Bold splashes of colour at the 33rd Dulux Colour Awards

May 10th, 2019

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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

: Giraffe Learning Centre. Photo by Adam Madigan.

: UNSW Bookshop. Photo by Anson Smart.

Commercial Exterior winner

Flinders Street Station by Lovell Chen

Commendation

Walan by Bureau^Proberts

: Flinder Street Station. Photo by Martin Leitch.

: Walan. Photo by Christopher Frederick Jones.

Commercial Interior: Public & Hospitality winner

Sable Drop by Jackson Clements Burrows

Commendation

Pentolina by Biasol

Curtin Think Space by Arcadia Design Studio

: Sable Drop. Photo by Peter Clarke.

: Curtain Think Space. Photo by Dion Robeson.

: Pentolina. Photo by Jack Lovel.

Residential Interior winner

Caroline House by Kennedy Nolan

Commendation

Elmore Homestead by Flack Studio

Captain Kelly’s Cottage by John Wardle Architects

: Caroline House. Photo by Derek Swalwell.

: Elmore Homestead. Photo by Sharyn Cairns.

: Captain Kelly’s Cottage. Photo by Trevor Mein.

Single Residential Exterior winner

Alma Residence by Studio Gorman

Commendation

The Bank, Vaughan by Maria Danos Architecture

: Alma Residence. Photo by Prue Ruscoe.

: The Bank. Photo by Trevor Mein.

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

: Reimagining Rail

: The Performance Terrain

: The Commons

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