After winning in the regional category, Benoy’s work at Jewel Changi Airport has won the Prix Versailles World Special Prize World Special Prize for an Interior 2020 (Shopping Malls category), with UNESCO.
The retail element of Jewel Changi Airport, where we delivered experiential design, interior design and wayfinding, has been highly successful since its soft opening in April 2019. Virtually every one of the 280 retail locations is occupied with recognised brands from around the world whilst the visitor goal of 40 million in year one was surpassed in under six months.
The annual Prix Versailles awards, created in 2015 to promote a better interaction between the cultural and the economic, announced the 2020 world winners celebrating 24 projects in the categories of Airports, Campuses, Passenger Stations, Sports, Shops & Stores, Shopping Malls, Hotels, and Restaurants.
The judging panel comprised former UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture Francesco Bandarin (Chairman of the Panel), David Adjaye, Baltasar Kormákur, Alina Cojocaru, Lu Wenyu, Thom Mayne, Anne-Sophie Pic and Trần Anh Hùng. Jérôme Gouadain, The Secretary-General of the Prix Versailles, underlined the fact that all the winning projects have embraced a sustainable approach.
