The Dulux Colour Awards has received the highest ever amount of submissions at 229 which has been cut down to 66 finalists in seven categories from across Australia and New Zealand.
A team of judges from Dulux selected the finalists and the most popular category entered was Commercial Interior, with 16 finalists selected. Commercial Exterior followed with 14; Residential Interior with 12; Residential Exterior and Student categories with eight each; and both the Multi Residential Interior and Multi Residential Exterior categories had four finalists named.
The judging panel is made up of Debbie Ryan – interior designer and owner of architectural practice, McBride Charles Ryan; Dana Tomic Hughes – business owner and editor of interior design blog, Yellowtrace; Adrian Doyle – Melbourne street artist and director of Blender Studios and Melbourne Art Tours; and Denise L’Estrange-Corbet – New Zealand designer and co-founder of fashion label, WORLD.
The judges will be selecting a project from each category as well as the ultimate stand out project. Winners will be announced at a gala evening in Melbourne on 20 March.
Dulux colour planning and communication manager, Andrea Lucena-Orr, said there were some strong themes amongst the entry categories.
“For the Student entries, purple was a dominant colour. The use of purple continued in the Commercial Interior submissions, with yellows, yellow-green and the use of charcoal also coming through strongly.
“Citrus and yellow-green was used extensively in the Residential Exterior category and we saw the use of coloured doors as a way of incorporating colour into exteriors.
“Interestingly, the Commercial Exterior entries had no white. Instead, we saw a stark contrast between dark neutrals and bold saturated colours. The Residential Interior entries used shaded hues to highlight key furniture pieces to bring the ‘colour blocking’ look to life.
Multi Exterior Residential Richmond - A Place to Live by SJB Architecture
“Green was dominant in the Multi Residential Exterior group of entries, whereas, Multi Residential Interior entries were predominantly neutral with small splashes of colour,” Lucena – Orr said.
Finalists:
VICTORIA (29)
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Project Name
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Architecture/Design practice
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Category
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Grange Road Kindergarten
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Black Line One X Architecture Studio
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Commercial Exterior
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Carlton Residence
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Hecker Guthrie
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Single Residential Interior
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Queen St Residence
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Edwards Moore Projects Pty Ltd
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Single Residential Interior
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From The Garden
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Ashleigh Briggs (Monash University)
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Student
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Recycled Garden
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Kristina Taranto/Steven Vidovic
(The University of Melbourne)
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Student
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Camper House
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loop8 Pty Ltd
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Single Residential Interior
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Atheton Gardens HUB Development
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McCabe Architects/Bird de la Coeur Architects
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Multi Residential Exterior
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Abbotsford Residence
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Chan Architecture
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Single Residential Exterior
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St Kilda Park Primary School
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Clarke Hopkins and Clarke
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Commercial Interior
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Illusion Bar & Restaurant
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RMIT University
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Student
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Bridge St
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Beatrix Rowe Interior Design
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Single Residential Interior
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colour|work
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Group GSA
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Commercial Interior
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Western Autistic School
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Hede Architects
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Commercial Interior
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Maryborough Railway Station Conservation
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RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants
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Commercial Exterior
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St Augustine’s Senior Student Centre
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Via Architettura Pty Ltd
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Commercial Interior
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Richmond A Place To Live
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SJB Architecture Pty Ltd
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Multi Residential Exterior
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Box Hill House
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Marc Dixon Architect
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Single Residential Interior
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Backyard Shenanigans
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Adrian Rivalland (RMIT)
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Student
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Hawthorn Residence
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Doherty Lynch Pty Ltd
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Single Residential Interior
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Pets Carnival
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rptecture architects
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Commercial Interior
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QV Amenities
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Russell & George
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Commercial Interior
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Bill’s
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Russell & George
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Commercial Interior
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Knox Innovation, Opportunity & Sustainability Centre (KIOSC)
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Woods Bagot
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Commercial Exterior
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Wintergarden Façade
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studio505
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Commercial Exterior
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87 Chapel Street
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MGS Architects
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Multi Residential Exterior
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87 Chapel Street
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MGS Architects
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Multi Residential Interior
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Spring Street Grocer
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KGA Architecture
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Commercial Interior
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Noble Park Aquatic Centre
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Suters Architects
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Commercial Exterior
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The Black House
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David Edelman Architects
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Single Residential Exterior
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NEW SOUTH WALES (18)
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Project Name
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Architecture/Design practice
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Category
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Annandale House
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CO-AP
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Single Residential Exterior
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HammondCare Miranda
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b2 property solutions
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Multi Residential Interior
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Mindshare
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The Bold Collective
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Commercial Interior
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Elanora Heights House
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Bijl Architecture
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Single Residential Exterior
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Belgium Avenue
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Designed by Karen Akers
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Single Residential Interior
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Arncliffe Library
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Whitehouse Institute of Design
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Student
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North Eveleigh Cinematheque
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University of Sydney
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Student
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Urban Backyard
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Studio Popsicle
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Commercial Interior
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Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre
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McPhee Architects
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Commercial Exterior
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North Avenue
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Rolf Ockert Design
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Single Residential Exterior
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No Sombreros
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Sydney Design School
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Student
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Clarke Payne House Stanmore
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Greg Natale Design
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Single Residential Interior
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Perikic House Clontarf
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Greg Natale Design
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Single Residential Interior
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Kellie Residence
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David Boyle Architect
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Single Residential Interior
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The Wayside Chapel
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environa studio
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Commercial Interior
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Royal North Shore Hospital
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Anne Gordon Design
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Commercial Interior
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Westpoint.
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A Hint of Tint
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Multi Residential Exterior
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The Paddington Butterfly House
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Michelle Walker Architects Pty Ltd
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Single Residential Interior
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA (5)
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Project Name
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Architecture/Design practice
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Category
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Perth Esplanade Busport
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WILD BY NATURE
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Commercial Exterior
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Baldivis Secondary College- Stage 1
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JCY
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Commercial Exterior
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Baldivis Secondary College- Stage 1
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JCY
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Commercial Interior
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East Kimberley Development Package, Transitional Housing
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iredale pederson hook architects
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Multi Residential Interior
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John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (Kindergarten - Beechboro Campus)
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Brooking Design Practice
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Commercial Interior
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QUEENSLAND (6)
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Project Name
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Architecture/Design practice
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Category
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Unit 23
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Daarc
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Single Residential Interior
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56 Abbotsford Road
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Solution Positive Architecture Pty Ltd
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Commercial Exterior
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Carson Woolstore Apartment Refurbishment
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TONIC Design Pty Ltd
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Multi Residential Interior
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Oxley House Warehouse Conversion
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TONIC Design Pty Ltd
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Commercial Exterior
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Griffith University, Nathan Campus Heart + Connectors
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Cox Rayner Architects
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Commercial Exterior
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Tamborine Mountain Collage
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Fulton Trotter Architects
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Commercial Exterior
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NEW ZEALAND FINALISTS (8)
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Project Name
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Architecture/Design practice
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Category
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Manchester St Gap Filler
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Lewis Bradford Consulting Engineers
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Commercial Exterior
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KFC New Restaurant Lower Hutt
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Space Studio Limited
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Commercial Interior
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Bellevue Home
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KGD Design Ltd
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Single Residential Exterior
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Bellevue Home
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KGD Design Ltd
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Single Residential Interior
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‘The Lost, Erased, Unseen & Forgotten’
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Geordie Shaw (BBC Architects / Victoria University of Wellington)
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Student
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Woodridge House
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Warren and Mahoney Architects
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Single Residential Interior
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Raglan Wharf Building
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Beca
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Commercial Exterior
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Chocolate Shop
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In Design- Retail Designers
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Commercial Interior
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