An apartment in Darling Point, Sydney by Chenchow Little won top billing at the 2016 Australian Interior Design Awards, announced last Friday.The apartment received the Premier Award for Australian Interior Design as well as a Residential Design Award.

"Darling Point Apartment is an inspirational piece of interior design that is both innovative and excellent," said the jury.

For the second time, the Australian Interior Design Awards gave an award for the impact of good design (Stream B), which this year was jointly awarded to The Commons by Breathe Architecture and the Queensland Museum Refurbishment Cox Rayner Architects.

"The two projects are quite different, yet parallels exist in the impact they have generated," said the jury. "Each project has been embraced by users; positively impacted the wider community; embraced a business model to drive a positive design outcome and generate ongoing projects; achieved sustainability on environmental, social and fiscal levels; and created engaging spaces people want to be in."

Premier Award for Australian Interior Design

Darling Point Apartment – Chenchow Little

Award for Interior Design Impact

The Commons – Breathe Architecture

Queensland Museum Refurbishment – Cox Rayner Architects

Sustainability Advancement Award

North Lakes Office Fitout – Nielsen Workshop and Morgan Jenkins Architecture Retail Design

1888 Certified – TomMarkHenry

Hospitality Design

Alex Hotel – Arent&Pyke with Spaceagency

Public Design

Our Lady of Assumption – BVN

Workplace Design

North Lakes Office Fitout – Nielsen Workshop and Morgan Jenkins Architecture

Installation Design

My Zinc Red / Blood Bank – Stukel Stone

Residential Decoration

Theodore Treehouse – Studiobird

Residential Design

Fitzroy Loft – Architects EAT

Darling Point Apartment – Chenchow Little

Emerging Interior Design Practice

We Are Huntly 

Best of State

Commercial Design and Residential Design

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