Dezeen Awards 2018 interiors shortlist spotlights the best indoor spaces on the planet

We're now revealing the interiors shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards, including a London church converted into a home, a gallery in a former sex shop in Japan and a multicoloured exhibition in Sweden.

There are 41 projects across eight categories on the Dezeen Awards interiors shortlist, spotlighting the best new interior design from around the globe.

Architects and designers that made the list include Snøhetta, Stanton Williams, Conran and Partners, Studioilse and Note Design Studio.

Other highlights on the shortlist include a 33-square-metre guest house, a loft apartment in a former tank station, a pop-up hydroponic farm and an office in a converted Shanghai villa.

Bavaria Road, a London church converted into a home by West Architecture, made the shortlist in the house interior category

The shortlist was selected from a longlist of 207, by a panel of judges that included India Mahdavi, Terence Conran, Je Ahn of Studio Weave and Design Haus Liberty founder Dara Huang.

Projects were scored according to three criteria: whether they were beautiful, innovative, and beneficial to people and planet.

The winner of each category will be announced at a ceremony in London later this year and will go on to compete for the interiors project of the year title.

Persimmonhills Architects is shortlisted in the civic and cultural interior category for Cut, a gallery in a former sex shop in Koganecho, Japan

The architecture shortlist has already been announced, while the design and studios categories will be revealed later this week.

The interiors shortlist is listed below. Click through for more info on each entry:


House interior

› Captain Kelly's Cottage, Bruny Island, Australia, by John Wardle Architects
› Maison du Parc, Montreal, Canada, by La Shed Architecture
› A White House, Shanghai, China, by RIGI Design
› Triplex At Sant Antoni, Barcelona, Spain, by Valentí Albareda Tiana
› Bavaria Road, London, UK, by West Architecture


Residential interior

› Kevin, Hong Kong, China, by JAAK Design
Hidden Tints, Stockholm, Sweden, by Note Design Studio
› Loft Panzerhalle, Salzburg, Austria, by Smartvoll
› Lapa Apartment, Lisbon, Portugal, by Studio Gameiro
› #7 Southlands, Mumbai, India, by Squareworks
› Chapter Kings Cross, London, UK, by Tigg + Coll Architects


Hospitality interior

› QO Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by Conran and Partners
› Inbetween A Thai Street, Taipei, Taiwan, by JC Architecture
› Lokal, London, UK, by Space10 and Spacon&X
› KOKO Restaurant, Phuket, Thailand, by Studio Locomotive
› Nobu Hotel Shoreditch, London, UK, by Studio Mica


Workspace interior

› Lightspeed 2, Montreal, Canada, by ACDF Architecture
› Monoarchi Office, Shanghai, China, by Monoarchi
› IKEA Creative Hub, Malmö, Sweden, by Nanna Lagerman
› M+Space, Beijing, China, by Office AIO
› Office With a Patio, Tokyo, Japan, by Shogo Onodera/Tsukasa Okada


Civic and cultural interior

› Lascaux International Centre for Cave Art, Montignac, France, by Casson Mann
› Hackney Town Hall, London, UK, by Hawkins\Brown
› Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, by i29
› Learning and Teaching Building Monash University, Clayton, Australia, by John Wardle Architects
› Cut, Koganecho, Japan, by Persimmonhills Architects


Retail interior

Yueyue Bookstore, Shanghai, China, by Atelier Archmixing
› V&A Museum Main Shop, London, UK, by Friend and Company Architects
Bake Cheese Tart Shop, Abeno-Ku, Japan, by Fumitaka Suzuki from Yagyug Douguten
› Patom Organic Living, Bangkok, Thailand, by NitaProw
› Aesop Duke of York Square, London, UK, by Snøhetta


Health and wellness interior

Yasuragi, Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden, by DAPstockholm
› Willow Urban Retreat, Armadale, Australia, by Megan Hounslow and Melanie Beynon
› London Spa, London, UK, by Richard Bell Architecture
› The Wellness Clinic, Harrods, London, UK, by Stanton Williams
› Pharmacy Where Healthy People Gather, Nishinarashino, Japan, by Tsubasa Iwahashi


Small interior

› Pump Station, Dungeness, UK, by Johnson Naylor
We Are The Remix, Gothenburg, Sweden, by MUSEEA
› The Lookout, Stockholm, Sweden, by Note Design Studio
› XS House 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, by Phoebe Sayswow Architects
› Refettorio Felix, London, UK, by Studioilse