2020 best of year project finalists
Congratulations to the project finalists for this year's Best of Year Awards!
This year’s virtual, multi-part Best of Year Awards ceremony will be hosted by editor in chief Cindy Allen and air on DesignTV by SANDOW during Best of Design 2020, a virtual festival honoring this year’s design highlights and outstanding achievements.
Best of Year Awards
Students: December 7, 1PM ET
Products: December 8, 1PM ET
Projects: December 9, 1PM ET
People: December 10, 1PM ET
Best of Year Marathon: December 11, 1PM ET
The ceremony will air on InteriorDesign.net as well Interior Design’s Facebook page.
Download 2020 Best of Year Finalist seals here.
If you have not received an email notification, but you see your entry listed below please contact awards@interiordesign.net.
*Please note, categories may have been expanded, consolidated, changed or removed per editorial discretion.
| Category | Project | Firm | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibition/Installation | Dragon Mountain Pavilion | Aurelien Chen | |
| Exhibition/Installation | Bright Golden Haze, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center | Chu+Gooding Architects | |
| Exhibition/Installation | Journey to Edge | Lab at Rockwell Group and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates | |
| Exhibition/Installation | Gravity, Paul Hastings Office | LSM and Daniel Chadwick | |
| Beauty | Sooyou Beauty Salon | AD Architecture | |
| Beauty | Say No Mo | Balbek Bureau | |
| Beauty | A Surprise Hair Salon | Jason Design Group | |
| Beauty | Shiseido Future Solution LX | Studio I In | |
| Spa | Chileno Bay Spa | Denton House Design Studio | |
| Spa | Forest for Rest | Leaping Creative | |
| Spa | Green Massage | Vermilion Zhou Design Group | |
| Spa | Williamsburg Bathhouse | Verona Carpenter Architects and Colberg Architecture | |
| Budget | Filevine Headquarters | Modern Out West | |
| Budget | The DW | Modern Shed | |
| Budget | Joys | Onexn Architects | |
| Budget | Bowlero Lanes & Lounge | Patrick Thompson Design | |
| Budget | Hi Inn Hotel | Vermilion Zhou Design Group | |
| Education: Higher Learning | Health Sciences Innovation Building, University of Arizona | CO Architects | |
| Education: Higher Learning | American International University Kuwait | NBBJ | |
| Education: Higher Learning | Clark Hall Sheds and Number 9, Savannah College of Art and Design | SCAD Design Group | |
| Education: Higher Learning | Sunshine Skills Hub, Victoria University | Woods Bagot | |
| Education: Primary + High Schools | MaST II Community Charter School | EwingCole | |
| Education: Primary + High Schools | Blakely Elementary School | Mithun | |
| Education: Primary + High Schools | Lisle Elementary School | Perkins and Will | |
| Education: Primary + High Schools | Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School | Wheeler Kearns Architects | |
| Kid's Zone | Big Toy Kid Photography Studio | Cao Pu | |
| Kid's Zone | MuseumLab | KoningEizenberg Architecture | |
| Kid's Zone | Anoha, The Children's World of the Jewish Museum Berlin | Olson Kundig | |
| Kid's Zone | Mondodo Kids Town | X+Living | |
| Greater World: Environmental Impact | The Quayside | CL3 Architects | |
| Greater World: Environmental Impact | The WELLington | Evolved Living by Andrea Kantelberg | |
| Greater World: Environmental Impact | Mildred Residence | Minarc | |
| Greater World: Environmental Impact | Me Kwa Mooks Net-Zero | Shed Architecture + Design | |
| Greater Good: Social Impact | Jill and Alan B. Miller Tower | EwingCole | |
| Greater Good: Social Impact | Plywood Place | Gensler | |
| Greater Good: Social Impact | Northtown Affordable Apartments and Public Library | Perkins and Will | |
| Greater Good: Social Impact | DineOut NYC | Rockwell Group | |
| Greater Good: Design Unity | We Design: People. Practice. Progress. | Design Museum Everywhere | |
| Greater Good: Design Unity | Algin Sutton Pool | Lehrer Architects LA | |
| Greater Good: Design Unity | Society's Cage | SmithGroup | |
| Greater Good: Design Unity | Shifting Totems | The Urban Conga | |
| Large Museum/Art Gallery | Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum | Atelier Alter Architects | |
| Large Museum/Art Gallery | Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet | BIG Architects | |
| Large Museum/Art Gallery | Fotografiska New York | CetraRuddy Architecture and Roman and Williams | |
| Large Museum/Art Gallery | Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center | Rand Elliott Architects | |
| Small Museum/Art Gallery | Rothko Chapel Campus | Architecture Research Office | |
| Small Museum/Art Gallery | Utter Space | Cun Design | |
| Small Museum/Art Gallery | Private Fish Maw Museum | Jingu Phoenix Space Planning Organization | |
| Small Museum/Art Gallery | Aisin AW Museum | Nomura Co. | |
| Small Museum/Art Gallery | The Lake Art | Yao Xiaobing Space Design Studio | |
| Entertainment | TheatreSquared | Marvel Architects | |
| Entertainment | Century Project, Space Needle | Olson Kundig | |
| Entertainment | Bona Palace Cinema, Landmark Riverside Park | Pulse On Partnership | |
| Entertainment | SFC Shangying Cinema Luxe | Pulse On Partnership | |
| Government/Institutional | Geneva Car Barn and Powerhouse | Aidlin Darling Design | |
| Government/Institutional | 165 Capitol Avenue | Amenta Emma | |
| Government/Institutional | Service Center of the Vienna Public Services | Smartvoll Architects | |
| Government/Institutional | Xi'an Silk Road International Conference Center | Yang Bangsheng & Associates Group | |
| Transportation | CTA Garfield Gateway Elevated Station | EXP and Nick Cave Art | |
| Transportation | Alaska Airlines Flagship Lounge | Graham Baba Architects | |
| Transportation | Nanaimo Airport | Office of McFarlane Biggar Architects + Designers and Checkwitch Poiron Architects | |
| Transportation | Gagarin Airport VIP Lounge | Vox Architects | |
| Outdoor Space | Edge | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates | |
| Outdoor Space | Buddakan | Rockwell Group | |
| Outdoor Space | Timber Pavilion | Schiller Projects | |
| Outdoor Space | Espacio Arte Abierto | Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos | |
| Healthcare | New York-Presbyterian Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns | HOK and Ballinger | |
| Healthcare | The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | ICrave, Perkins Eastman Architects, and ENNEAD Architects | |
| Healthcare | Omaha VA Ambulatory Care Center, US Department of Veterans Affairs | Leo A Daly and Vireo | |
| Healthcare | MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital and Pearl Tourville Women's Pavilion | Perkins and Will | |
| Healthcare | The University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute | Perkins and Will | |
| Health + Wellness | Real | BHDM Design | |
| Health + Wellness | Wellem Pediatric | Jason Design Group | |
| Health + Wellness | Beverly Clinic | Merge Architects | |
| Health + Wellness | Ora | Rockwell Group | |
| Fitness | Vikasa Yoga | Enter Projects Asia | |
| Fitness | Penn Squash Center | EwingCole | |
| Fitness | Piedmont Wellness Center | Perkins and Will | |
| Fitness | Fusion Fitness Q-Plex Premium Club | Pone Architecture | |
| Fitness | BodyConcept Pilates Studio | Vermilion Zhou Design Group | |
| Bar | Lennon's | AvroKO | |
| Bar | Zweig | Balbek Bureau | |
| Bar | La Cage Noire | Minas Kosmidis Architects | |
| Bar | Odessa | Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos | |
| Lounge | Nina Bridal Suite | CL3 Architects | |
| Lounge | Felix Meritis | i29 and MATH Architecten | |
| Lounge | Garden Pavilion | NC Design & Architecture | |
| Lounge | Xige Estate | Saussure Architects | |
| Lounge | Osler Bluff Ski Club | Williamson Williamson | |
| Coffee/Tea | HeyTea Pink | MOC Design Office | |
| Coffee/Tea | Liberation Coffee House | ORA | |
| Coffee/Tea | HeyTea Lab | Tomo Design | |
| Coffee/Tea | HeyTea | UND Design Studio | |
| Counter Service | De Huevos | Cadena + Asociados Concept Design | |
| Counter Service | City Food | DA Bureau | |
| Counter Service | The Commons Saladaeng | Department of Architecture Co. | |
| Counter Service | Vista | Karv One Design | |
| Counter Service | BaseHall | Linehouse | |
| Casual Dining | YaoYao | AAN Architects | |
| Casual Dining | Under the Sea | DA Bureau | |
| Casual Dining | Tori Tori | Esrawe Studio | |
| Casual Dining | Mr Ming | NC Design & Architecture | |
| Casual Dining | Qingdao Flowery Café | SWS Group | |
| Fine Dining | Georgie by Curtis Stone | GRT Architects | |
| Fine Dining | Blue by Alain Ducasse | Jouin Manku | |
| Fine Dining | Afterain | Karv One Design | |
| Fine Dining | Jean-Georges, Three on the Bund | Neri&Hu Design and Research Office | |
| Fine Dining | Peak | Rockwell Group | |
| Hotel Dining | Nan Bei | AvroKO | |
| Hotel Dining | The Chinese National | EDG Design | |
| Hotel Dining | Maialino Mare | Parts and Labor Design | |
| Hotel Dining | Cathédrale | Rockwell Group | |
| Domestic Chain Hotel | Canopy by Hilton Philadelphia | AvroKO | |
| Domestic Chain Hotel | Virgin Hotel Nashville | MarkZeff | |
| Domestic Chain Hotel | Thompson Hotel Washington DC | Parts and Labor Design | |
| Domestic Chain Hotel | Conrad Washington DC | Rottet Studio and Herzog & de Meuron | |
| International Chain Hotel | InterContinental Raffles City Chongqing | CL3 Architects | |
| International Chain Hotel | Canopy by Hilton Cancun La Isla | HBA | |
| International Chain Hotel | Park Hyatt Kyoto | tonychi/takenaka | |
| International Chain Hotel | Hangzhou Joya Hotel | Vermilion Zhou Design Group | |
| Boutique Hotel | MeeHotel | Panorama Design Group | |
| Boutique Hotel | C. Baldwin Hotel | Rottet Studio | |
| Boutique Hotel | Hotel Gahn | Studio Locomotive | |
| Boutique Hotel | Golden Eagle G Hotel | Yang Bangsheng & Associates Group | |
| Resort | Canopy by Hilton Cancun La Isla | HBA | |
| Resort | Mauna Lani | Meyer Davis | |
| Resort | Apfelhotel Torgglerhof | NOA* Network of Architecture | |
| Resort | Casa Palerm | OhLab | |
| Hotel Transformation | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago | Deborah Berke Partners | |
| Hotel Transformation | Riggs Washington DC | Lore Group | |
| Hotel Transformation | Linhai Yufengli Homestay | LYCS Architecture | |
| Hotel Transformation | Loop Homes Palace | Martin Lejarraga Architecture Office | |
| Hotel Transformation | The Candler Hotel Atlanta | NicoleHollis | |
| Hotel Transformation | Conrad New York Midtown | Stonehill Taylor | |
| Large Corporate Office | Equinox Headquarters | Architecture + Information | |
| Large Corporate Office | Red Star Macalline Headquarters | M Moser Associates | |
| Large Corporate Office | Guardian Life Headquarters | Perkins and Will | |
| Large Corporate Office | BHP Adelaide | Woods Bagot | |
| Medium Corporate Office | Rockefeller Group Headquarters | Fogarty Finger Architecture | |
| Medium Corporate Office | EY Wavespace | Perkins and Will | |
| Medium Corporate Office | Pernod Ricard Global Headquarters | Saguez & Partners | |
| Small Corporate Office | First Gulf Finally Home | Figure3 | |
| Small Corporate Office | Sterling Bay Headquarters | IA Interior Architects | |
| Small Corporate Office | Wörwag Headquarters |
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| Biotech/Medical Office | Benson Hill | Arcturis | |
| Biotech/Medical Office | PDI Headquarters | Gensler | |
| Biotech/Medical Office | Bristol-Myers Squibb Modules M&N | HDR | |
| Biotech/Medical Office | Medical Research Building 1, The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation | ZGF | |
| Finance/Law Office | Financial Service Firm | Gensler | |
| Finance/Law Office | Law Firm | HYL Architecture and Spectorgroup | |
| Finance/Law Office | Law Office | SHoP Architects, Pliskin Architecture, and K&Co | |
| Finance/Law Office | Hogan Lovells | Studios Architecture | |
| Tech Office | TikTok Headquarters | Gensler | |
| Tech Office | Unbot Inc. | Prism Design | |
| Tech Office | Fintech | WIT Design & Research | |
| Tech Office | Tech Office | WRNS Studio | |
| Creative Office | Hallstar Beauty | Collective Office | |
| Creative Office | Motion Picture Association | Gensler | |
| Creative Office | Shiseido Americas Headquarters | HOK | |
| Creative Office | Roc Nation | Jeffrey Beers International | |
| Creative Office | Goop Headquarters | Rapt Studio | |
| Co-Working Space | NeueHouse Bradbury | DesignAgency | |
| Co-Working Space | Shimao MWorks Mao Space | Matrix Design | |
| Co-Working Space | The Coven | Studio BV | |
| Co-Working Space | Base4Work | Studio Perspektiv | |
| Firm's Own: North America | Dubbeldam Office | Dubbeldam Architecture + Design | |
| Firm's Own: North America | New York City Headquarters | HLW | |
| Firm's Own: North America | 60 Adelaide | Lemay | |
| Firm's Own: North America | Austin Studio | Perkins and Will | |
| Firm's Own: International | Xiamen Office | Cun Panda | |
| Firm's Own: International | Studio Office | Esrawe Studio | |
| Firm's Own: International | EVD Office | EVD | |
| Firm's Own: International | No.31 | Neri&Hu Design and Research Office | |
| Firm's Own: International | RMA Office | Republican Metropolis Architecture | |
| Office Transformation | Eagle Family Executive Offices | DLR Group | Staffelbach | |
| Office Transformation | Government Office | Provencher Roy | |
| Office Transformation | Unity | Rapt Studio | |
| Office Transformation | Canada Goose | RooMoo | |
| Corporate Cafeteria | La Visione, Object Carpet Campus | Ippolito Fleitz Group | |
| Corporate Cafeteria | The Rambler, Goodman Interlink Headquarters | Substance | |
| Corporate Cafeteria | One Shenzhen Bay | YuQiang & Partners | |
| Commercial Lobby + Amenity Space | Times Property Center | C&C Design Co. | |
| Commercial Lobby + Amenity Space | 600 West Chicago | Charlie Greene Studio | |
| Commercial Lobby + Amenity Space | One Embarcadero Center | Gensler | |
| Commercial Lobby + Amenity Space | The Post Office | Gensler | |
| Commercial Lobby + Amenity Space | Florescence | Karv One Design | |
| Commercial Lobby + Amenity Space | 347 Kent Street | Woods Bagot | |
| Building Facade | Torchy's Taco | Chioco Design | |
| Building Facade | American Airlines Federal Credit Union Headquarters | Corgan | |
| Building Facade | Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | Omniplan | |
| Building Facade | Lasvit Headquarters | OV Architekti | |
| Building Facade | Fifteen Fifty | SOM | |
| Residential Lobby + Amenity Space | Fifteen Fifty | Marmol Radziner and SOM | |
| Residential Lobby + Amenity Space | Dongguan Baisihui Soho | MYP Design | |
| Residential Lobby + Amenity Space | Waterline Club | Rockwell Group | |
| Residential Lobby + Amenity Space | Everbon | Shenzhen Super Normal Design Co. and Koomark Decoration | |
| Multi-Unit Housing | Bata Shoe Factory | Dubbeldam Architecture + Design and Quadrangle | |
| Multi-Unit Housing | John R 2660 | Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects | |
| Multi-Unit Housing | Ícaro Building | Studio Arthur Casas | |
| Multi-Unit Housing | Hawthorne Park Development | Workshop/APD | |
| Apartment | White Screens Apartment | Axelrod Design | |
| Apartment | Soho Loft | Ghislaine Viñas | |
| Apartment | Imperfect Residence | NC Design & Architecture | |
| Apartment | Hudson River Residence | SheltonMindel and Marpillero Pollak Architects | |
| Apartment | Alex | Spacedge Designs | |
| City House | Pemberton Residence | Alterstudio Architecture | |
| City House | Manifold House | David Jameson Architect | |
| City House | Vertical Courtyard House | Montalba Architects | |
| City House | Forest Knoll Residence | Standard Architecture | |
| City House | Brooklyn Townhouse | Workshop/APD | |
| Beach House | Casa Cova | Anonimous | |
| Beach House | Surf House | Commune Design and Feldman Architecture | |
| Beach House | Curtain Wall Too | SheltonMindel | |
| Beach House | Oceanfront Residence | Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts + Partners | |
| Beach House | Hamptons Modern | Workshop/APD | |
| Country House | High Desert Retreat | Aidlin Darling Design | |
| Country House | Hudson Valley Residence | Alloy Development and RR Interiors | |
| Country House | Ledge House | Desai Chia Architecture | |
| Country House | Private Residence | Sara Story Design | |
| Country House | Ski Retreat | Workshop/APD | |
| Residential Transformation | Fire Island House | Andrew Franz Architect | |
| Residential Transformation | Villa Bogenhausen | Arnold/Werner Architekten and Architekten Schindhelm Moser | |
| Residential Transformation | Bracondale Hill Residence | Drew Mandel Architects | |
| Residential Transformation | Albemarle Terrace | Jessica Helgerson Interior Design | |
| Kitchen + Bath | Stratford Residence | Alterstudio Architecture | |
| Kitchen + Bath | Skyline Drive Residence | Sand Studios | |
| Kitchen + Bath | Private Spa | Smartvoll Architects | |
| Kitchen + Bath | Brooklyn Heights Brownstone | The Brooklyn Home Company | |
| Kitchen + Bath | Montauk Residence | West Chin Architects | |
| Residential Landscape | Garden House | Christos Pavlou Architecture | |
| Residential Landscape | Teca House | Federico Delrosso Architects | |
| Residential Landscape | Jardin Vert | Janice Parker Landscape Architects and Jones Byrne Margeotes Partners | |
| Residential Sales Center/Model Apartment | Light of Time | C&C Design Co. | |
| Residential Sales Center/Model Apartment | CIFI Sales Center | Ippolito Fleitz Group | |
| Residential Sales Center/Model Apartment | Poly Times Sales Center | Matrix Design | |
| Residential Sales Center/Model Apartment | Sunac Qingyuan Heart Valley | Mind Design | |
| Residential Sales Center/Model Apartment | Junshan Cultural Center | Neri&Hu Design and Research Office | |
| Residential Sales Center/Model Apartment | Poly Galaxy Land K3 | Pone Architecture | |
| Domestic Showroom | Steelcase WorkLife | BLDGS | |
| Domestic Showroom | Spacestor | Gensler and De La Garza Architecture | |
| Domestic Showroom | Tarkett Atelier | Huntsman Architectural Group | |
| Domestic Showroom | Snaidero USA New York Flagship | Mario Mazzer Architects and Snaidero USA | |
| Domestic Showroom | Ketra Headquarters | Urban Foundry Architecture and Michael Hsu Office of Architecture | |
| International Showroom/Tradeshow Booth | Signtone Marble, 2019 Guangzhou Design Week | C&C Design Co. | |
| International Showroom/Tradeshow Booth | Virg Casa, 2019 China International Building Decoration Fair | PMT Partners | |
| International Showroom/Tradeshow Booth | NIO House | Raams Architecture Studio | |
| International Showroom/Tradeshow Booth | J+ Art Space | V2gether Design | |
| International Showroom/Tradeshow Booth | Sculptform | Woods Bagot | |
| Large Fashion Retail | Hub Shopping Center | Massive Design | |
| Large Fashion Retail | Louis Vuitton | Peter Marino Architect | |
| Large Fashion Retail | Jiamila | PMT Partners | |
| Large Fashion Retail | Conemoting Market | Yebin Design | |
| Small Fashion Retail | Trongyee Boutique | AD Architecture | |
| Small Fashion Retail | Beautiful People | Daisuke Yamamoto / De:Sign | |
| Small Fashion Retail | RTA | Dan Brunn Architecture | |
| Small Fashion Retail | Valextra | Neri&Hu Design and Research Office | |
| Small Fashion Retail | Bibilee | MOC Design Office | |
| Mixed Retail | Ecute Edition | Moment | |
| Mixed Retail | Oppo Super Flagship | UNStudio | |
| Mixed Retail | Huawei Global Flagship | Saguez & Partners | |
| Mixed Retail | Zhongshuge Lafayette | X+Living | |
| Environmental Branding + Graphics | Power10 Fitness | Dubbeldam Architecture + Design and Sali Tabacchi | |
| Environmental Branding + Graphics | 401 Park | Elkus Manfredi Architects | |
| Environmental Branding + Graphics | The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology | IKD | |
| Environmental Branding + Graphics | Dreamland | Karv One Design | |
| Environmental Branding + Graphics | Mini Cuppa Shanghai | Raams Architecture Studio | |
| Marketing + Branding Collateral | Anchovy Social | Brand Bureau | |
| Marketing + Branding Collateral | Love Letters to New York City | CetraRuddy Architecture | |
| Marketing + Branding Collateral | Yours Truly DC | Simeone Deary Design Group | |
| Marketing + Branding Collateral | Toolkit for the Times | Studio O+A | |
| On the Boards: Commercial | Real Estate Headquarters | Clive Wilkinson Architects and Rojkind Arquitectos | |
| On the Boards: Commercial | Terminal Warehouse | CooKFox Architects | |
| On the Boards: Commercial | Kunming House of Art & Culture | Hariri & Hariri Architecture | |
| On the Boards: Commercial | Arrupe Hall, Saint Joseph's University | Moto Designshop | |
| On the Boards: Commercial | 800 Fulton | SOM | |
| On the Boards: Residential | Chelsea Townhouse | Andrea Steele Architecture and Lissoni NY | |
| On the Boards: Residential | Casa Horizonte | De-Spec | |
| On the Boards: Residential | Casa Mas | Doo Architecture | |
| On the Boards: Residential | Saint Marks Place | INC Architecture & Design | |
| On the Boards: Residential | Senior Housing | Messana O'Rorke | |
| On the Boards: Residential | Mr. C Residences | Meyer Davis | |
| Shining Moment | Shorter than the Day | Sze Studio and Amuneal | |
| Shining Moment | Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial | L'Observatoire International and Gery Partners | |
| Shining Moment | LaMoitié | One Fine Day Studio & Partners | |
| Shining Moment | 82nd Street Townhouse | Roger Ferris + Partners | |
| Shining Moment | Entryway Staircase | Zimmerman Workshop Architecture + Design and Ot/tra |