With a féte at Cipriani's 42nd Street in New York, Contract gathered more than 500 of the architecture and design industry's best and brightest to celebrate the 30th Annual Interiors Awards. Heralded alongside this year's category winners were 2009 Legend Wing Chao of Walt Disney Imagineering and 2009 Designers of the Year John Peterson and John Cary of Public Architecture.

Both established, well-known firms as well as emerging talent are honored each year. Held since 1979, the Interiors Awards competition recognizes outstanding commercial architecture and interior design and  is judged by a select group of respected industry leaders. This year's judging panel included Cat Lindsay of Lindsay Newman; 2008 Designer of the Year Philip G. Freelon of The Freelon Group; Jennifer Luce of Luce Studio; and James Biber of Pentagram Architects.

More information on this year's honorees can be found below (click through on the titles for the extended articles):

Designers of the Year: John Peterson and John Cary of Public Architecture

Legend: Wing Chao of Walt Disney Imagineering



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Large Office: Nokia, by M Moser Associates Ltd.



Small Office: Linda Pace Foundation, by Poteet Architects



Restaurant: Delicatessen, by Nema



Healthcare: Northshore Dental at Evanston Court, by Enter Architecture



Retail: Noka Chocolate, by Shimoda Design Group



Education: Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter, by Clive Wilkinson Architects



Public Space: Underground, by Elliott + Associates



Showroom/Exhibit: Hiroshi Sugimoto Exhibition at the DeYoung Museum, by Mark Cavagnero Associates



Spa/Fitness: University of Oregon Athletic Medicine Center, by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca



Restoration: Balboa Theatre, by Westlake Reed Leskosky in association with Heritage Architecture & Planning



Environmental Design: International Interior Design Association Headquarters, by Envision Design



Student/Conceptu al: Marriage Bureau, Municipal Building, New York City, by Johannes M.P. Knoops




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