Interior Design
The CDA Interior Design Award recognizes exceptional built work across three distinct categories — from intimate residential projects to large-scale commercial and cultural commissions, hospitality environments, and landscape interventions. Entries are evaluated exclusively by CDA voting members: over 300 architects, designers, editors, and cultural leaders from 55 countries.
Requirement
Work submitted must have been completed between April 2025 and November 2026.
Entry fee is €220 per submission
Key Dates
Submission Open: September 1
Submission Deadline: October 31
Announcement:
Créateurs Selects: (Longlist): December 1
CDA Nominees: (Shortlist): January 4, 2027
CDA Awards Ceremony (Live from Paris): January 16, 2027
Best Hospitality Project
Recognizes outstanding interior design work in the hospitality sector — bars, hotels, resorts, and restaurants where design serves the quality of the guest experience.
Best Residential Project
Recognizes exceptional interior design work in residential design — from single-family homes to multi-unit developments — where spatial quality, material intelligence, and livability define the work.
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Best Commercial & Cultural Project
Recognizes interior design excellence across commercial and civic contexts — museums, art galleries, religious buildings, libraries, theaters, entertainment venues, schools, universities, airports, government buildings, workplaces, and retail environments.
