The annual Resene Total Colour Awards honoured 22 projects on 28 August at the Auckland Town Hall. The overall winner of the night was Athfield Architects for the Waterfront House interior, taking home the Master Nightingale Award.

Nick Nightingale of Resene said, “This project cleverly delivers on both function and style, using colours from the port environment. We congratulate Athfield Architects for their masterful way of using colour in an extraordinary interior design for Lyttelton Port Company which helps bring people together from all sides of the port operation.”

Additionally, a Lifetime Achievement Award was given to interior designer Debbie Abercrombie. Judges noted, “If Debbie Abercrombie was a colour, she would be the rainbow. Debbie’s long and successful career as a colour expert has seen her help many clients, from large to small, navigate their way through colour choices to get just the right palette for their project.”

The awards programme is now in its 10th year and Resene marketing manager Karen Warman notes, “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.”

Read more about the winning projects, including jury citations, at resene.co.nz and see the full list of winners below:

Resene Total Colour Master Nightingale Award and Office Interior Award

Waterfront House interior by Pippa Ensor, Kim Salt and Trevor Watt of Athfield Architects Limited

Resene Total Colour Education Award

University of Canterbury – Rehua by Athfield Architects Limited

Resene Total Colour Education – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

Matua Ngaru School by ASC Architects

Resene Total Colour Rising Star Award

The Orchidstra Cocktail Bar by Rachel Mao

Resene Total Colour Rising Star – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

Naked Salad by Qun Zhang

Resene Total Colour Bright Spot Award

Go Bananas shelter by Sharon Shin

Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Award

Mt Macedon Residence by Charlotte Coote of Coote&Co

Resene Total Colour Residential Interior – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

Te Iti Kahurangi by Lizzie Cook

Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Award

Railley House by Daniel Marshall of Daniel Marshall Architects

Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

Glo Apartments by Nadine Donazzan of DNADesign

Resene Total Colour Landscape Award

Merriwa Silos by Christopher Skyner of Authority Creative

Resene Total Colour Landscape – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

Te Manawa Playspace by Isthmus

Resene Total Colour Neutrals Award

Palliser Estate Winery Tasting Room by Victoria Read of Aspect Architecture

Resene Installation – Experiential – Product Award

One Man’s Treasure, New Zealand Maritime Museum by Nick Eagles of The Letter Q

Resene Installation – Experiential – Product Award – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

Karekare Residency by Lyn Bergquist

Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Public + Retail Award

Blackwell and Sons: Emporium of Wonder by Mackit Architecture

Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Public + Retail – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

In Good Hands Physio by Michael Cooper of Michael Cooper Architects

Resene Total Colour Commercial Exterior Award

MOTAT Building 6 by Athfield Architects Limited & MOTAT

Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Shared Space Award

B:Hive, Smales Farm by BVN in association with Jasmax

Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Shared Space – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

Henderson Police Whangaia by GHDWoodhead creativespaces

Resene Total Colour Heritage Award

Church of the Holy Passion by Damien Walker of The Studio of Saint Philomena

Resene Total Colour Heritage – Colour Maestro Award (Runner up)

Waikohanga House by RTA Studio in collaboration with Archifact

Lifetime Achievement Award

Debbie Abercrombie