An art-filled apartment in Sydney’s Darling Point has beaten some 158 interior design projects to the top prize at the 2016 Australian Interior Design Awards.

Darling Point Apartment by Chenchow Little received the Premier Award For Australian Interior Design at the program’s awards night on Friday 10 June, the jury praising the project’s ability to effortlessly showcase the owner’s art collection.

“Darling Point Apartment is an inspirational piece of interior design that is both innovative and excellent,” reads the jury statement.

“The exquisitely crafted interior effortlessly serves as a gallery to the owner’s high-calibre art collection. This is an enduring and endearing project in the context of Australian residential design.

Darling Point Apartment by Chenchow Little Photography by Peter Bennetts

Another of the night’s big winners was the North Lakes Office Fitout by Nielsen Workshop & Morgan Jenkins Architecture, which received awards for both Sustainability Advancement and Workplace Design.

“The designers have purposefully maximized natural light and ventilation within a building envelope that would not usually be considered as a potential site for sustainable practices,” said the jury about the North Lakes Office Fitout.

“[It] is an example of what can be achieved with a conventional building type and is an exemplar for the future development of similar projects.”

North Lakes Office Fitout by Nielsen Workshop & Morgan Jenkins Architecture. Photography by Camera Obscura

2014 Sustainability Awards winner, The Commons by Breathe Architecture was joint winner of the Award for Interior Design with Cox Rayner Architects’ Queensland Museum Refurbishment.

The winners of the 2016 Australian Interior Design Awards:

PREMIER AWARD FOR AUSTRALIAN INTERIOR DESIGN

Chenchow Little for Darling Point Apartment, NSW

Photography by Peter Bennetts

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INTERIOR DESIGN IMPACT AWARD

Breathe Architecture for The Commons, VIC

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Photography by Andrew Wuttke

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Cox Rayner Architects for Queensland Museum Refurbishment, QLD

Photography by Christopher Frederick-Jones

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SUSTAINABILITY ADVANCEMENT AWARD

Nielsen Workshop & Morgan Jenkins Architecture for North Lakes Office Fitout, QLD

Photography by Camera Obscura

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EMERGING INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE

We Are Huntly, VIC

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Studio-Gram, SA
Flack Studio, VIC
Tom Mark Henry, NSW

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

Architects EAT for Fitzroy Loft, VIC

Photography by Derek Swalwell

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Chenchow Little for Darling Point Apartment, NSW

Photography by Peter Bennetts

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Owen Architecture for Ranley Grove house, QLD
Robin Williams Architect for Villa Marittima, VIC
SJB Interiors for Parr House, VIC
Breathe Architecture for Double Life House, NSW
Fiona Lynch for Balwyn Residence, VIC

RESIDENTIAL DECORATION

Studiobird for Theodore Treehouse, VIC

Photography by Peter Bennetts

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COMMENDATION

We Are Huntly for Richmond Residence, VIC
Adele Bates Design for Toorak Residence, VIC

HOSPITALITY DESIGN

Arent & Pyke with Spaceagency for Alex Hotel, WA

Photography by Anson Smart

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Bates Smart for Dinner By Heston Blumenthal, VIC
Studio-Gram for Abbots & Kinney, SA
Architects EAT for Tetsujin, VIC
Breathe Architecture for Transformer, VIC

RETAIL DESIGN

Tom Mark Henry for 1888 Certified, NSW

Photography by Damian Bennett

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Enoki and Alexander Brown Architects for Beresford Cellar Door, SA
McCartney Design and Hulsbosch for UBET, QLD
Genesin Studio for Aesop Rundle Street, SA

WORKPLACE DESIGN

Nielsen Workshop & Morgan Jenkins Architecture for North Lakes Office Fitout, QLD

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Sibling for Squint/Opera, VIC
Chenchow Little for Bresic Whitney Hunters Hill, NSW
Bates Smart for Corrs Chambers Westgarth, VIC

INSTALLATION DESIGN

Stukel Stone for My Zinc Bed / Blood Bank, NSW

Photography by Clare Hawley

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COMMENDATIONS

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in collaboration with Anna Tregloan, consultant designer for Collette
Dinnigan: Unlaced, NSW
Form Building a State of Creativity for Public 2015, WA
Mim Design for Lexus Design Pavilion 'The Nest', VIC
Warc Studio for Studio Thing, VIC

PUBLIC DESIGN

BVN for Our Lady of the Assumption, NSW

Photography by John Gollings

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COMMENDATIONS

Alexandra Kidd Design for Mater Hospital Poche Van Norton Special Care Nursery, NSW
CODA Studio for Methodist Ladies College Boarding House Upgrade, WA
Law Architects for Woodleigh School, Homestead Redevelopment, Senior Campus, VIC
Jackson Clements Burrows Architects with Jackson Interiors for Monash International Bachelor of Business School, VIC
Jackson Clements Burrows Architects for Monash University Academics' Club & Café (Church of Secular Coffee) (St Ali), VIC

BEST OF STATE AWARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

NEW SOUTH WALES — Chenchow Little for Darling Point Apartment
VICTORIA — Architects EAT for Fitzroy Loft
QUEENSLAND — Owen Architecture for Ranley Grove house

BEST OF STATE AWARDS FOR COMMERCIAL DESIGN

NEW SOUTH WALES — BVN for Our Lady of the Assumption
SOUTH AUSTRALIA — Enoki and Alexander Brown Architects for Beresford Cellar Door
WESTERN AUSTRALIA — Arent & Pyke with Spaceagency for Alex Hotel
VICTORIA — Jackson Clements Burrows Architects for Monash University Academics' Club & Café (Church of Secular Coffee) (St Ali)
QUEENSLAND — Nielsen Workshop & Morgan Jenkins Architecture for North Lakes Office Fitout

BEST INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD

Russell & George for Aésop Westgate

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