Dulux has announced the finalists for its 36th Colour Awards, naming the entrants whose projects exemplified “the most innovative use of colour in the built environment.”
In 2022, 103 finalists have been selected by a panel of design industry experts from Australia and New Zealand.
The judges include Adriana Hanna (director of architecture at Kennedy Nolan); Cushla McFadden (director at Tom Mark Henry); Olivia Macfarlane (director at Undercurrent NZ); Adam Pustola (principal at Lyons Architecture); and David Welsh (principal at Welsh and Major).
Finalists were selected across six categories: commercial interior (public and hospitality); commercial interior (workplace and retail); commercial and multi-residential exterior; residential interior; single residential exterior; and student projects.
Wine bar and restaurant, Meet Me at Mary’s.
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The Interior Design Institute
Dulux colour and communications manager Andrea Lucena-Orr said the 2022 entrants demonstrated an “exciting and imaginative” use of colour across all categories.
“Architects and designers have really pushed the boundaries with colour application to create inspiring, engaging – and often surprising – interior and exterior spaces,” said Lucena-Orr.
“Across the commercial categories, deeper and darker tones are emerging, as well as simple vivid colours in reds, blues and greens. We have also seen rich, warm, earth-tones that bring an inviting feeling to public and hospitality venues.”
Lucena-Orr also noted the growing number of emerging architects among the 2022 finalists, as well as the “courageous and inventive” colour applications exemplified in the student submissions.
The winners of the Dulux Colour Awards will be announced at the gala event hosted in Melbourne, details of which will be revealed in the coming months.
To see all 103 finalists, visit the Dulux website.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
