Case studies / awards project gallery
View case studies of projects that have used Resene products including many from our Resene Total Colour Awards. Click on the project below you wish to view, search the case studies or view our most recent projects or the project archive. We hope these projects provide inspiration for decorating projects of your own.
Lloyd house
A limited palette of raw materials is used to create this...
Avonside Girls High School
The bright colours for the new modular classrooms...
Maori Women's Welfare League
Some of the key values evident in the architecture...
Avonhead Learning Centre
Creating a stimulating and accessible learning environment...
Devonport residence
The brief was to create a fresh vibrant space...
Google New Zealand fitout
The concept was based on a kiwi bach. The meeting rooms were built...
O'Callaghan residence
Dramatic colours were chosen to add the owner’s young...
Beca office fitout
The extensive fitout offered an opportunity to holistically...
Burrell home
The clients wished the house to have a colour scheme...
Porirua College redevelopment
The predominantly Maori and Pasifika culture of the school...
Funky and fun residence
The client needed a new kitchen and wanted it to be a bit funky...
Carterton Events Centre
Inspiration for the colour and material palette is taken...
The Gorgeous Apartment
Colour helps transform 60 square metres of dreariness...
Silverstream Kindergarten
The Silverstream Kindergarten building is demonstrative...
Regent Park development
An ‘exemplar’ of current social housing development...
Churton Park New World
The colour palette has been developed with Foodstuffs...
Kingsland art project
Feminine Funk with an Urban Edge’ was the look the owner...
Khandallah Town Hall
Architecture HDT were engaged by WCC to restore the building...
Howick residence
The inspiration for the project came from the clients’ love for black...
White Hart Hotel
As part of the re-development of the iconic 1886 White Hart Hotel...
Kiddle house alteration
The retro/pasifika feel of the house was further enhanced...
Snug Lounge
s part of the re-development of the iconic 1886 White Hart Hotel...
Ashby residence
The colour schemes selected are soft, gentle and unassuming...
Whitireia Campus
Whitireia required a vibrant and creative campus...
Higgins house
It’s optimistic and an embrace of bold colour...
The Wellington Fireplace Showroom
The brief was to create the ultimate New Zealand space...
The Steeple
The church was designed by Oliver Donnell, who was possibly...
Clark Street Overbridge
The clever red palette on the Clark Street Overbridge...
Saraotou
The end result was a stunning, beach house, beautifully built...
Waipareira Trust - Canteen and Outdoor Eating Area
With the new look came...
Glasson house
This family has a long established love of colour...
Waipareira Trust Office
The renovation and colour palette has brought together...
Seel residence exterior
The colour scheme needed to soften the hard lines...
Oceania Exhibition
The exhibition’s concept explored how Pacific, Maori...
Seel residence interior
The alterations and addition to this home completely transformed...
Unitec Northern Campus
Having outgrown the Takapuna campus, UNITEC leased...
Nelson project
The clients were looking for an exceptional result...
Arrow International Office fitout
The inspiration for the colour palette was the client’s strongly...
MaryKnoll
Designed in the 1960s for Mount St. Mary’s Seminary...
Air New Zealand Office fitout
A rejuvenated interior for Air New Zealand's Operations Centre...
The Transformative Power of Colour
The new colour palette enhances...
Manukau Library
The colour palette creates a feeling of lightness and openness...
Power boxes
The 1800th artwork titled Remembrance was painted by...
Genesis Power
The project brought a tired workplace up to date...
Gracewood Community
The aim of the apartment was to showcase the upcoming...
Auckland Tourism and Economic Development
A fitout that is functional...
Institute of Professional Legal Studies
A contemporary design concept...
OfficeMax
Creative Spaces were engaged to refurbish and re-plan...
Resthaven memory garden
This Cambridge garden area was in need of an inviting landscape...
The Radio Network Christchurch
The building has been transformed into a bright, creative...
PFK Ross Melville
ODG have had a long association with PKF Ross Melville...
Vogel Centre
This Centre was developed as an office block by Capital Properties...
Rainbow Confectionery
Rainbow Confectionary was keen to transform its exterior...
Maitai School Playground
The brief for the Queen’s Garden Wall was for a colourful...
Hush Puppies Botany
The colour scheme for the new Hush Puppies store...
The Millennium Gym
The interior brief was for a fun, innovative and cutting-edge...
Greencycle
Greencycle is a two-year research project to rethink...
Monarchy Restaurant
The new name ‘Monarchy’ was selected in reverent reference...
Urban Renaissance + Atherton Gardens RE Commission
The overall design, through the use...
Max's Pipe Dream - An Engineer's Garden
The garden is inspired...
The Old HQ Building
An uncompromisingly solid bunker of a building...
Wynyard Quarter
A collaborative effort between Australian and New Zealand...
New World Waipukurau
The client’s brief was to create a modern store...
The Trestle Leg Series
Excerpts of poetry and prose wrapped around eight...
London Quay
Design of the landscape elements and furniture...
Mac Brew Bar
The flavours of kiwiana are subtle and elegantly...
Waipa Woodprocessing Workshop
As a teaching facility for Forestry and Horticulture Industry...
Siren painted sculpture
Siren is a painted sculpture that incorporates the ideas...
Kelston Deaf Education Centre Satellite Unit
The design was true to classic...
Lifeguard tower
The Chair, a new lifeguard tower at Woodend Beach...
Amesbury School
It seeks to be focussed on learning rather than teaching...
Body Organics
The Resene colour palette is based on natural landscape...
Hammondville Community Centre
The Community Centre’s overall palette is an energetic creation...
The Famous Grouse Hotel
As the planned renovations and repairs made way...
Ballantynes Contemporary Lounge
The objective: create a unique, low risk, low cost interior...
Wild Pair Sylvia Park
Retro theming and ‘shabby chic’ differentiate the store...
Glassons Queen Street
The brief was to create a ‘Fashion Fairground’...
Redcurrent Wellington
As the planned renovations and repairs made way for a...
Kiwibank and New Zealand Post Retail Transformation
The idea that drove the design...
Flashbank
The brief was to create a temporary self-containered space...
Unitec Coca-Cola Expo
The brief was to deliver a highly unique and inspirational...
ASB St Lukes
The brief was to design a new ASB branch, incorporating...
The Old Vicarage
The client’s brief was to provide multifaceted spaces...
Westport Early Learning Centre
The Westport Early Learning Centre uses a rich and varied...
The Riverhead
With a wealth of history, great care was taken in the refurbishment...
Flower Room
A recent repaint provided the ideal opportunity to dress...
Blenheim Railway Station
Outside the colour palette reflects age appropriate colours...
Rangitane House
Once the Blenheim Post Office, but now known as Rangitane House..
Hingaia Peninsula School
The first 5 Green Star designed and built school...
Ronald McDonald House
Her inspiration for Ronald McDonald House was an image...
Martinborough holiday home
Colour was an important part of completing the transformation...
Concrete stain
Stuck trying to get the right look for a floor, an unusual system...
GapFiller Dance-o-Mat
Not one to sit still, the GapFiller project has been bringing colour...
Manukau Campus, AUT
The ‘MD’ building was a refurbishment of an existing...
Homeward Furniture and Homewares store
A modern new look...
The Conference Centre
Keen to provide conference goers with the option to really...
Warehouse Stationery
The call went out to paint out the timber ceiling...
Brendan Foot Motors
The car yard is now looking fresh and new again...
26 Studio
From top to bottom, inside and out, clever paint...
Kohler's showroom, Urbis Designday
Kohler, Art Associates and Resene...
BoConcept showroom, Urbis Designday
A new twist on cool colour...
Ingrid Starnes coathangers
The Ingrid Starnes team aren’t afraid to be creative...
Victoria Park Viaduct columns
Artist Miriam van Wezel developed her column painting scheme...
Riverview Tavern
When Riverview Tavern in Townsville came up for a refurbishment...
The Roxy
The initial selection of colours focused on true...
Edinburgh Street Restaurant
Ed St’s design is a tribute to the heritage of the building...
Midland Park
When Midland Park came up for review, the council...
Concrete feature wall
This panel system brings the rugged texture...
Pedestrian bridge
The finished bridge has become an iconic landmark...
Paint film clothing
Madeleine created Resene paint films that were then cut...
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