BEST Awards
The B.E.S.T. acronym stands for Brilliantly Executed Spaces & Thinking. These awards celebrate those interior design projects that go beyond the pretty picture and truly encompass great design. We also recognize that successful interior design requires a collaboration of many disciplines such as, consultant teams, project managers, vendors, contractors, etc. This awards show is a celebration of that collaboration, and of great design in the Intermountain region.
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2025 Project Categories
Furniture
Give (Healthcare)
Stay - Hotels
Learn - Higher Education
Learn - K-12
Live - Multi-Unit
Live - Single Family Residence
Best on a Budget - Commercial: Under $120 SF
Best on a Budget - Residential: Under $90 SF
Play (Restaurant, Lounges, Bars, Stores & Boutiques)
Serve - Institutional
Work - Over 15,000 SF
Work - Under 15,000 SF
Student Project
2025 Winners
Give: Integrated Wellness Center by VCBO Architecture
Learn - Higher Ed.: Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine by MHTN Architects
Learn - K-12: Shoreline Middle School by Core Architecture
Live - Multi: The Devon at University Place
Live - Single: Talisker Retreat by Ezra Lee Design + Build
Play: Executive Lounge by Ezra Lee Design + Build
Stay: Modern Comfot Meets Mountain Heritage by Edge ID
Work - Over 15,00sf: Knock on Wood by Method Studio
Student Project - Arowana Indonesian Cuisine by Sara Jones
Student Project - A Greenline Escape by Lizzy Marquez
BEST Student Project
Accessible Artisan Retreat
Stacey Johnson
2025 Merit Winners
2024 Winners
Furniture: Atelier Table by WOW
Give: Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital Cancer Center by TSA Architects
Learn - Higher Ed.: Salt Lake Community College University of Utah Juniper by AJC Architects
Learn - K-12: Glacier Hills Elementary School by MHTN Architects
Live - Multi: Slate Apartments by Vida Design
Live - Single: Mountain Glow Residence by Ezra Lee Design + Build
People’s Choice
Metrodora Institute
Denton House Design Studio
Play: SkyCourt Suite by Ezra Lee Design + Build
Serve: Unified Fire Authority- Midvale Fire Station by AJC Architects
Work - Over 15,00sf: Helix Office Building, University of Utah by MHTN Architects
Work - Under 15,00sf: Woodley Real Estate by Babcock Design
Student Project - AREUM by Emily Robert’s Design
BEST Furniture
Sustainability Display at Salt Lake International Airport
FFKR Architects
BEST Give
Metrodora Institute
Denton House Design Studio
BEST Hotels
A Retro Adventure in the Tetons Teewinot Lodge
Edge ID
BEST Learn - Higher Ed.
Noorda Engineering Building Weber State University
VCBO Architecture
BEST Learn - K-12.
Dancing Light
Method Studio
BEST Live - Multi Unit
Lotus Riverwalk
KWA Interiors
BEST Live - Single Unit
Red Desert Retreat
Ezra Lee Design + Build
BEST on a Budget
Audible at Sundance Film Festival
WOW
BEST Play
UVU Sorenson Student Center
Method Studio
BEST Serve
Murray City Hall
GSBS Architects
BEST Work - Over 15,000sf
Luxe Mountain Tech
Method Studio & MAWD
BEST Work - Under 15,000sf
Wheeler Farm USU Extension Office Outdoor Education Center
AJC Architects
BEST Student Project
Residential Home Storybrook Cottage
Rachael Barlow
BEST of the BEST
UVU Sorenson Student Center
Method Studio
