Not only was the prizes for architecture announced at the recent World Architecture Festival, but the interior of the year was also made official.

The Heike concept store in Hangzhou, China, by Shanwei Weng & Jiadie Yuan/Hangzhou AN Interior Design is the winner for 2016.

Heike is a fashion brand. The monochrome boutique’s two storeys are connected by a staircase that is placed inside a black box. The designers refer to their system as the Black Cant System.

Clothes are exhibited on geometrical rails while chandeliers of aluminium, specially designed furniture and large mirrors are some of the other elements present.