Best of Year Awards, 2006

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Interior Design Congratulates the Best Projects and Products of 2006

The first annual Best of Year recipients were chosen from over 800 contenders.

El Greco and Pablo Picasso weren't the only stars at New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on November 30, 2006. Circulating among works by the master painters inside Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic structure were some 800 members of the international A&D community, convening to celebrate the winners of Interior Design's first ever, annual Best of Year Awards.

Directly on the heels of the magazine's Hall of Fame, which packed the Waldorf-Astoria's grand ballroom with a record attendance of more than 1,500 people on November 29 and inducted Rand Elliott, Sergio Palleroni, Gaetano Pesce, Annabelle Selldorf, and Paul Siskin, the back-to-back events, says editor in chief Cindy Allen, "galvanized the design community—enabling us to honor the trifecta: people, projects, and products."

This was the magazine's first ever Best of Year (BoY) awards in which projects were divided into 19 categories—K&B, hospitality, and institutional among them—and voted on by Allen and judges Arthur Casas, Pam Light, Nick Luzietti, and Ali Tayar. "I've been on countless juries yet I don't think I've been on one that had such a selection of A-listers opposite A-listers," continues Allen.

Indeed, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Peter Marino + Associates, and Gabellini Shepard Associates are just a few of said A-listers that were called up to the podium to claim the winning bounty, a custom cast polyester-resin lightbulb by Harry Allen.

"It was so magical to celebrate design in the Guggenheim, it's such an inspiring place," recalls BoY residential apartment winner Lee Mindel of Shelton, Mindel & Associates. "The evening allowed for cross-hybridization between areas of the industry that usually never interact, and Interior Design continues to bring pride to the industry." In addition to pride, the event also raised money for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation.

The magazine reinstituted the Roscoe awards, which went to 40 product categories, ranging from kitchen cabinetry to outdoor lighting, after a 12-year hiatus. Best products were chosen based on popular online vote as determined by over 25,000 votes from nearly 10,000 unique visitors, qualified by title, during a two week period in October.

Winners in Bold.

Best of Year: Products

Accessories: Alessi: Nuvem Citrus Basket; Materious: Cubby; Sieger: Sieger Collection; Studio Lilica: Astro Mobile

Architectural Products: 3form: Wood; Architectural Systems, Inc.: Stacked Stone; DIRTT: DIRTT Movable Walls; Haworth: Patterns

Bath — Hardware & Accessories: Baci by Remcraft: Universal Swing Arm Mirror; Robern: Robern M Series with Night Light; Thermique Technologies: Thermique Towel Warmer; Urban Archaeology: Metropolitan Collection

Bath — Fixtures/Plumbing: Advent Design Int'l: Hand Carved Stone Baths; Dornbracht: Tara Logic; Duravit: Sundeck; Stone Forest: Papillon Tub

Building Products: Artistic Tile: Fiji Convex Brick Mosaic; Assembly Daniels International: Graphic Door; Haworth: Enclose; Urban Archaeology/Adriana Baler: Linx Tile

Eco-Product: Architex: Angela Adams Collection; Crossville : EcoCycle; Inhabit: Wall Flats; To Market: Atmosphere Earthshapes Discovery

Floorcovering: Hard: Ann Sacks: Angela Adams for Ann Sacks Concrete Flooring Tile; Freudenberg Building Systems: Noraplan Environcare; Parterre Flooring Systems: Fused Floor; Urban Archaeology/Trikeenan Tileworks: Ebb & Flow Tile

Floorcovering: Soft — Broadloom: Bentley Prince Street: (Simply) Urban Color Story; Karastan Contract: Poetry in Motion; Lees Carpets: Kensington Collection; Shaw Contract Group: The Angela Adams Collection Broadloom

Floorcovering: Soft — Modular: Artistic Tile: Black & White Cowhide; Chilewich: Big Stripes & Small Stripes; Durkan Commercial: Mind/Body/Soul; InterfaceFLOR Commercial: 1968 Collection

Floorcovering: Soft — Rugs: Emma Gardner Design: Joy; Endless Knot Rug Co: Susan Eslick Collection / Buds Ciocco; New Moon: Nouvel 4, Sky/Rust; Rugs by Vicki Simon: Night Vision; Top Floor : Metallica Collection: Equation

Furniture — Beds: Poltrona Frau: Aurora Due; Thomas Moser: VITA: Bed

Furniture — Casegoods: Councill Contract: 681-7236 Table Desk; Gunlocke: MENU; Modernlink: Onelink / Melina; William Switzer & Assoc.: Cartagena Chest of Drawers

Furniture — Healthcare: KI: Soltice; Nemschoff: SleepOver Double; Paoli Furniture: Glider

Furniture — Occasional: HBF: LOGICmeet Table Series; Hellman-Chang: Z Pedestal; Timber Tone Industries: Lounge; Urban Archaeology: Chareau Table

Furniture — Storage: Berman/Rosetti: Tansu System; Bravespace: Tetrad Flat; Kartell: Optic Storage Unit; Palo Samko: Rosewood Credenza

Furniture — Systems: Halcon: Mitre Collection: Open Office; Haworth: Compose; Herman Miller: MyStudio Environments; InScape Corp: Storwal

Furniture — Tables: Altura Furniture: Oblique Table; Berman/Rosetti: Helios Tables; Scott Arthur Yerkey Furniture: Ringstad Zen Coffee Table; Steelcase: AirTouch

Hardware: Hafele: Ellipta; Spectradecor: HUE Hardware; Valli & Valli: Arrowhead / Fusital H5021

Innovation: Brayton International: OOM; The Fire Company: EcoSmart Fire; Keilhauer: Sguig; Moroso: Antibodi

Kitchen — Appliances: ASKO Cylinda AB: Ultra Care Laundry; Broan-NuTone LLC: WM24 in metallic red; Bulthaup: Slatted Extractor Hood; Miele: CVA 4000

Kitchen — Cabinetry: Alessi: Geometrica Kitchen Cabinetry; Snaidero: Sintesi; Snaidero: Venus

Kitchen — Fixtures/Plumbing: Dornbracht: Maro 2-Hole Tap; Elkay Manufacturing: Avado Integrated Work Surface; Julien: Vintage Sink; KWC America: KWC Profile

Lighting — Architectural: Artemide: Talo Series; Prescolite, Inc: Architektur LED Downlights

Lighting — Decorative: Boyd Lighting: Farinelli Chandelier; Herman Miller: Leaf; Ligne Roset: Brindilles; Paul Mathieu: Lumiere: Madeleine

Outdoor — Furniture: Henry Hall Designs: Coast Arc Chaise; Peter Pepper Products: Pause / Lo Speed; Project Import Export, Inc: Steel Tongue; Sutherland: Louis Soleil Sette

Outdoor — Lighting: CL Sterling & Son: Garden Shade; CL Sterling & Son: Rock Crystal: Rock Garden; Janus et Cie: Love Lamp; Urban Archaeology: Hastings Lantern

Outdoor — Textiles: Chella Textiles: Aretha; Donghia: Plata Collection; Perennials: Holy Mackerel; Sina Pearson Textiles: Fun in the Sun Veranda Stripe

Seating: Contract — Guest/Lounge: Arcadia: Avesa Modular; B&B Italia: Landscape; Brayton International: Await; David Edward: Serengeti

Seating: Contract — Office: Bernhardt Design: Pilot Collection; Geiger Int'l: Foray Executive Task Chair; Haworth: Zody; Steelcase: Leap

Seating: Contract — Public/Transportation: Davis Furniture: ZA Bench Series; Janus et Cie: Swiss Benches Poet; Landscape Forms: Lakeside Grass Bench; Peter Pepper Products: Pause Oasis

Seating: Residential — Dining: Paul Mathieu: Aria; Powell & Bonnell: Avenue Dining Chair; Thomas Moser: Aria Dining Chairs

Seating: Residential — Occasional: Gary Lee Partners: Bardot Greystone Home Collection: Tombino Lounge Chair; Gasp Furniture: TWH Grid II Armchair; McGuire Furniture: Barrel Lounge Chair

Seating: Residential — Upholstered: David Edward: Gotham; Donghia: Open Villa; Ligne Roset: Downtown; Vioski: Palms Chair

Textiles — Contract: Arc-Com Fabrics: Pattern Pala; Architex: Celebrate Women; Carnegie: StreetSport; Pollack: Monogram

Textiles — Leather: Cortina Leathers: Cortina Couture/Chamois Romina; Edelman Leather: Scotch Grain

Textiles: Residential — Sheers: Carolyn Ray Inc: Hollywood Hopscotch; Conrad: Eclipse; Pollack: Hang Ten

Textiles: Residential — Upholstery: Designtex: Sustainable Home Collection; Donghia: Seedpod; Pollack: Blossom; Valtekz: Shagreen

Wallcoverings — Contract: Eijkingdelouwere: Dutch Flowers; Knoll Textiles: Grammar & Parallel Lines; Maya Romanoff: Komodo; Wolf-Gordon: Light

Wallcoverings — Residential: Carolyn Ray Inc: FOUR; Erin Adams Design: Facet: Vine with Bird; Graham & Brown: Frames; Maya Romanoff: True Metals

Window Treatments: Hartmann & Forbes: PW71c Cuzco; Hunter Douglas: Duette Architella; MechoShade Systems, Inc: Mecho 5 w/ EcoVeil; Conrad: Sahara

Best of Year: Projects

Beauty & Spa: Architropolis: The Spa at Red Rock, Red Rock Casino and Resort, Las Vegas, NV; Prototype Design Lab: Hammam Spa, Toronto, Ontario; Randy Brown Architects: Salon Gallerie, Omaha, NE; S. Russell Groves: Frederic Fekkai Salon, Henri Bendel, New York, NY

Education: Gensler, Chicago: Loft-Right, Fullerton Student Residences, DePaul University, Chicago, IL; AC Martin Partners, Inc: Viterbi Museum, Ronald Tutor Hall, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of So. California, Los Angeles, CA; Gluckman Mayner Architects: The Warehouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects & Goldsmith Borgal & Company, Architects: Project Grand Jeté Stage 1, Jarvis Street Campus, Canada’s National Ballet School, Toronto, Ontario

Exhibit / Installation: Tighe Architecture: Fine Living Installation, NeoCon West, Los Angeles, CA; Graft LLC, Los Angeles: Moonraker-Life Sets, Design and Technology Research Study for Volkswagen America, Chatsworth, CA; Patrick Jouin: "Discotheque" Sound and Light Installation, Versailles Art Festival, Louis XVI Exterior Ballroom, Chateau de Versailles Gardens, France; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, New York: DIFFA Dining by Design, New York, NY

Government: Tsao & McKown Architects: Jianfu Palace Garden, Museum and Visitors Centre at the Forbidden City, Beijing, China; IA Interior Architects, Seattle: Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Building, Suzhou, China; Boggs & Partners Architects: Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center & Jewish Chapel, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, New York: U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, MD

Healthcare: Suzen L. Heeley, LEEP AP / Director, Design + Construction, Hackensack University Medical Center: Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ; EwingCole: Center for Women and Infants, Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, DE; BAR Architects (architecture) and Babey Moulton Jue & Booth (interiors): Sun City Takarazuka Retirement Facility, Takarazuka, Japan; Perkins + Will, Los Angeles: Barrow Neurological Institute Patient Tower, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Hospitality — Hotel: Deborah Berke & Partners Architects LLP: 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY; Patrick Jouin: Benikirai Hotel, Saint-Tropez, France; Denniston International Architects & Planners Ltd: Amanyara, Turks and Caicos, BWI; Zeff Design: Night Hotel, New York, NY

Hospitality — Restaurant: Tadao Ando Architects and Associates & Stephanie Goto Design Group: Morimoto, New York, NY; Bentel & Bentel Architects / Planners AIA: Craft Steak, New York, NY; Patrick Jouin: Gilt, New York, NY; Zeff Design: Social Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA

Innovation: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, New York: World Trade Center Marketing Suite, New York, NY; Graft LLC: 'Kunst.stoffe'- plastic workshop, Modular Wall / Door System concept design for HEWI Heinrich Wilke GmbH, Cologne, Germany; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects: Ballet Barre, Project Grand Jeté Stage 1, Jarvis Street Campus, Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto, Ontario; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, San Francisco: Jianianhua Center, Chongqing, China

Institutional: AC Martin Partners, Inc: Merle & Marjorie Fish Interfaith Center, Chapman University, Orange, CA; Deborah Berke & Partners Architects LLP: Irwin Union Bank, Columbus, IN; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario; TVS Interiors, Inc: Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA

Kitchen & Bath: Janson Goldstein LLP: The Kohler Store, The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL; Architecture in Formation: Manhattan Duplex Bathroom, New York, NY; Cecconi Simone: Private Residence Kitchen, Toronto, Ontario; Nicholas.Budd.Dutton: Winebaum Residence Bathroom, Los Angeles, CA

Office — Budget: Johnson Chou Inc: Grip Limited, Toronto, Ontario; Richard Hywel Evans Architecture & Design Ltd: DFGW Headquarters Office, London, UK; A+I Design Corp.: CSTV: College Sports Television, New York, NY; Garcia + Francica Architecture / Design: HQ People Against Dirty, Method Products Inc, San Francisco, CA

Office — Large: Eijkingdelouwere: SRK Legal Assistance, The Hague, The Netherlands; Gensler, Seattle: Cole & Weber United, Seattle, WA; NBBJ: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK; Lehman Smith McLeish: Tishman Speyer Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY

Office — Small: Lubrano Ciavarra Design, LLC: The Richard Avedon Foundation, Museum Office Tower at MoMA, New York, NY; DMJM Rottet: Lime Rock Management, Houston, TX; TEK Architects, PC: Lindblad Expeditions, New York, NY; VOA Associates, Inc: LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL

Public Spaces: Gabellini Sheppard Associates LLP: Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY; Yabu Pushelberg: St Regis Hotel lobby, San Francisco, CA; Rockwell Group: The Octagon, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Storeage: Liberty Global Europe HQ Lobby, Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands

Residential — Apartment / Condo: Shelton, Mindel & Associates: Hudson River Residence, New York, NY; Architecture Research Office: Central Park West Apartment, New York, NY; Gary Hutton Design (interiors) and Gemmill Design (architecture): 4 Seasons Condominium, San Francisco, CA; Slade Architecture: Apartment, South Beach, Miami, FL

Residential — House: Messana O’Rorke Architects: Ten Broeck Cottage, Livingston, NY; Steven Ehrlich Architects: Waldfogel Residence, Palo Alto, CA; Victoria Hagan Interiors: Upper East Side Townhouse, New York, NY; Architropolis: The Austintonian, Atlanta, GA

Retail — Boutique: Heatherwick Studio: La Maison Unique, Longchamp, New York, NY; 212box, LLC: Into, Singapore; Clive Wilkinson Architects: Quicksilver, Huntington Beach, CA; Randy Brown Architects: Bizarre, Omaha, NE

Retail — Large: Peter Marino Architect: Fendi Flagship, Rome, Italy; Bartolini Lanzi Architects: Bruschi Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; Peter Marino Architect, PLLC: Louis Vuitton Landmark, Hong Kong; Yabu Pushelberg: Lane Crawford, Pacific Place, Hong Kong

Showroom: Richard Hywel Evans Architecture & Design Ltd: Modular Lighting Instruments Showroom, London, UK; Architecture in Formation: Espasso Showroom, New York, NY; Gensler, San Francisco: Allsteel San Francisco Resource Center, San Francisco, CA; Huntsman Architecture Group: Mercedes Benz of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

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