WORLD INTERIOR OF THE YEAR 2025 WINNER

Our team is honored that the project FRACTAL CHAPEL at the University Hospital Graz won the “World Interior of the Year 2025 ” at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2025, which took place in Miami, Florida, USA.

The overall winners were announced during the festival’s gala evening on November 14th at the Miami Beach Convention Center, where Nigel Coates, Director of the World Festival of Interiors, presented the award to Martin and Anastasija Lesjak in front of the global architecture and design industry.

After winning the category “WAF Interiors: Public Buildings,” the project advanced to the festival’s final round, where the Super Jury – composed of internationally leading architects, designers, and critics – selected it as this year’s overall interior winner.

Standing on stage during this process, presenting the project live, and experiencing the response of the jury and audience was an unforgettable exchange.

The FRACTAL CHAPEL at the University Hospital Graz was developed through a collaborative approach between INNOCAD architecture, 13&9 Design, and Fractals Research, shaped closely together with hospital chaplain Christian Graf and artist Manfred Erjautz.

The Super Jury emphasized the project’s clarity of purpose, the integration of research, art, and spatial symbolism, and the quiet emotional resonance it creates within a hospital environment.

Congratulations to all 2025 winners who presented live at the festival in Miami and impressed the esteemed judging panels with their remarkable projects.

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