Record number of entries for Surface Design Awards as 2022 finalists announced
The 48 finalists of the 2022 Surface Design Awards have just been announced with a record number of entries demonstrating a wealth of talent and material innovation. Projects shortlisted include 22 Handyside, an office in London by Coffey Architects, Maggie’s Centre for cancer care in Southampton by AL_A and Sangini House, a workplace in Gujarat, India by Urbanscape Architects. There were nearly 200 entries for this year’s Awards, with submissions sent from 24 different countries around the world including China, France and the USA.
There are twelve Awards in total, which every year form an integral part of the Surface Design Show (8-10 February 2022) and reward both interior and exterior innovation.
The Awards are divided into a handful of building categories: commercial building, housing, light and surface, landscape + public realm, public building and temporary structure, with each project judged on a variety of criteria including materials used, type of surface, sustainability, and aesthetic design.
The 2022 Awards also include a new category of Architectural Photography recognising the most outstanding photography achievements by both amateurs and professionals, capturing the best in architecture and interior design.
The winners of the 2022 Surface Design Awards will be announced on Thursday 10 February, in a breakfast ceremony at Surface Design Show at London’s Business Design Centre including the Supreme Award, which is selected from the category winners.