Judges joined architects and designers from all over China in a ceremony to celebrate the winners of the inaugural edition of Dezeen Awards China in Shanghai last week.
The event at Neri&Hu-designed The Sukhothai Shanghai hotel welcomed guests from over 100 studios and companies  to celebrate the 26 winners.
Guests gathered in front of the stage before the announcement
The three overall project winners, which recognise the best building, interior and design of the year, were chosen from the project winners and were revealed at the party by Dezeen's co-CEO Benedict Hobson and China editor Christina Yao.
The six nomination-only China Designers of the Year, which reward the best emerging and established talent in the country across architecture, interiors and design, were also announced at the ceremony. Dezeen co-CEO Benedict Hobson and China editor Christina Yao presented the awards
Guests included Yu Ting, Frank Chou, Alex Mok, Vincent de Graaf and Filippo Gabbiani.
Studios AIM Architecture, FOG Architecture, MUDA-Architects, OPEN Architecture and RSHP were among the winners that collected their Dezeen Awards paper marble trophies ? originally designed by Atelier NL but refashioned out of Paper Factor material in collaboration with Bentley.
Vincent de Graaf (left) and Wendy Saunders (right), co-founders of AIM Architecture were at the ceremony
The winning studios also received a certificate made from Bentley Lighthouse Award shortlisted studio Notpla's seaweed paper, a ...