Sydney Airport Project Wins Sikkens Sponsored LEAF Award
15 January 2008
For the fourth consecutive year, Sikkens has sponsored the International Interior Design category at the annual LEAF Awards. This prestigious event, organised by the Leading European Architects Forum, recognises excellence, innovation and development in the design and build industry.
This year the awards presentation and dinner was held at London's Waldorf Hilton Hotel and was hosted by ex-RIBA President, Maxwell Hutchinson. Over 300 of the industry's leading architects and designers were on hand to hear the decisions of the independent jury of professionals. With 150 entries from 33 countries, and covering 11 distinct categories, the 2007 event demonstrated the growing significance of the LEAF awards among architects and designers worldwide.
In the Sikkens-sponsored International Interior Design category, which recognises the best interior design for either a new-build project or an interior renovation, the winning project was the new Qantas First Lounge at Australia's Sydney International Airport. Designed by architects Woods Bagot, this state-of-the-art facility provides optimum levels of comfort and service through superior interior design, and forms part of an ongoing upgrade programme being carried out in anticipation of Qantas taking delivery of its new Airbus A380 fleet in 2008.
