AXIS-SGInternational Design Awards
2023 Winners
The complete list of 2023 winners, grouped by category and award level.
Interior Design
AXIS Platinum
Green Roof House
A Penang hillside house whose planted roof continues the slope, keeping the upper floor cool without mechanical cooling.
AXIS Gold
Corner Bookshop
A Taipei bookshop on a triangular corner site, shelved to the ceiling on two walls with the third left as glass.
Bath House Hotel
A small Beppu hotel where the bathing floor is placed at the top of the building rather than the basement.
AXIS Selection
White Beam Apartment
A Busan flat that exposes and paints the original concrete beams instead of hiding them behind a flat ceiling.
Market Street Café
A café in Hoi An finished entirely in lime wash, with the colour changing floor by floor from cream to ochre.
Slim House
A shophouse renovation three and a half metres wide, planned as a single route from front door to rear court.
Family Table Home
A Chiang Rai house built around one long kitchen table, with the living room treated as an extension of it.
Old Shop Renovation
A Surabaya storefront converted to a home, keeping the original shutters as the main street elevation.
Furniture Design
AXIS Platinum
Bamboo Frame Chair
A lounge chair using laminated bamboo for the whole frame, tested to contract loading and priced for domestic sale.
AXIS Gold
Long Bench System
A bench that extends in 600 mm sections without visible joints, for corridors and waiting rooms.
Clay Base Table
A dining table on a hand-thrown stoneware base, made in Jaipur and shipped separately from the oak top.
AXIS Selection
Woven Panel Screen
A wall panel system in woven palm on a light timber frame, fitted as acoustic lining in restaurants.
Low Reading Chair
An armchair with a lowered seat height and a raised arm, drawn for reading rather than conversation.
Two Tone Sideboard
A sideboard split down the middle in two lacquer colours, with the join falling on a door edge.
Stackable Side Table
An aluminium side table weighing 2.4 kg that stacks six high for storage in small apartments.
Cork Seat Stool
A stool with a pressed cork seat on an ash frame, using offcuts from the Portuguese cork industry.
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