The winners of the 39th Dulux Colour Awards have been announced. The Awards recognises the most inspired and transformative examples of colour used in the built environment.
This yearās winners were selected from projects across Australia and New Zealand who pushed boundaries of established genres and defied norms with their complexity and ambition.
Congratulations to Richards Stanisich and Pac Studio for winning with Australian Grand Prix and New Zealand Grand Prix for their projects āSarah and Sebastian Armadaleā and āLava Flowā.
SSdH was the Single Residential Exterior winner with āDunstanā, Studio Boherty won the Residential Interior award with āElonera Houseā and Richards Stanisich again with āSarah and Sebastian Armadaleā to take out the Commercial Interior ā Workplace and Retail award.
The Commercial Interior ā Public and Hospitality award went to Kennedy Nolan with āMelbourne Placeā and Searle x Waldron Architecture with their project āNorthern Memorial Part Depotā was named the Commercial and Multi-Residential Exterior award recipient
Youssofzay Hart won the Temporary or Installation Design award with the project āCarol Jerrems: Portraitsā.
Angela Xu and Georgia Reader from the University of Sydney was named the Student AU winner with āLandscape of Co-Existenceā and Will Chomchoei from the University of Auckland was named the Student NZ winner for his project āPÄtaka KÅrero Fale O Tala A Storehouse of Narratives in Samoaā.
āIt never ceases to amaze us how conceptually courageous and strategically sophisticated the colour schematics are, year on year,ā Dulux Colour communication manager Andrea Lucena-Orr says. āWe have been overwhelmed with the exceptional level of innovation expressed in the range of projects this year. The combination of extraordinarily original colour use and outstanding architecture across all genres makes the judgesā job difficult but, equally, it is testament to the talent, ambition and commitment of architects and their clients to design with colour.ā
