b'Resene total colour awardsArangeofcolourfulprojectswereenteredintoA Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Maestro Award went stunning the recently announced Resene Total Colour Awards. Topto Pacific Environments for the Bourke House (see over), a campsite honours went to Jasmax for its exciting and vibrant schemeof conceptual tents, formed as connected pavilions. Neutral interior forthenewAlbanySeniorHighSchoolinAuckland.Residentialcolourprovidesaninvitingbackdroptotheexterior,withnative projects were well represented. timbers salvaged from the seashore and eclectic collections. The Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Award was won bySplashes of red (Resene Burgundy) represent the Christmas flower Daniel Marshall Architects for the Corinth residence. Working with anof joy and celebrationa client favourite. Without this unexpected existing 1960s home designed by the celebrated modernist architectuse of colour the house would appear bland. The judges admired the Vladimir Cacala, the design intention was to provide modern livinguniqueness of the totem effect. The use of colour brings this design necessities while disturbing the existing house as little as possible.feature to life and helps integrate exterior to interior. The only exception was the kitchen, which was moved to allow thisColours used: Resene Burgundy, Resene Half Linen, Resene Seashell.larger space to be used as an adaptable second living room, games room or as office studio space. Judges were excited to see an architectural project use such bold colour. It is difficult to make a primary colour scheme work. The specific hue of red used (Resene Flame Red) is restless and aggressive and works particularly well with key elements of furniture. Colours used: Resene Flame Red, Resene French Grey, Resene Gallery White, Resene Ship Grey. The Resene Total Colour Residential Exterior Award went to John Mills Architects for a home that had been largely untouched since it was built in the early 1960s. When asked to bring this elegant property into the new millennium, revitalised and fresh for a family of colour recognition four, the focus was to create a much bolder flow and visual connection from inside to out. The exterior colour scheme is part of the interior and vice versa. The clients were open to strong, saturated colours that revitalised this From bright red totems to evocative retro shades, gem of 1960s suburban culture.The grey mid-blue (Resene Calypso) engages with the surrounding winners of the second Resene Total Colour Awards hills, which are clad in native bush, while also delivering a crisp and were recently celebrated.confident response to the beiges and greys of the surrounding houses. The colours appropriately reinforce the 1960s architecture and seem reminiscent of tints used to paint old baches, capturing the joys of the 1960s and the days of flower power, peace and hippies.Colours used: Resene Black White, Resene Bullseye, Resene Calypso, Resene DNA, Resene Stonewall. and the winner is. ReseneAdoreThe overall award and winner of the education section, went to Jasmaxs design for Albany Senior High School. Exciting, vibrant and strong, thecolour palette highlights the architecture, while still being appropriatefor an educational setting. It has energy without being overwhelming.There is an immediacy of the colour; used with black it is not overpowering. Ten separate strong colours are introduced, one for each of the 10 learning communities. They are played off against bright carpet stripes and muted pinboard stripes. All the schools colours are then brought together in the heart of the school, the entry foyer, where they are all represented in alarger than life pixelated wall that encloses the library.'