Five finalists have just been announced in the residential category of the Belle Coco Republic Interior Design Awards, a prize which acknowledges excellence in Australian interior design and decoration. Now in its fourth year, the competition from Belle magazine and furniture store Coco Republic has residential, commercial, corporate and hospitality categories. Judging criteria includes innovation, quality of execution and fulfilment of the client’s brief. Belle Editor-in-chief Neale Whitaker said every year it seems Australian interior designers are getting more innovative, more creative and more willing to push the envelope.

In the residential category, the finalists are:

CROYDON HOUSE, Greg Natale Design
EAST BRISBANE GUEST HOUSE, Greg Natale Design
THE AVENUE, Arent & Pyke
ARTHOUSE, Sarah Davison Interior Design
FLINDERS HOUSE, Susi Leeton

In the hospitality category, the finalists are:

ALPHA, DS17
WATSONS BAY HOTEL, Alexander & Co
YELLOW, Pascale Gomes-McNabb

In the commercial category, the finalists are:

ONE HOT YOGA, Robert Mills
JAC + JACK STRAND ARCADE, George Livissianis
SNEAKERBOY, March Studio

In the corporate category, the finalists are:

FARAGE HQ, Greg Natale Design
LITTLE GROUP OFFICE, Mim Design
ESCALA PARTNERS, Molecule

The interior designer of the year finalists are:

GREG NATALE, Greg Natale Design
ANDREW PARR AND JONATHAN RICHARDS, SJB Interiors
SARAH DAVISON, Sarah Davison Interior Design
JULIETTE ARENT AND SARAH-JANE PYKE, Arent & Pyke
PASCALE GOMES-MCNABB, Pascale Gomes-McNabb