As the final stage in creating a built environment, the interior design establishes a more personal and direct connection of space to its occupants. The challenge is to design a built environment that has both aesthetic value and functionality. Constraints such as economy and sustainability are also considered.
BLT Built Design Awards – Interior Design acknowledges the importance and impact of interior design in our daily lives. With 17 categories, from Residential Interior to Public Building Interior Design, from New Concept to Renovation projects, the award is for exceptional interior designers and design teams who are able to push boundaries, transforming living and working spaces.
The Interior Design of the Year awards talented designers whose projects push boundaries and demonstrate clear evidence that the many challenges of today’s world are taken into consideration. These challenges include how to increase the quality of personal interactions and how to facilitate these interactions, in order to connect and collaborate in spaces designed to merge lifestyle with work style.
Students and young designers are also encouraged to apply for a chance to be awarded the title of Emerging Interior Designer of the Year. This prize is awarded to the student who has demonstrated a new vision and extensive devotion for architecture.
The Interior Design of the Year and Emerging Interior Designer of the Year winning projects will be showcased to a global audience, be featured in the BLT book, and be given the opportunity to share more of their vision and project in winner’s interviews. They will also receive the BLT Built Design Awards trophy, enjoying continued and extensive publicity throughout the year, in addition to:
Entries can be submitted as conceptual designs, in progress, or as completed projects. The only restriction is that entries or completed projects must be no more than five years old.
Entries should include images of each side of the building or environment along with the contextual surroundings. Please include floor and small-scale site plans showing the project in its context. Where a project is a group of buildings, entrants should provide a rendering that illustrates the complete project. If the entry concerns an alteration or restoration, please include both before and after images.
Submissions can be made as a professional or as a student. Winners are chosen based on a single project – not for a body of work.
The BLT Built Design Awards are open to anyone aged 18+ residing anywhere in the world. Professional entries will be judged against other professionals and student entries against other students.
For more information please check the FAQ page or download the BLT Awards Entry Guide 2025.
The evaluation process for entries to the BLT Built Design Awards is based on various judging criteria. These are constantly adapted and updated, in response to new technical, social, economic, and ecological requirements. The criteria are not comprehensive and not all criteria are applied to each project, they simply provide an orientation framework and basis for judging — which is complemented by each juror’s expertise and socio-cultural background.
Each member of the jury is passionately committed to providing a fair evaluation. Jury members are assigned categories based on their specific backgrounds and expertise. All projects are viewed and judged randomly and anonymously, in order to ensure unbiased and fair judging.
The judging criteria include the following:
The BLT Built Design Awards scores projects between 10-100 points.
No Further Fees: Unlike some other design awards and competitions, there are no further fees for winning the award: Everything listed in the winner’s benefits will be provided free of charge.
