contractworld.award 2007 –
7th International Architecture Prize for Innovative Interior Design Concepts.
This is a competition to find the best design concepts for our future work environments, creative hotel interiors, convincing shop concepts and innovative exhibition stands. The concepts are assessed and prizes awarded accordingly.
Total prize money amounts to EURO 50,000. The competition is now regarded as the most important European architecture award for interior design and is seen as a reliable indicator of the quality of interior design.

Entries will be judged in the following categories:
1. Offices/Administration areas
Design concepts for offices and administration buildings, design for the workplace in general, individual workplaces, home offices, temporary offices, business centres, call centres, conference and committee rooms, business lounges in public areas, reception and waiting areas.

2. Hotels/Restaurants
Design concepts for hotels, youth hostels, timeshares, hotel rooms and suites, open and closed communication areas, spas and wellness suites, restaurants, cafés, bistros, bars, clubs, canteens.

3. Shops/Showrooms/Exhibition Stands
Retailing concepts, furnishings and fittings for shops, showrooms and sales floors, exhibition stands.

4. Education and Learning
The fourth category is devoted to a sector of architecture which changes from year to year. For the contractworld.award in 2007 the chosen topic is “Education and Learning”: kindergartens and nursery schools, schools, colleges, universities, academies, training centres, libraries, conference and congress centres, research centres and institutes.