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Chenchow Little is an award winning practice that has provided architectural and interior architecture services since 1994. Through their residential work the practice has developed a reputation for the quality of their design and detailing. The success of these projects has lead to select commissions in other sectors including retail and commercial.

Chenchow Little have received many awards for their work including the NSW Australian Institute of Architects Aaron Bolot Award for multiple housing and the Australian Institute of Architects National Robin Boyd Award, the highest accolade for residential architecture in Australia. Architecture Record (USA) selected Chenchow Little amongst ten international firms for their prestigious Design Vanguard issue 2010.

The work of Chenchow Little has attracted strong interest from leading international and local publications and websites, including Casabella (Italy), Architectural Record (USA), Wallpaper (UK), GA Houses (Japan), MARK (The Netherlands) and Architecture Australia. The work has also featured in local and international exhibitions, including ‘Out from Under: Australian Architecture Now’ sponsored by the American Institute of Architects; and ‘Abundant Australia’ at the 11th International Architecture Biennale, Venice in 2008. Chenchow Little have been invited to present their work in lectures, including at the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) and the Art Gallery of NSW (Sydney).

As an Institute of Architects A+ practice Chenchow Little are committed to best practice, continuing professional development and the future of the architectural profession.

Tony Chenchow

/ TONY CHENCHOW

1967 Born in Sydney, Australia
1986-1993 Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia
1993 Awarded Degree in Architecture with Honours (UNSW)
1994 Partnership with Stephanie Little
2004 Founded Chenchow Little Pty Ltd



Tony Chenchow has led the design of many of the practice’s award-winning projects. His projects have won the highest Australian Institute of Architects Awards including the National Robin Boyd Award and the NSW Institute of Architects Awards Aaron Bolot Award.

Recent completed projects include the Coogee House and the Darling Point Apartment. Projects under construction include new dwellings in Glebe and Balmain.

Tony has tutored design at the University of New South Wales and the University of Adelaide, Australia. He has also been a guest studio design critic at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Tony graduated in Architecture from the University of New South Wales, with first class honours in 1993. During his studies, he won the 1988 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Kann Scholarship, the Royal Australian Institute of Architect’s National Biennale Award, the NSW Chapter Prize 1992 and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Prize 1992.

In 2008 Tony was a juror in the NSW Royal Australian Institute of Architects awards and in 2017 for the Australian Interior Design Awards.

He is a registered architect in NSW and Victoria.

Stephanie Little

/ STEPHANIE LITTLE

1970 Born in Griffith, Australia
1988-1993 Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia
1994 Awarded Degree in Architecture with Honours (UNSW)
1994 Partnership with Tony Chenchow
2004 Founded Chenchow Little Pty Ltd


Stephanie Little is fully involved with all aspects of each project, working in close collaboration with Tony Chenchow.

Recent completed projects include the Coogee House and the Darling Point Apartment. Projects under construction include a new dwelling in Glebe and Balmain.

Stephanie graduated in Architecture from the University of New South Wales, with honours in 1994. During her studies, she was shortlisted for the Royal Australian Institute of Architect’s National Biennale Award.

Stephanie has twice been a juror for the NSW Australian Institute of Architects Awards, in the Residential Houses category in 2012 and Commercial and Interior Architecture categories in 2016. Stephanie has also been an invited juror for the Houses Awards in 2015 and the Victorian Premier's Design Awards 2018.

/ PROFILE PUBLICATIONS

Nicholas Carolan, "Little House on the Precipice," GRAZIA (Australia), May 2017.
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"Working with an architect," Houses (Australia) 115, April 2017. Published in Houses, Australia's leading residential architecture magazine for designers and their clients.
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Karen McCartney, "Mirror Finish," Belle (Australia) December/January 2015/16.
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Anne Lim, "The Art of City Living," The Australian, 'Wish' Special Design Issue, April 2014.
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Rachel Bernstone, "Chenchow Little," Steel Profile 112, 2012.
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Russell Fortmeyer, "Chenchow Little Architects," Design Vanguard 2010, Architectural Record (USA) December 2010.
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Narelle Yabuka, "The Space Between," Houses (Australia) 65, 2008.
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