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World Interior Of The Year Award at INSIDE 2023 goes to 19 Waterloo Street by SJB
Singapore Architecture News - Dec 04, 2023 - 14:32 3152 views
SJB's 19 Waterloo Street in Australia has been awarded the World Interior of the Year for 2023.
INSIDE, a sister festival of WAF, took place at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, on the 29 November – 1 December 2023 in the same venue with WAF.
Originally shortlisted in the Residential (Single Dwelling) Category, the winning interior utilises expanded connections creatively within a limited footprint to create an open and quiet oasis in the city.
Wedged onto a narrow strip adjacent to the road, judges described this small multi-storey house as “like a wardrobe for the architect himself to live in”.
From the street the facade is punched with a random set of openings, but once inside, these reveal a highly tuned stack of rooms.
Judges felt that "these generated a satisfying alignment and play of light”.
There are unique furniture pieces and a work of art that was commissioned as a catalyst for the project. Craft and detail are everywhere, partly as a result of using materials salvaged from other projects. Judges described this winning interior project as “not only a building or an interior, but a pocket-sized tour de force”.
The winner was selected by a super jury of global design experts – comprising Nigel Coates, Nigel Coates Studio; Mark Dytham, Klein Dytham Architects; Ingrid van der Heijden, Civic architects; Friedrich Ludewig, ACME and Anna Xu, Dyson.
World Architecture Community is official media partner of this year's WAF and INSIDE.
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INSIDE World Festival of Interiors will take place at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, on 6 – 8 November 2024.
WAF is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate, learn, exchange and be inspired. WAF is the world’s largest annual, international, live architectural event.
It includes the biggest international architectural awards programme in the world, dedicated to celebrating excellence via live presentations to an audience of high-profile delegates and international juries.
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All drawings © SJB.
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