Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the winners for the 2018 Australian Interior Design Awards (AIDA) have been announced. 

Presented at a gala celebration in Sydney on Friday, more than 500 of Australia's most esteemed interior design and architecture practitioners and professionals were in attendance. 

Featuring convention-challenging workplaces, meticulously detailed retail spaces, and game-changing public designs, this year's winners elevate Australia's design reputation to new heights. 

Experimental project, Space & Time by Russell & George, was presented with the 2018 Premier Award at the AIDA.

Pictured: Experimental project, Space & Time by Russell & George, winner of the  2018 Premier Award at the AIDA. Source: Papermill Media.

The jury said the way in which the project challenged the temporality of contemporary design was a key factor in securing the Premier Award for Australian Interior Design. 

Dubbed a "genuine laboratory", the uniqueness of Space & Time lies in its ability to morph into a restaurant, cafe, gallery, showroom, office, function center or workspace.

"This project is as unexpected as it is rigorous, and its design sets a new precedent for encouraging innovation and not merely copying what has been done before," the 2018 jury said. 

Meanwhile, the awards named Ritz & Ghougassian as the ones to watch, after receiving the 2018 award for Emerging Interior Design Practice. Only in its second anniversary, the jurors praised Gilad and Jean-Paul's firm noting that it was, "particularly refreshing in an age of social media that its co-directors are designing by principles, not Pinterest."

Ritz & Ghougassian, winner of the 2018 award for Emerging Interior Design Practice. Source: Papermill Media.

Other winners include:

Interior Design Impact Award
Grimshaw in association with The Buchan Group (Masterplanner: Civitas, Construction Partner: Probuild) for Highpoint Shopping Centre, North East Precinct Development, Vic

Emerging Interior Design Practice -Award
Ritz & Ghougassian, Vic

-Commendation
Pattern Studio, NSW

Residential Design
-Award
Bicker Design for Canning Cottage, Vic
-Commendation
Breathe Architecture for Nightingale 1, Vic
Madeleine Blanchfield Architects for Coogee House II, NSW Ritz & Ghougassian for Highbury Grove, Vic
SJB for Darlinghurst Residence, NSW

Residential Decoration
-Award
Arent & Pyke for Curatorial House, NSW

-Commendation

Golden for South Yarra Mirror Apartment, Vic

Robson Rak Architects & Interiors for Elwood2, Vic Robson Rak Architects & Interiors for Stables House, Vic SIBLING Architecture for Frenches Interior, Vic
SJB for Beach House, NSW

Best of State Awards for Residential Design
New South Wales - Madeleine Blanchfield Architects for Coogee House II Queensland - Deicke Richards for Crescent House
South Australia - studio-gram with Kate Russo for Millswood House Victoria - Bicker Design for Canning Cottage
Western Australia - Robeson Architects for King George

View a gallery of the 2018 Australian Interior Design Awards winners here.

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