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ON THE COVER In Nanjing, China, Dayi Design recontextualized an ancient ½-acre site into Big Red Crawfish, a seafood restaurant and commercial space, unified by a new painted steel staircase snaking around a quartet of millennia-old structures, winning the Interior Design Best of Year Award in the shining moment category. Photography: Cong Lin.
best of year 26 BEAUTY
57 FINE DINING
27 SPA
58 COUNTER SERVICE
28 INSTALLATION
60 CASUAL DINING & BAR/LOUNGE
30 INSTITUTIONAL 32 BUDGET 33 BUILDING FACADE 34 LIBRARY 35 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 36 MUSEUM 38 EXHIBITION 40 DOMESTIC TRANSPORTATION 41 INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION 42 SOCIAL IMPACT 44 HEALTHCARE 45 HEALTH/WELLNESS 46 ENTERTAINMENT 48 OUTDOOR 50 SMALL EARLY EDUCATION 51 LARGE EARLY EDUCATION SEAN LIU/M MOSER ASSOCIATES
52 SMALL HIGHER EDUCATION 53 LARGE HIGHER EDUCATION 54 COMMERCIAL CAFÉ 56 COFFEE/TEA
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61 BAR/LOUNGE ARCHITECTURE 62 HOTEL DINING 64 RESORT 66 CHAIN HOTEL 67 COUNTRY GETAWAY 68 BOUTIQUE HOTEL 70 SMALL HOTEL TRANSFORMATION 71 LARGE HOTEL TRANSFORMATION 72 SMALL CORPORATE OFFICE 73 MEDIUM CORPORATE OFFICE 74 LARGE CORPORATE OFFICE 76 EXTRA-LARGE CORPORATE OFFICE 78 SMALL CREATIVE OFFICE 79 LARGE CREATIVE OFFICE 80 SMALL FINANCIAL OFFICE 82 LARGE FINANCIAL OFFICE 82
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84 FIRM’S OWN OFFICE 85 COWORKING OFFICE 86 LAW OFFICE
88 BIOTECH OFFICE 89 SMALL TECH OFFICE 90 MEDIUM TECH OFFICE 91 LARGE TECH OFFICE 92 OFFICE TRANSFORMATION
94 SMALL COMMERCIAL LOBBY/AMENITY SPACE 95 MEDIUM COMMERCIAL LOBBY/AMENITY SPACE
113 LARGE RESIDENTIAL RENOVATION 114 PUBLIC RESTROOM 115 KITCHEN/BATH 116 AFFORDABLE HOUSING 117 DOMESTIC MULTIUNIT HOUSING 118 INTERNATIONAL MULTIUNIT HOUSING 120 RETAIL 121 FASHION RETAIL 122 MALL
96 LARGE COMMERCIAL LOBBY/AMENITY SPACE
124 ACCESSORIES RETAIL
97 RESIDENTIAL LOBBY/ AMENITY SPACE
198 ENVIRONMENTAL BRANDING & COLLATERAL BRANDING
98 SMALL COUNTRY HOUSE 100 MEDIUM COUNTRY HOUSE 101 LARGE COUNTRY HOUSE 102 BEACH HOUSE 104 RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE 105 APARTMENT 106 DOMESTIC SMALL CITY HOUSE 107 INTERNATIONAL SMALL CITY HOUSE 108 MEDIUM CITY HOUSE 110 LARGE CITY HOUSE 112 SMALL RESIDENTIAL RENOVATION
126 SHINING MOMENT
199 SALES CENTER 200 SHOWROOM 202 PRODUCT EXHIBITION 204 SENIOR LIVING 205 AI INTEGRATION 206 ON THE BOARDS MULTIUNIT RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL 207 ON THE BOARDS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 211 COMMERCIAL STAIRCASE
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