Winners announced for the 2026 Australian Interior Design Awards
The Australian Interior Design Awards for 2026 have been announced, with Tasmania’s The Forest by Woods Bagot taking out the Premier Award for Australian Interior Design at last night’s Gala event at the Sofitel, Sydney.
Now in its 23rd year, the Australian Interior Design Awards program is a partnership between the Design Institute of Australia and Architecture Media’s InteriorsAu, celebrating interior design excellence both nationally and internationally.
This year 228 projects made the Australian Interior Design Awards shortlist. Entries were evaluated across sector-specific categories such as residential, retail, hospitality, public, workplace, and installation design, alongside awards for Sustainability Advancement and Emerging Interior Design Practice categories.
The Australian Interior Design Awards jury stated that “deliberations were no less lengthy for this year’s Australian Interior Design Awards as the high calibre of entries again surpassed expectations. While diversity, flexibility and adaptability were evident across all categories, the projects that stood out showcase great innovation and a sense of authenticity best expressed through exquisite materiality and detailing”.
Hospitality Design was awarded to two projects, with J.AR Office winning for the Australian bistro Marlowe, which was also award Best of State for Queensland. The Australian Interior Design Awards jury described Marlowe as “one of the awards’ most unique projects to date [with a] juxtaposition of contemporary furniture and nostalgic styling [making the] apartment-turned-restaurant a truly evocative and theatrical head-turner.”
The Hospitality Design category’s other joint awarded project for the category, Omada by Studio Gram “exudes a sense of nostalgia in its thoughtfully nuanced design, with subtle references to a Greek aesthetic.”
HOSPITALITY DESIGN
Award
Studio Gram for Omada, South Australia
J.AR Office for Marlowe, Queensland
Commendations
J.AR Office for Golden Avenue, Queensland
AP Design House for Homer Rogue Taverna, New South Wales
Studio Y for Notting Hill Hotel – The Front Bar and Pool Room, Victoria
Melissa Collison Design for Salon des Refusés, Hong Kong SAR China
Australian Interior Design Awards, 13th June 2026
