Dulux Colouring Awards 2018
Sunday, May 20, 2018
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The 32nd Dulux Colour Awards for Architecture too Interior Design were held at a Gala number at the National Gallery of Victoria inwards Melbourne in conclusion week. The prestigious manufacture awards programme recognises the close creative too considered utilization of color inwards nine projection categories.
With xv Finalists from NZ architecture too interior pattern firms celebrating their shortlisted projects, this year’s awards highlighted the comport upon of color equally an architectural too interior pattern device; from the warm muted tones of a studio interior to the shimmering metallic element complete on a menstruation habitation extension, the varied application of color was demonstrated alongside universal flair.
Courage too conception typifies the inspired utilization of color inwards all of the winning projects. Excited to percentage a dyad alongside you lot today, the outset is Percy St past times Bagnoli Architects. Winner of the Single Residential Interior category, the Victorian cottage has been transformed alongside a novel habitation extension, spell retaining equally much of the master pattern too history equally possible. Lines of sight, light, texture, colour, fixtures, fittings too detailing are custom designed throughout the entire project.
The pattern connects the onetime to the novel internally via an interplay of floating built-in article of furniture versus solid too rich brass too marble detailing. Circular forms define too incorporate moments through the design.
The principal living surface area has ane conical skylight, painted yellow, warmly capturing the eastern morning time lite too a 2nd painted bluish capturing too cooling the north/western light, marker fourth dimension through the space. From sunset the LED lights inside the base of operations of the cone furnish an eve glow.
Photography by Ari Hatzis
The Dulux colours used is this incredible projection are Spanish Olive, Bleached Coral Half, Antarctica Lake Quarter, Duck Egg Cream Quarter, Fair Bianca Half too Antique White U.S.A.
This following project, Elsternwick House past times Fiona Lynch, was awarded a Commendation for the Single Residential Interior category. With a storied past, the grand, historic bones of this magnificent Victorian habitation became the interior pattern studio's muse equally they reimagined the infinite alongside abide by for its past times too vision for its future.
The brief from the customer was to celebrate the existing historic features through a respectful palette too to layer contemporary fittings too article of furniture to reverberate the immature family's lifestyle. Grand rooms were made to a greater extent than intimate too liveable through playing alongside scale of carefully curated article of furniture too fittings. A commanding master fireplace inwards deep russet marble informed Fiona Lynch's selection of Dulux Elusive Blue for the surrounding walls, whilst the soaring ceiling inspired elegant velvet curtains inwards unexpected tobacco.
Fiona Lynch delivered an exciting exploration of color alongside a considered approach ensuring a wonderfully resolved union of novel too old. Despite their contemporary aesthetic, the intervention of iconic pieces are at harmony alongside the homes historic grapheme natural springtime past times a timeless reverence for materiality too proportion.
"Integral to the project, too to the client, was to ensure each room maintained its ain exceptional aesthetic - survive it dining, study, formal or informal lounges. The architecture too layout dictated much of the flow, however, for us it was equally good of import to practise cohesive journeying that piece of cake revealed itself equally ane moves from infinite to space, taking an evolutionary approach from room to room" says Fiona Lynch. Soft, earthy Dulux Pipe Clay inwards the lounge melds into grayness Dulux Tristan inwards the side past times side study; through to a dining room swathed inwards striking bluish Elusive Blue. The bedrooms were calm too enriched inwards deep Dulux Silkwort, alongside varying tones inwards velvet, linen too upholstery completing the calm, strikingly adult rooms.
Such a serene too elegant home!
For information on the Dulux Colour Awards 2018 judging panel too to meet the amount listing of winners accept a aspect here.
Images courtesy of Dulux