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7 January 2025
The Dulux Colour Awards is Australia and New Zealand’s premier showcase of inspirational colour application in interior and exterior residential, public and commercial spaces.
Celebrating Colour excellence.
The 39th Dulux Colour Awards are now officially open for entries, inviting architects, interior designers, specifiers, and students from Australia and New Zealand to submit their most innovative and inspiring projects. The prestigious awards celebrate exceptional and creative use of colour in design across a diverse range of interior and exterior spaces, including residential, public, and commercial environments.
Andrea Lucena-Orr, Dulux Colour and Communications Manager, describes the annual awards program as a crucial industry platform to recognise excellence in the creative application of colour.
“The Dulux Colour Awards celebrates design and how the considered use of bold and imaginative colour can truly transform the form, feeling and function of a space.
“As seen in last year’s Australian Grand Prix winner, Alexandria House by Lachlan Seegers Architect absolutely wowed judges for its unpredictability and commitment to a singular gesture in the application of a deep, burnished red to the ceiling of the home. Similarly, the New Zealand Grand Prix winner, Seven Colourful Little Houses by COMMON Architecture + Interiors, took a simple idea but applied it with great care and a deep conviction, which now sets a new precedent for this typology highlighting colour as a cost-effective, highly impactful design strategy.
“The depth of talent, sophistication and ambition demonstrated by our emerging and established design community never fails to impress the judging panel’s expectations, and we eagerly await to observe their appraisal of this year’s entries.”
As part of this year’s judging panel, Andrew Parr, explains that the Dulux Colour Awards provide an exciting opportunity to witness and assess some of the most inspiring and innovative techniques being employed by the best of the best to push the boundaries of colour in architecture and design.
“The creative use of colour is such an integral aspect of design, particularly when a project has multiple constraints, and I’m eager to see how this year’s entrants have embraced it to enhance function and form across residential and commercial spaces.”
Each major category winner will receive AU$1,000 in prize money. The Australian Student category winner receives AU$500 and New Zealand category winner receives NZ$500. All New Zealand finalists will receive $1,000 towards travel to the Dulux Colour Awards gala event in Melbourne.
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