Dezeen has announced the interiors shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes interior designs by Omar Gandhi Architects, Hawkins\Brown and Universal Design Studio.

The 46 shortlisted studios, which are in the running for awards in nine different interior project categories, are located across 23 different countries including Poland, Slovakia, India, Mexico and Slovenia.

The top four represented studio countries are Australia and the UK tied with six shortlisted entries, followed by USA and China, tied with four.

The top project city locations are London, with six shortlisted entries, followed by Shanghai with four and Tokyo, Paris and New York in third with three each.

The shortlist features projects with tile-clad interiors such as an open-plan apartment in Madrid’s bohemian Conde Duque neighbourhood and an earthy-toned rooftop bar at Ace Hotel Toronto.

Local architecture studios Productora and Esrawe Studio were also shortlisted this year for their hotel interior with planes of suspended green tiles in Mexico.

Other shortlisted projects include a courtyard house renovated into a flagship fragrance store in Beijing, a 6,400-square-metre office building featuring cork and a modern glass roof extension of an Edwardian building in Sydney.

Dezeen Awards 2023 shortlists revealed this week

The shortlisted projects were scored by our interior jury, which includes interior designers Paola Navone, David Flack, Maria Cheung and stylist Colin King.

Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, will reveal all shortlisted projects this week. The architecture shortlist was announced yesterday and the design shortlist will be announced tomorrow followed by sustainability on Thursday.

This year's new nomination-based Designers of the Year and Bentley Lighthouse Award shortlists will be announced this Friday and next Monday respectively.

All shortlisted interiors projects are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards website, where you can find an image and more information about the project. All shortlisted projects will also feature in their own dedicated Dezeen post.

The winner of each project category will be announced at our party in November. All nine winners will then go on to compete for the title of interior project of the year. This category is sponsored by Italian design brand Moroso.

Read on for the full interiors shortlist ›

Home interior

› Another Seedbed: From Domesticity to Hospitality, New York, USA, by Ignacio G Galan, Jesse McCormick, and Future Projects
› Hiroo Residence, Tokyo, Japan, by Keiji Ashizawa Design
› Union Street House, Melbourne, Australia, by Prior Barraclough
› Mexican and Galician influences in Madrid, Spain, by Sierra + Delahiguera
› Tembo Tembo Lodge, South Africa, by Studio Asaï

This category is sponsored by Planner 5D.

Browse all projects on the home interior shortlist page.

Restaurant and bar interior

› Frescohallen, Bergen, Norway, by Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects
› Beefbar Milan, Italy, by Humbert & Poyet
› Prime Seafood Palace, Toronto, Canada, by Omar Gandhi Architects
› Taproom in the Brewery Tenczynek, Poland, by Projekt Praga
› Xokol, Guadalajara, Mexico, by ODAmx and Ruben Valdez Practice
› Ikoyi, London, UK, by David Thulstrup

This category is sponsored by Nude Glass.

Browse all projects on the restaurant and bar interior shortlist page.

Hotel and short-stay interior

› Ace Hotel Toronto, Canada, by Atelier Ace
› Capella Sydney, Australia, by BAR Studio and Make Architects
› Albor Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Guanajuato, Mexico, by Esrawe Studio and Productora
› Six Senses Rome, Italy, by Patricia Urquiola
› Som Land Hostel, Shanghai, by RooMoo

Browse all projects on the hotel and short-stay interior shortlist page.

Workplace interior (small)

› Mitsui & Co, Minato-ku, Japan, by Flooat
› Studio Reisinger, Barcelona, Spain, by Isern Serra
› The Forest of Knowledge – CCI Library, Mumbai, India, by Studio Hinge
› Terroir Hobart Office, Hobart, Australia, by Terroir
› WOA Second Home, Ernakulam, India, by Workers of Art

Browse all projects on the workplace interior (small) shortlist page.

Workplace interior (large)

› Government Office, Abu Dhabi, UAE, by Agata Kurzela studio
› COX Sydney Studio, Australia, by Cox Architecture
› Carlsen Publisher Campus, Hamburg, Germany, by de Winder Architekten
› Here+Now, Reading, UK, by Hawkins\Brown
› 210 Euston Road, London, UK, by Universal Design Studio

This category is sponsored by Woven Image.

Browse all projects on the workplace interior (large) shortlist page.

Retail interior (small)

› Gallery Shop at the Art Gallery of NSW , Sydney, Australia, by Akin Atelier
› Cover Story Paint Studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by Linda Bergroth
› SOM Store, Bratislava, Slovakia, by D415
› Big, London, UK, by Nina+Co
› Coachtopia, London, UK, by Studio XAG

Browse all projects on the retail interior (small) shortlist page.

Retail interior (large)

› Harmay Chongqing, China, by Aim Architecture
› Calico Club Cottage, Nistelrode, The Netherlands, by Barde vanVoltt
› ToSummer Beijing Guozijian, China, by FOG Architecture
› Super Seed Concept Store, Hangzhou, China, by FOG Architecture
› Freitag Store Shanghai, China, by Kooo Architects

Browse all projects on the retail interior (large) shortlist page.

Health and wellbeing interior

› Placidus Student Welfare Spaces for Marcellin College, Melbourne, Australia, by Branch Studio Architects
› Gym Town, Hong Kong, China, by MR Studio
› Seattle Children's Odessa Brown Children's Clinic, USA, by NBBJ
› La Maison de Beauté Carita, L'Oréal-Luxe, Paris, France, by Rev/Studio
› Paste, Toronto, Canada, by Studio Author

Browse all projects on the health and wellbeing interior shortlist page.

Exhibition design (interior)

› Objects Of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924, London, UK, by Alexander Boxill
› Flow, Milan, Italy, by Daisuke Yamamoto Design Studio
› The Golden Age of Grotesque, Hannover, Germany, by Didier Fiuza Faustino / Mesarchitecture
› Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear, London, UK, by JA Projects
› BIO27 Super Vernaculars Exhibition Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia, by Medprostor
› The Welcome Center, Washington, USA, by Studio Joseph

Browse all projects on the exhibition design (interior) shortlist page.

Dezeen Awards 2023

Dezeen Awards celebrates the world's best architecture, interiors and design. Now in its sixth year, it has become the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as part of a wider collaboration that will see the brand work with Dezeen to support and inspire the next generation of design talent.