The race to find the country’s top interior spaces is soon to commence. A stellar line-up of industry professionals have the difficult task of selecting the best — Ben Hayes, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Harry Rowntree, Jo Monaghan and Federico Monsalve.
Ben Hayes is a director of RTA Studio where his primary focus is on commercial architecture and interior design across a broad spectrum of projects including: Ironbank, EMI, Alexandra Park apartments, the Mackelvie Street retail precinct, and a number of design and advertising agencies for .99, Colenso BBDO and Clemenger BBDO. He studied at The Bartlett, UCL, in London and is a registered architect in both New Zealand and the UK. Ben enjoys being on or under the water and loves seafood, so much so he attended Rick Stein’s cookery school in Padstow.