With Flying Colours

Bold brights punctuate winning projects at this year's Resene Total Colour Awards.

This year marked the 10th anniversary since the Resene Total Colour Awards began and saw a new crop of beautiful projects rewarded for their creative colour. Among the amazing array of homes, offices, schools, installations and concepts submitted, it was those with plenty of pops of bold brights and saturated shades that really turned the judges' heads.

The Railley House by Daniel Marshall Architects was awarded the Resene Residential Exterior Colour Award for its breathtaking Resene Pitch Black wood stained exterior accentuated by jovial bursts of yellow. The judges brought special attention to its Resene Happy is from an older colour collection, try Resene Turbo for a current alternative. "As a studied accent to powerful black robust Architecture, this clever push of colour lights up the project with its exuberant personality. It's a reminder to all of us how the right colour in the right place makes a project memorable.