Finalists announced for 2017 Dulux Colour Awards
MEDIA RELEASE
6 APRIL 2017
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2017 DULUX COLOUR AWARDS®
In another record-breaking
year, 286 entries have been reviewed for the 2017 Dulux
Colour Awards, narrowing the field down to 88 finalists
across Australia and New Zealand.
Now in its 31st year, the iconic program is set to once again recognise Australian and New Zealand’s diversely creative and outstanding use of colour across commercial and residential spaces.
Recognising inventive colour application in built environments, the 88 finalists were selected across nine categories:
• Commercial Interior – Workplace & Retail (15 finalists)
• Commercial Interior – Public Spaces & Hospitality (16 finalists)
• Commercial Exterior (17 finalists)
• Single Residential Interior (14 finalists)
• Single Residential Exterior (5 finalists)
• Multi Residential Interior (5 finalists)
• Multi Residential Exterior (5 finalists)
• International (7 finalists)
• Student (4 finalists)
Dulux Colour Planning and Communication Manager, Andrea Lucena-Orr, said the 2017 submissions were exciting, inventive and unexpected, in line with this year’s theme of ‘Bold, Forward, Tilted’.
“This year, we witnessed a trend of darker tones in commercial spaces – with blacks, charcoals and purples prominent throughout exteriors and interiors. Cooler combinations of blues and greens were also popular, while architects and designers are continuing to explore geometric shapes and industrial aesthetics.
“Similarly, residential entries embraced moodier palettes and deeper colour tones, which were cleverly off-set with elegant light greys, whites and soft pinks. There was a strong modernist influence evident, and minimal colour schemes with metallic shades applied in subtle ways.
“We were also greatly impressed with the calibre of this year’s student entries, with imaginative concepts and clever colour combinations displayed,” Andrea said.
The 2017 Dulux Colour Awards finalists will now be judged by a panel of design leaders, including; Ryan Russell – Director at Russell & George; Maurice Terzini – Restaurateur and Fashion Designer; Fiona Lynch – Director at Fiona Lynch Interior Design; Timothy Hill - Director at Partner’s Hill; and Shelley Ferguson – Editor in Chief of Your Home and Garden (NZ).
The judging panel will select winners across the nine categories, with the best of the category winners awarded the Grand Prix prize. Winners of the 2017 Dulux Colour Awards will be announced at a gala event in Melbourne on Wednesday 10 May, 2017.
For more information on the 2017 Dulux Colour Awards, visit www.dulux.co.nz/colourawards
The 2017 Dulux Colour Awards finalists are listed below. Please note – location listing reflects the project address.
INTERNATIONAL (9)
Project Name | Architecture/Design Practice | Category |
Antarctic
Heritage Trust - Hillary's Hut (New Zealand) | Antarctic Heritage Trust | Commercial Exterior / International |
The Old
Vicarage (New Zealand) | Element 17 Ltd | Commercial Exterior / International |
Avery
Project (New Zealand) | German Kitchens Limited | Single Residential Interior / International |
City
Villa (New Zealand) | Goode Interiors Ltd | Single Residential Exterior / International |
Art Deco
Alive! (New Zealand) | Christchurch Apartments | Multi Residential Exterior / International |
The
Pulse (New Zealand) | Xsite Architects Ltd | Multi Residential Exterior / International |
Australis
Nathan (New Zealand) | Peddle Thorp | International |
Carrara
Baths (New Zealand) | Taylor Chan (University of Auckland) | Student (Years 1 - 6) |
Bikini | Travis Walton Architecture | Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality / International |
VIC (37)
Project Name | Architecture/Design Practice | Category |
Fourviere Centre, Assumption College | Y2 ARCHITECTURE | Commercial Interior - Workplace and Retail |
Melbourne Flower Merchant | Studio 103 | Commercial Interior - Workplace and Retail |
PEXA | Futurespace | Commercial Interior - Workplace and Retail |
BDO | Unispace | Commercial Interior - Workplace and Retail |
SJB - Oliver Lane Studio | SJB | Commercial Interior - Workplace and Retail |
Joylati | Studio Y | Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality |
Pintoh | Studio Y | Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality |
KA Fire Stair | Deakin University | Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality |
Monash School of Nursing & Midwifery Public Spaces | Sibling Architecture | Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality |
Captain Grey | Biasol | Commercial Interior – Public and Hospitality |
Middletown Cafe | Studio Tate | Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality |
James Richardson Furniture DENFAIR 2016 | Latitude Group | Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality |
Wah Wah Gee | Studio Equator | Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality |
Readings Kids | Nest Architects | Commercial Exterior / Commercial Interior - Workplace and Retail |
Wodonga West Children's Centre | NOW Architecture | Commercial Exterior |
Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years & Science | McBride Charles Ryan | Commercial Exterior |
Dawson Street | MGS Architects | Commercial Exterior |
RMIT Bundoora West Student Accommodation | Richard Middleton Architects | Commercial Exterior / Multi Residential Interior |
Malvern House | Austin Design Associates | Single Residential Interior |
Middle Park | Sisalla Interior Design | Single Residential Interior |
Footscray Apartment | BoardGrove Architects | Single Residential Interior |
Wheelers Hill | Eco Edge Architecture + Interior Design | Single Residential Interior |
Cavale | Camille Javal | Single Residential Interior |
Fitzroy Residence | Doherty Design Studio | Single Residential Interior |
Belmont House | Kennedy Nolan | Single Residential Interior |
Hawthorn House | ADDARC | Single Residential Interior |
Northcote House | Taylor Knights | Single Residential Interior |
Former Sweet Factory | Folk Architects | Single Residential Interior |
Duplay | Archsign | Single Residential Exterior |
Flinders House | Austin Design Associates | Single Residential Exterior |
Camberwell One | Eco Edge Architecture + Interior Design | Single Residential Interior/ Single Residential Exterior |
Nine Smith St | Neometro | Multi Residential Interior |
Coppin Street Apartments | MUSK Architecture Studio | Multi Residential Interior |
107 Cambridge |