20 projects from A' design award and competition transform interiors into spatial art

a’ design award and competition calls for 2025 entries

The A’ Design Award and Competition stands as a prestigious platform for elevating exceptional designs, offering global exposure and ensuring that remarkable projects receive the recognition they truly deserve. With its reach spanning across major countries and languages, the competition promotes innovation and creativity on a grand scale. By taking a look at past winners, designboom spotlights 20 playful and intricate designs that earned the coveted Good Architecture Design Award, each transforming interiors into a vibrant art form. Spanning over residential spaces, hotels, galleries, and retail environments, these works invite architects and designers to reimagine how space can evoke emotion through every curve, texture, and material. 

Now is the time to join this wave of creativity – nominate your design here for the 2025 edition and be part of the next chapter in spatial design.

Yinchuang Zhong Shu Ge Book Store by Masato Kure and Masashi Ota, 2024
image credit: Inter mountain

name: Yinchuang Zhong Shu Ge

designers: Masashi Ota, Yuki Kashiwakura and Masato Kure

award: Platinum

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

a platform for visionary designs

From sculptural staircases that become the heart of a mall to interiors that weave nature into urban retail stores, the award-winning projects champion designs that merge functionality with a sense of wonder. The Good Architecture Design Award within the A’ Design Competition offers the perfect platform for architects and designers who explore the intersection between structure and artistry. Beyond architecture, the award celebrates excellence in a diverse range of categories, including product design, fashion, packaging, toys, mobility and landscape – to mention just a few of over 150 categories. See more award-winning designs from other categories here.

Meland Club Indoor Playground by Li Xiang, 2024
image credit: X+LIVING

name: Meland Club

designer: Li Xiang
award: Platinum

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

gain recognition and open new doors with a’ design and award

Winning an A’ Design Award goes far beyond recognition – it provides an opportunity for global visibility and career growth. Winners will receive extensive benefits, including media exposure, participation in international exhibitions, and a coveted place in the World Design Rankings. Each entry is carefully evaluated by an esteemed jury of design professionals, academics, and influential media figures, ensuring that the work is seen and judged by industry leaders.

Register here to join the ranks of celebrated designers and architects in 2025 and let your work be judged against the best in the world.

Arcteryx Sanlitun Flagship Store by Arcteryx and Still Young, 2024
image credit: Yuuuun Studio

name: Arcteryx Sanlitun

designers: Arcteryx and Still Young

award: Gold

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

T10 Shopping Mall Shopping Center by Alex Chiang, 2024
image credit: Alex Chiang

name: T10 Shopping Mall

designers: Sun Hong, Wang Ji Wen, Lu Chao Fei, Jia Wen Ha, Zhang Xiao Lei, Zhang Wen, Zhen Qiao Wen, Zhou Qian

award: Silver

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

name: The Healer Waves

designer: Güneş Duman Gürbüz

award: Iron

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Yibai Restaurant Interior Design by Axin Chen, 2024
image credit: Axin Chen

name: Yibai Restaurant

designer: Axin Chen

award: Silver

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Al Moosa Pediatric Clinics Interior Design by CALINE MORCOS INTERIORS, 2024
image credit: 3d visualization Jimmy ghanimeh

name: Al Moosa Pediatric Clinics

designer: CALINE MORCOS

award: Silver

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

name: Color Symphony

designers: Ho Wang Owen LAM and Pui Sze Jessica KONG

award: Bronze

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Yangguang City No.9 Residential House by Saiwen Liu, 2024
image credit: Saiwen Liu

name: Yangguang City No.9

designer: Saiwen Liu

award: Silver

category:  Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Nubank Corporate interior by Juan Carlos Baumgartner, 2024
image credit: Nubank

name: Nubank

designer: Juan Carlos Baumgartner

award: Silver

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Changi Terminal 2 New Airport Langage by Boiffils Architectures, 2024
image credit: Changi Airport Group

name: Changi Terminal 2

BOIFFILS Architectures team: Basile Boiffils, Jacqueline Boiffils, Henri Boiffils, Arda Beyleryan, Monir Karimi, Laura Follin, Nicolas Delesalle

botanic design: Patrick Blanc

lighting design: PhA Concepteurs lumière, Philippe Almon

architect of record: RSP Architects

multimedia entertainment studio: Moment Factory

award: Platinum

category: Architecture, Building and Structure Design

Dream Forest Elementary School Library by Hsiang Chen Lu, 2024
image credit: Hsiang Chen Lu

name: Dream Forest

designer: Hsiang Chen Lu

award: Silver

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

name: Jing Hong

designer: Wei Zhang

award: Bronze

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Amar Beirut Restaurant by Marina Khalil, 2024
image credit: Konrad Jędraszczak

name: Amar Beirut

designer: Marina Khalil

award: Gold

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Piccola Play Cafe by Pinar Gorpeoglu, 2024
image credit: CANSU AYDURAN

name: Piccola

designers: Pinar Gorpeoglu

award: Silver

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

name: Starry Gaze

designer: James Lai

award: Silver

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Royal One Private Club House by Kris Lin, 2024
Image credit: Cheng Ming

name: Royal One

designers: Kris Lin

award: Platinum

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Nanbu Eye Gymnasium by Li Yang and Xu Haifeng, 2024
Image credit: Dong Liang and Zhang Hongge, RAWVISION studio

FoodX Poznan Restaurant by Modelina, 2024
image credit: Patryk Lewinski

name: FoodX Poznan

designers: Pawel Garus, Jerzy Wozniak, Kinga Kin

award: Bronze

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design

name: Gathering Night

designer: Bocheng Lv

award: Silver

category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design