This morning I was lucky enough to attend the 32nd annual Contract Interiors awards breakfast, which is held every year at Cipriani on 42nd Street here in Manhattan.  In such a beautiful space, with so many of our industry’s finest designers and manufacturers its hard not to be totally inspired.

Here are this year’s esteemed winners:
• Designers of the Year: Primo Orpilla and Verda Alexander, studio o+a

• Legend Award: Eva Maddox, Design Principal, Perkins+Will

• Large Office: One Shelley Street, Sydney, Australia, by Clive Wilkinson Architects

• Retail: Carlo Pazolini, Milan, Italy by Giorgio Borruso Design

• Healthcare: Dubai Mall Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by NBBJ

• Restaurant: Haneda Japanese Restaurant, Fuzhou, China by Kris Lin Interior Design

• Exhibit: voelstalpine Steelworld Brand Museum, Linz, Austria by KMS TEAM and jangled nerves

• Showroom: Triz Arte Showroom, Singapore by Triz Arte
• Historic Restoration: Ocean House, Watch Hill, R.I., by Centerbrook Architects and Planners

• Public Space: Lightfold, One Kearny Lobby, San Francisco, Calif., by IwamotoScott Arch

• Hotel: W Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., by Clodagh Design

• Education: University of Oregon John E Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes, Ore., by ZGF Architects

• Environmental: Lance Armstrong Foundation Livestrong Headquarters, East Austin, Texas, by Bommarito Group

• Adaptive Reuse: 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, by STUDIOS Architecture

• U.S. Olympic Committee USA House, 2010 Olympic Games, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, by Atlas Architects and Allan Bell Design
• Student: Sabroso Hotel, Miami, Fla., by Jamie Morin and Kyung-Eun Kim, Iowa State University