Set at the National Gallery of Victoria, winners were celebrated at the annual Dulux Colour Awards this week. The industry awards program recognises the inspired use of colour across six defined categories, including commercial multi-res exterior, commercial interior public and hospitality, commercial interior workplace and retail, residential interior, single residential exterior and student.

What impressed the jury at this year’s awards was the confidence with which colours is being used in design. “Architects and designers have really set a precedent with their masterful employment of colour to create unexpected, lively, playful and refined interior and exterior spaces,” says Andrea Lucena-Orr, Dulux Colour Planning and Communications Manager.

The winners

Australian Grand Prix and Commercial Interior: Workplace & Retail winner

Giraffe Learning Centre by Supercontext Architecture Studio

Commendation

The UNSW Bookshop by SJB

Commercial Exterior winner

Flinders Street Station by Lovell Chen

Commendation

Walan by Bureau^Proberts

Commercial Interior: Public & Hospitality winner

Sable Drop by Jackson Clements Burrows

Commendation

Pentolina by Biasol

Curtin Think Space by Arcadia Design Studio

Residential Interior winner

Caroline House by Kennedy Nolan

Commendation

Elmore Homestead by Flack Studio

Captain Kelly’s Cottage by John Wardle Architects

Single Residential Exterior winner

Alma Residence by Studio Gorman

Commendation

The Bank, Vaughan by Maria Danos Architecture

Student winner

Reimagining Rail by Diana Ong, University of Melbourne

Commendation

The performance terrain theatre by Lauren Gibbs, Auckland University of Technology 

The Commons by Abbey Hale, Auckland University of Technology