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Resene Total Colour Awards 2023 winners

It was a much awaited treat to be able to celebrate the winners of the Resene Total Colour Awards in a colourful awards night at New Zealand Fashion Week. The first event of this kind in four years, there were plenty of colourful reasons to celebrate on the night.

This year's Resene Total Colour Awards received the highest number of entries into the annual awards, eclipsing the previous year and making for much heated debate and discussion among the judges in the quest to crown the best of the best.

With colour used creatively on large and small projects, combined with new paint techniques, courageous colour combinations and ever so careful attention to detail to ensure the Resene paints, wood stains, colours and wallpapers were used in all the right places, there was much to love about this year's entries.

An inspiring transformation of the Strathmore Park Community Centre by Etch Architecture was honoured with this year's Resene Total Colour Master Nightingale Award as well as the Resene Total Colour Commercial Exterior Award. Now known as Te Tūhunga Rau - Strathmore Park Community Centre, the upgraded centre features sliding doors of art designed by Pokau Te Ahuru, providing a strong and enriching focal point to the public face of the building, welcoming visitors while rooting the centre into the strong heritage of the area. The bold palette of Resene colours is based on hues that hold prestige in te ao Māori and can be enjoyed as a shared experience from inside or out, welcoming all to gather, be nurtured and share values.

Resene has a long history of colour and today's colour range of thousands of hues is a far cry from the handful that was available when Resene started 77 years ago. The Resene Total Colour Awards were launched to encourage and celebrate excellent and creative use of colour, to showcase striking colour palettes and combinations and provide fresh inspiration.

Congratulations to all the winners and runners up and a huge thank you to each and every person who took the time to enter this year's awards and share their work. It is humbling for all of us at Resene to see how you take our products and colours and use them to showcase the design and detail on your projects. While not all entries could win awards, there are so many insightful, courageous, creative and colour filled projects to celebrate, big and small. We look forward to sharing a wide range of projects with you over the coming months.

 

Te Tūhunga Rau - Resene Total Colour Master Nightingale Award

Colour as seen from inside

Panel close up

Closeup of corner

Images by Neil Price.  › Learn more about this project

191 Cuba Street - Resene Total Colour Commercial Exterior Colour Maestro Award

Comvita Paengaroa - Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Office Award

Comvita Paengaroa - mural

Comvita Paengaroa - seating area

Comvita Paengaroa - meeting area

Images by Tyler Conelly.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei - Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Office Colour Maestro Award

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei - dining/seating areas

Images by Mark Scowen.  › Learn more about this project

Park Mews, Hataitai - Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Award

Images by Grant Sheehan.  › Learn more about this project

Arc Angel - Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Colour Maestro Award

Arc Angel - side view

Images by Julia Charles.

Block Party - kitchen, Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Award

Block Party - lounge, Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Award

Images by David Straight.

 

Sandhill House - kitchen, Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Colour Maestro Award

Sandhill House - lounge, beams with colour

Sandhill House - study zone

Sandhill House - yellow floor colour

Images by Christopher Collie.

Berry House - kitchen, Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Colour Maestro Award

Berry House - lounge/dining

Berry House - bedroom

Berry House - bathroom

Images by Mindi Cooke.

The Orewa Townhouse - family room, Resene Total Colour Neutrals Award

The Orewa Townhouse - office, Resene Total Colour Neutrals Award

Images by Helen Bankers.

Orsini Atelier Space - Resene Total Colour Neutrals Colour Maestro Award

Orsini Atelier Space - Resene Total Colour Neutrals Colour Maestro Award

Images by Ben Rowsell.

Heretaunga Intermediate School - Resene Total Colour Education Award

Heretaunga Intermediate School - daylight view

Heretaunga Intermediate School - entry/side view

Heretaunga Intermediate School - entry

Images by Andrew Caldwell.

Tāwharau Ora - Resene Total Colour Education Colour Maestro Award,

Tāwharau Ora - exterior view

Tāwharau Ora - exterior view

Tāwharau Ora - study/relax zones

Images by Paul McCredie.

Quattro Juniper Gin - Resene Total Colour Product Award

Quattro Juniper Gin - bottles and coasters

Images by Jarrad French.  › Learn more about this project

Te Reo o te hau – The Voice of the KŌkŌhau, Resene Total Colour Landscape Award

Images by Samuel Hartnett.  › Learn more about this project

Warm Vessel - Resene Total Colour Landscape Colour Maestro Award

Warm Vessel - overhead view of garden

Warm Vessel - looking to the courtyard

Warm Vessel - plants again colorful wall

Images by Brett Boardman.  › Learn more about this project

William Weir Wing Renovation - Resene Total Colour Heritage Award

Wier House - hallway colours

Images by Andy Spain.

Dorset Street Flats - Resene Total Colour Heritage Colour Maestro Award

Dorset Street Flats - pops of colour

Dorset Street Flats - a yellow ceiling in the stairwell

Dorset Street Flats - post-modern revival

Images by Dennis Radermacher.

VIA Artists - Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Public + Retail Award

Via Artists - store interior

Images by Holly Hawkins.

Sir Howard Morrison Centre - Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Public + Retail Colour Maestro Award

Sir Howard Morrison Centre - lobby

Sir Howard Morrison Centre - theatre

Sir Howard Morrison Centre - Te Haumako

Images by Matt Hunt and and Stephen Barker.

From 'saving souls' to Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Resene Total Colour Installation Award

From 'saving souls' to Te Tiriti o Waitangi: the Christian Missionary Society in Paihia 200 years on

From 'saving souls' to Te Tiriti o Waitangi: the Christian Missionary Society in Paihia 200 years on

From 'saving souls' to Te Tiriti o Waitangi: the Christian Missionary Society in Paihia 200 years on

Images by ObjectLab and The Letter Q.

The Alfassi Group project
The Alfassi Group project

The Brisbane Street Art Festival Project
The Brisbane Street Art Festival

The Alfassi Group project is finished in Resene Black, Resene Carpe Diem, Resene Home Run, Resene Jaguar, Resene Neva, Resene Reef and Resene Trinidad.

The Brisbane Street Art Festival project is finished in Resene Big Bang, Resene Black, Resene Blue Gem, Resene California, Resene Jacko Bean, Resene Sublime, Resene Touche and a custom Resene colour match to a Pantone colour.

Images by Holly Hawkins.

The Frater Group project

The Frater Group project is finished in Resene Aquamarine, Resene Blue Lagoon, Resene Deep Teal, Resene Hopbush and Resene Gold.

Image by Holly Hawkins.

The Dalgety Street Development project
The Dalgety Street Development project

The Darwin Street Art Festival project
The Darwin Street Art Festival project

The Dalgety Street Development project is finished in Resene Aqua, Resene Deep Koamaru, Resene Golden Tainoi, Resene Governor Bay, Resene Niagara, Resene Pizazz, Resene Riptide, Resene Surfs Up and Resene Teak.

Image by Yoshi Yanagita.

The Darwin Street Art Festival project is finished in Resene Aqua, Resene Bowie, Resene Bullitt, Resene Canary, Resene Captain Cook, Resene Daisy Bush, Resene Deep Koamaru, Resene Java, Resene Paua and Resene Turbo.

Image by Andrew Bourke.

The Dusty Fox project

The Dusty Fox project is finished in Resene Ayers Rock, Resene Black, Resene Blackout, Resene Blue Chill, Resene Copper Fire, Resene French Grey, Resene Magma, Resene Ming, Resene Root Beer, Resene Roxy, Resene Shark and Resene Spitfire.

Image by Holly Hawkins.

The Golbert Road Development project
The Golbert Road Development project

The Stairwell project
The Stairwell project

The Golbert Road Development project is finished in Resene Deep Koamaru, Resene Glorious, Resene Governor Bay, Resene Indian Ink and Resene Riptide.

The Stairwell project is finished in Resene California, Resene Governor Bay, Resene Riptide and Resene Smitten.

Images by Holly Hawkins.

The Marrickville Metro project

The Marrickville Metro project is finished in Resene Ballerina, Resene Blackcurrant, Resene Governor Bay, Resene Malibu, Resene Optimist and Resene Princess.

Image by Holly Hawkins.

The Perfect Match project
The Perfect Match Project

The TikTok Headquarters project
The TikTok Headquarters project

The Perfect Match project is finished in Resene Black, Resene Avant Garde, Resene Daredevil, Resene Dust Storm, Resene Fahrenheit, Resene Guggenheim, Resene Horses Neck, Resene Marshland, Resene Pioneer Red, Resene Planter, Resene Pot Pourri, Resene Rustic Red, Resene Sante Fe, Resene Saratoga, Resene Spitfire and Resene Whiskey Sour.

The TikTok Headquarters project is finished in Resene Adrenalin, Resene Grenadier, Resene Half Gull Grey, Resene Jaguar and Resene Smitten.

Image by Holly Hawkins.

The Super Melbourne project
The Super Melbourne Project

The Revesby Workers Club
The Revesby Workers Club

The Super Melbourne project is finished in Resene Black, Resene Home Run, Resene Hullabaloo, Resene Princess, Resene Smitten and Resene Studio.

Images by Aaron White.

The Revesby Workers Club is finished in Resene Ballerina, Resene Big Bang, Resene Black, Resene Buttercup, Resene Dark Rum, Resene Funk, Resene Moody Blue, Resene Niagara, Resene Pursuit, Resene Riptide Resene Spritzer, Resene Tree Frog, Resene Ultramarine and Resene White.

Images by Holly Hawkins.

Kākāriki Coffee - Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Public + Dining Award

Kākāriki Coffee - nature elements

Kākāriki Coffee - murals

Kākāriki Coffee - counter

Images by Paul McCredie.

Bivacco - Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Public + Dining Colour Maestro Award

Bivacco - banquet seating

Bivacco - kitchen

Bivacco - reception desk

Images by Jono Parker.

Architecture in a Playful Utopia - Resene Total Colour Rising Star Award

Lets Revive Colour - Resene Total Colour Rising Star Colour Maestro Award

Peta Tearle - Peterborough Street Apartment

Peta Tearle - Colours With Love

 

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