The 2015 IDIBC Awards of Excellence winners were announced during an award ceremony Sept. 25, in downtown Vancouver. Eight Awards of merit and Eight Awards of Excellence were awarded plus the Robert Ledingham Award for project of the year.
The prestigious Robert Ledingham Award was presented to Adele Pransky for Hotel Arts in Calgary, Alberta whose project demonstrated outstanding and innovative interior design.
“Our members create exceptional spaces and the association takes great pride in British Columbia’s Registered Interior Designers,” says Erica Wickes, president of IDIBC. “IDIBC congratulates all 2015 award winners.”
The 2015 Awards of Excellence winners are:
- Hotel Arts, Chil Interior Design
- Waterfront Residence, Evoke International Design Inc.
- Point Grey Residence, Evoke International Design Inc.
- Brentwood Tower 1 Presentation Centre, BYU Design
- Grosvenor Americas, Square One Interiors Inc.
- Confidential Client Building E, HOK
- Blubird, Box Interior Design Inc.
- Fairmont Palliser, Chil Interior Design
This year’s program also featured a new award, People’s Choice, where attendees at the celebration voted on their favourite project prior to the ceremony. SSDG Interiors won for Golder Project One.
One of the most highly regarded honours in the industry, the IDIBC SHINE Awards of Excellence program recognizes innovation and creativity in interior design. These awards not only represent the best of British Columbia’s interior design profession, but also demonstrate how the expertise of a Registered Interior Designer (R.I.D.) can enrich the spaces where we live, work and play.
This year the IDIBC also celebrates its 65th anniversary. Look for full coverage of all of this year’s IDIBC Awards of Excellence winners in the fall 2015 issue of Design Quarterly magazine.
