FORBO REVEALS WINNERS OF 2025 AWARDS

Created to celebrate the very best in interior design and flooring, Forbo Flooring Systems is delighted to reveal the deserving winners of its 2025 Forbo Awards, including a category for Sustainable Project of the Year.

Originally launched in 2024, replacing its former Forbo Escapes competition, the Forbo Awards are open to architectural or interior design practices who have used Forbo’s comprehensive range of flooring solutions to create a high impact or sustainable design scheme.

After an intense period of judging, including a public vote for the Public Choice category, Forbo has crowned its three winners:

• Project of the Year 2025 – Fidget UK Ltd / The Edge, Whitehaven

• Sustainable Project of the Year 2025 – Westworks Interiors Ltd / voco Zeal Hotel, Exter

• Public Choice 2025 – Harvey Maria Ltd / National Maritime Museum

The Edge in Whitehaven is a bold new community space inspired by its dramatic coastal surroundings, designed to look like the sandstone pebbles that often wash up onto the harbour side during high seas. For the flooring scheme, Fidget UK Ltd balanced the functional requirements of the different spaces with colour, pattern and a tight budget. A wide selection of Forbo products were specified, including Tessera carpet tiles, the contemporary and earthy look of Allura Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) and the practical Surestep safety flooring.

While Westworks Interior Ltd took the crown for Sustainable Project of the Year with their work on vocoZeal in Exeter – the first net-zero carbon hotel in Western Europe. Emphasising sustainability, high-quality interior design and guest comfort, Forbo’s climate positive (carbon negative) Marmoleum Cocoa Decibel was particularly appealing to Westworks Interior, with a focus on creating a warm, calming and neutral colour palette. Forbo’s Allura Flex LVT, Nuway bamboo entrance matting and Safestep safety vinyl were also specified.

The bespoke flooring graphic at the National Maritime Museum won the public vote, with the custom-printed Eternal heterogeneous vinyl a stunning convergence of design and innovation, showing the world’s ocean map in its all its glory.

Speaking about the winners, Donna Hannaway, Head of Marketing UK and Ireland at Forbo Flooring Systems, said:

“It’s been another brilliant year for the Forbo Awards, with a fantastic variety of amazing projects entered from across the industry. It’s always great to see how our comprehensive portfolio of flooring products is supporting interior designers and architects in creating beautiful, functional and sustainable spaces that tell their own unique story.

“A huge congratulations to the three deserving winners and thank you to everyone who took the time to enter our awards!”

CLICK HERE to view all of the winning projects