We are pleased that the FRACTAL CHAPEL at the University Hospital Graz has been selected as a finalist in the category "Government / Institutional" at the 2025 Best of Year Awards by Interior Design magazine – one of the industry's most respected platforms celebrating excellence across architecture, interiors, and product innovation.

Following a year marked by meaningful recognition, we are grateful to see the project acknowledged once again. Developed through a close collaboration between INNOCAD architecture, 13&9 Design, and Fractals Research, the FRACTAL CHAPEL reflects our ongoing commitment to merging research, design, and human experience.

Anastasija and Martin Lesjak will join the award ceremony on December 11 at BlackRock, 50 Hudson Yards, New York City, and we are very much looking forward to this annual gathering that brings together the global design community.

Our appreciation goes to Editor-in-Chief Cindy Allen and the team at Interior Design magazine.

We are deeply honored that the FRACTAL CHAPEL at the University Hospital Graz was announced as the "World Interior of the Year 2025" at the World Architecture Festival during the gala ceremony in Miami, USA, on November 14th, where Anastasija and Martin Lesjak personally accepted the award on stage.

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 has been an unforgettable moment for our team.

The FRACTAL CHAPEL was developed through a deeply 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.
This recognition means a great deal to us, not only as an award, but as a confirmation of the values that guided this work: empathy, interdisciplinary thinking, beliefing that design can support the human experience in vulnerable moments.

Congratulations to all winners who presented live at the festival and impressed the esteemed judging panels with incredible projects.

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) – the world's leading live event for architecture and design – will take place from November 12 to 14, 2025, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida, USA. INNOCAD architecture has been part of this community since 2008, with several nominated and award-winning projects, keynote speeches, and contributions as a jury member.

WAF’s unique format invites architects and designers from around the world to present their shortlisted projects live to an international jury, followed by a direct dialogue - offering feedback, debate, and inspiration. This approach turns the conference into an open platform for architectural exchange, rather than just a competition.

This year, Martin Lesjak will once again be on stage live in Miami to present INNOCAD's nominated projects in two categories: the FRACTAL CHAPEL at the University Hospital in Graz, Austria in the category "WAF Interiors: Public Buildings" and MOSH Bar & Dinner in Bukarest, Romania in the category "WAF Interiors: Bars and Restaurants"

Both projects combine a transdisciplinary design approach between INNOCAD architecture, 13&9 Design, and Fractal Research. The 2025 theme “Hearts and Minds” explores how architecture connects rational thought and emotional experience- a philosophy that deeply resonates with our practice.