by Lead8
• Beaster Concept Store Suzhou by Some Thoughts
• MEXTRA Lab Base by IDMatrix
• the COAT Showroom by Rina Lovko Design Studio
• LAK Concept Store by PONE Architecture
• Bijou Shop in Tehran Grand Bazaar by Nextoffice, Studio of Architectural Research & Design
• Bananain Concept Store Hangzhou by Some Thoughts
• Ziinlife Beijing Store by Atelier tao+c 
• Interstellar by BK Studio

Category: Hotels

• Royal Tulip Warsaw Apartments by Tremend Sp. z o.o.
• InterContinental Hotel Sydney by Woods Bagot
• Boatyard Hotel by WJ Studio
• The Penthouse WOW by External Reference Architects
• Crystal Orange Hotel Shanghai Pudong Lujiazui by Vermilion Zhou Design Group
• 182 Clemenceau by Park + Associates
• Capella Sydney by Make Architects, BAR Studio
• The Continental Sorrento by Woods Bagot

Category: Residential (Single Dwelling)

• 123 House by Neil Cownie Architect
• SEMEREY apartment by Rina Lovko Design Studio
• OHV by  932 Design Private Limited
• 19 Waterloo Street by SJB
• Rosso Verde by Carter Williamson Architects
• Orla Apartment by Studio Arthur Casas
• Wurrungwuri by Carter Williamson Architects
• Swatantra Residence by Spaces Architects@KA
• Inside Three Spring Residential Gallery by KGA Architecture Pty Ltd

Category: Residential (Housing, more than one dwelling)

• Stacked Garden Villas by Arsh[4D]-studio
• Residence with art museum & depot U40 by TRIMONIS architects
• Afterglow by Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute
• La Bella Vita by Snuper Design Inc.

Category: Public Buildings

• Heritage of the light by Snuper Design Inc
• V&A Photography Centre by Gibson Thornley Architects
• NEW BUND 31 by P&T, Neri & Hu
• Tarq Gallery by Squareworks
• Zikawei Library by Wutopia Lab
• Bibliothèque de Gatineau: a Library Rooted to its Landscape by Atelier TAG + NEUF architectes

Category: Temporary/Meanwhile Uses 

•  Guangzhou Julong Bay Exhibition Center by DOMANI Architectural Concepts
• Garden Pavilion by KGA Architecture Pty Ltd.
• Le Corbusier: A Travelling Exhibition by RT+Q Architects Pte Ltd
• Eucalyptusdom by SJB in collaboration with Richard Leplastrier AO and Vania Contreras
• LIGHT WEAVE PRODUCE WORKSHOP and SUPERSTRUCTURe by SG

Category: Education

• Forssa multipurpose centre Akvarelli by Olla Architecture
• Library & Innovation Centre, Abbotsleigh Junior School by AJC Architects
• Center for Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University by KPMB Architects

Learn more about WAF's INSIDE World Festival of Interiors here.