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Identity Design Awards 2025 – Winner’s List

Here are the winners of the identity design awards 2025

Interior Design

Office more than 20,000 sqft –

Winner – Summit Technology Solutions, Spaces Architects

Highly commended – Global Management Consulting Firm, ROAR

Office less than 20,000 sqft-

Winner – Government Experience Exchange, Kart Group

Highly commended – UAE Space Agency, MOMA International

Fit out

Winner – Julphar Avenue and Towers, Ras Al Khaimah, HTS Interior Design

Highly commended – The Dubai Mall – The Gold Souk Enhancement, Dutco Interiors

Restaurant

Winner – Gerbou, Kristina Zanic Consultants

Winner – Daily Press, Styled Habitat

Highly commended – Studio Frantzen, Bishop Design

Retail

Winner – Avantcha, XO Atelier

Highly commended – Elyah, IDST

Nightlife

Winner – The Copperhead Pub, KCA International

Highly commended – Formula 1 Lounge, Agata Kurzela Studio

Residential – Apartment

Winner – Penthouse 309, LESTRO ITALIAN LUXURY DESIGN

Highly commended – Duplex at One Za’abeel, Nakkash Design Studio

Residential – Villa

Winner – Bay Villa, LW Design Group

Highly commended – Grande Dame, Blush International

Highly commended – Sobha Villa, DIPIUGI

Hotel

Winner – Desert Rock Resort, Studio Paolo Ferrari

Highly commended – The Penthouse – Delano Hotel, La Bottega Interiors

Health + Wellness

Winner – Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay – Medi-Spa, Muza Lab

Highly commended – Al Qasr Kids Club, Lulie Fisher Design Studio

Highly commended – Center for Prenatal Pediatrics at Latifa Hospital, SAY Studio

Emerging interior designer of the year

Winner: Samar Mouazen, KCA International

Winner: Basant Ibrahim, DLR Group

Architecture

Residential

Winner – EA Residence, NAO

Highly commended – Verdigris, Wanders Wagner Architects

Highly commended – Villa Gaia, VSHD Design

Commercial

Winner – Green Coast, Rqitects

Highly commended – Zest Café, Vahid Joudi Studio

Public building

Winner – AlUla South Gas Station, SAL Architects

Winner – Al Fanar School, EMKAAN

Highly commended – King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station, Zaha Hadid Architects

Hotel

Winner – Mandarin Oriental Downtown, UN Studio with Werner Sobek

Highly commended – Shebara Resort, Killa Design

Cultural Building

Winner – Saddling Boxes & Private Deck, Studio D04

Highly commended – Bait Elowal, MADA 360

Innovations in Design

Product Design

Winner -Ze+Met, Studio Aya Moug

Highly commended – Peas in a Pod, Kidzink

Project of the Future (Big Scale)

Winner – Burj Azizi, AE7

Highly commended – 140, International Design Associates

Project of the Future (Small Scale)

Winner – Bayt Al Nakhl, Wolfgang Regner Architects

Highly commended – Villa Mila, Nellis Architecture

Outdoor space

Winner – Abu Dhabi Maritime’s ‘Community Activation Programme’ pilot projects, LWK+ PARTNERS

Highly commended – COVEBEACH, Prospect Design International

Design of the year: Interior design –

Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay – Medi-Spa, Muza Lab

Design of the year: Architecture –

Shebara Resort, Killa Design

People’s Choice Award: Residential –

Mushrif villa, Masoomeh Hilal Design

People’s Choice Award- Commercial –

Peak Fitness, Saccal Design House

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