AYA 2024 shortlists: Interior Architect of the Year, sponsored by Zentia

Earlier this year BD announced all the architects who made it on to the shortlists for our prestigious annual Architect of the Year Awards.

Now we are shining the spotlight on each category in turn and publishing a selection of the images that impressed the judges.

This year’s judges include: Yẹmí Aládérun, head of development, Meridian Water, Enfield Council; Alexandra Andone, associate director, PRP; Amr Assaad, board director, Buckley Gray Yeoman; Lee Bennett, partner, design chair and school lead, Sheppard Robson; Sarah Cary, chief development officer Imperial College, White City Campus; Irene Craik, director, Levitt Bernstein; Alex Ely, founding director, Mae; Martyn Evans, creative director, LandsecU+I; Gavin Hale-Brown, director, Henley Halebrown; Tanvir Hasan, director emeritus, Donald Insall Associates; Lee Higson, board director, Eric Parry Architects; Nigel Hugill, chief executive, Urban & Civic; Kirsten Lees, managing partner, Grimshaw; Oliver Lowrie, director and founder, Ackroyd Lowrie; Anna Mansfield, director, Publica; Michelle McDowell, non-executive director, Civic; Ian McKnight, founding partner, Hall McKnight; John McRae, director and trustee, Orms; David Partridge, chairman, Related Argent; Sarah Robinson, asociate director, The King’s Foundation; Philippa Simpson, director for buildings and renewal, Barbican Centre; Kevin Singh, head, Manchester School of Architecture; Karl Singporewala, founder, Karl Singporewala Design Bureau; Jonathan Smales, founder and CEO, Human Nature; Elizabeth Smith, chairman and regional director, Purcell; Alan Stanton, principal director, Stanton Williams; Amin Taha, chairperson, Groupwork; Magali Thomson, project lead for placemaking, Great Ormond Street Hospital; Tatiana von Preussen, co-founder and director, vPPR; Jo Wright, director, Perkins&Will.

Today’s shortlist is for the category of Interior Architect of the Year, sponsored by Zentia.

3DReid

3DReid’s entry includes two new hotels in Glasgow – AC Marriott and The Address - both completed in listed city centre buildings. On the Isle of Skye, the practice is refurbishing the main public spaces of The Cuillin Hills Hotel using a muted traditional palette inspired by the rural location. The entry is completed by the ongoing office interior of 40 Broadway, which is targeting a WELL ‘Platinum’ certification.

Barr Gazetas

Four London office projects include Fivefields, a calming and welcoming environment for charities and social organisations in Victoria. The interior includes areas for different sensory needs and is driven by circular economy principles. Barr Gazetas has also completed 30 Broadwick Street, in collaboration with concept architects Studio Stockholm. The workplace includes specialist facilities relating to wellbeing such as a meditation prayer room and an exercise space.

Gensler

Francis House is an adaptive re-use of a historic London warehouse for communications firm Edelman. Twelve different zones incorporate a variety of seating typologies for 700 employees, with an entire floor for nurturing client relations. Two other London projects include the offices of First Love Foundation, a charity working to combat poverty. In France, the practice completed a 1,300sqm new lounge for Star Alliance at Charles de Gaulle Airport.

HLM Architects

The practice aims to create spaces which are ‘considerate, memorable and support people’s physical and emotional wellbeing’. At The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering, the design draws inspiration from the external palette with warm tonal colours and natural textures. The smooth and rounded interior finishes of The Wave at the University of Sheffield are influenced by the site’s previous use as a reservoir. The entry is completed by The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland.

LOM architecture and design

LOM’s interiors team focuses on developing human-centric and sustainable designs for the workplace, residential and hospitality sectors. Biophilia and collaboration drove the design of Barn X, a rural workplace for Microsoft Rare Games. In London, it is refurbishing 2 Triton Square for Santander and retrofitting a 1970s building as a West End headquarters for a global business. The practice is also updating NatWest Group’s network of regional office hubs.

Proctor & Shaw

Adaptations of four existing London homes demonstrate the practice’s promotion of natural materials and commitment to sustainability. At Dulwich House, the whole house renovation drove down energy use with the introduction of extensive thermal linings, an air source heat pump and a bio-ethanol stove. In Highgate, a Grade II listed house has been refurbished and extended with a natural palette including Douglas fir, resin terrazzo and natural clay plaster.

TiggColl

The practice aims ‘to create places where people feel connected, happier and more themselves’. The entry features two co-living projects including the 50-storey Enclave Croydon, which has a material palette inspired by the area’s post-war architectural heritage. Amenity spaces at purpose built student accommodation (Chapter London Bridge) and the conversion of a Victorian church into the practice’s own workplace (Addison Studios) complete the submission.

tp bennett

Four London workplaces include an eight floor fit-out for BP at Canary Wharf. Designed with an emphasis on inclusivity and neurodiversity, the project was also driven by a Sustainability Charter with 45 environmental and social targets. In Paddington Basin, a new headquarters for Capital Group is designed to further collaboration and connectedness. Headquarters projects for William Blair and Viasal + Inmarsat complete the entry.