The use of vibrant red hues to colour up the Clark Street Overbridge in Auckland has won high praise from the judges at this year’s Resene Total Colour Awards.

A design by Architectus, the colourful overbridge received the top honour, the Master Nightingale Award, for the best overall colour use as well as the Colour Commercial Exterior Award. The judges commented: “Rhythmical in reds, the continuity in this project is delightful. It is almost like an art installation….It’s a bold palette of similar hues, yet the decision to choose this palette required utter confidence. The whole community can embrace it, it’s something that reaches out and is shared by many with far reaching appeal and identification.”

A total of 24 awards were presented in this year’s Resene Total Colour competition. Along with the main awards Colour Maestro Awards were given in each category. Scroll through the image gallery above to view the award winners, and see the full summary below:

Master Nightingale Award - Architectus for Clark Street Overbridge

Residential Exterior Award - WW Regent Park Development by Designgroup Stapleton Elliott

Maestro Nightingale Award - WW Regent Park Development by Designgroup Stapleton Elliott

Residential Interior Award - Seel Residence by Parkhurst Design

Residential Interior - Colour Maestro -  Kingsland Art Project by Eucalyptus Design & Interiors

Residential Interior - Colour Maestro  - Sarah Quinlan Design Ltd for the Nelson Project

Education Award - Waipa Woodprocessing Workshop by Darryl Church Architecture

Education - Colour Maestro - McKenzie Higham Architecture for Amesbury School

Education - Colour Maestro  - Opus Architecture for the Avonhead School Learning Centre

Commercial Exterior Award - Architectus for Clark Street Overbridge

Commercial Exterior - Colour Maestro Award - ‘The Chair’ by Wilson and Hill Architects Ltd

Commercial Exterior - Colour Maestro  - White Hart Hotel by Atelierworkshop

Commercial Interior – Office Award - Beca Fitout by Studio Pacific Architecture

Commercial Interior – Office - Colour Maestro - Element 17 for the Radio Network Christchurch

Commercial Interior – Office - Colour Maestro - Google Office Fitout by Spaceworks Design Group

Commercial Interior – Public + Retail - Studio Gascoigne Ltd for Glassons Queen Street fitout

Commercial Interior – Public + Retail - Colour Maestro - Kiwibank and New Zealand Post Retail Transformation project by Designworks

Commercial Interior – Public + Retail - Colour Maestro - Xsite Architects for Monarchy Restaurant

Display + Product Award - Sang Siren entered by Sang Architects & Company Ltd and created by artist Michael Smither

Colour Display + Product - Colour Maestro - Boffa Miskell

Landscape Award - Jellicoe Street, North Wharf and Silo Park, a collaboration between Australian based Taylor Cullity Lethlean and New Zealand based Wright + Associates

Landscape - Colour Maestro - Max’s Pipe Dream, a display garden by BECA

Landscape - Colour Maestro - London Quay by Boffa Miskell

Rising Star Award - Arts & Crafts Cultural Mall by Grace Salisbury Mills

Lifetime Achievement Award - Di Lucas of Canterbury