Colour is a great way to make something stand out and that’s exactly what Sam Crawford Architects with Lymesmith did with North Bondi Amenities.
The big winner at the Dulux Colour Awards, the architectural firm took out both the Grand Prix as well as the Commercial Exterior award for its innovative use of colour in this ambitious project.
Dulux colour planning and communication manager, Andrea Lucena-Orr, says the 2017 finalists presented works that delivered an entirely unrestrained skew on colour use, in line with this year’s theme of ‘Bold, Forward, Tilted’.
“The Dulux Colour Awards looks to uncover the most inventive use of colour in built environments across Australia, New Zealand and beyond,” she explains.
“Each year we look for the submissions that take creativity to new heights and this year’s award winners broke free of all tradition to deliver concepts that truly represent the future of colour and design.”
Colours used for the North Bondi Amenities project include khaki, straw, teal, opaline and Cootamundra.
“The building’s colour scheme was the result of a collaboration with Sonia van de Haar of Lymesmith – Polychromy who utilised the Australian Standard colour palette,” the judges commented.
“Nodding to the assertive presence of the horizon over Bondi, the datum line created in the building is just one of the well-considered design elements that make this building work so well within its natural setting. A timeless accomplishment that has been created for the masses yet is still so beautifully considered.”
Selected from an overall 286 entries and subsequent shortlist of 89 finalists, other winners include Futurespace, which won the Commercial Interior Workplace and Retail award for Financial Services.
Now in its 31st year, the awards were held in the Touring Hall at the Melbourne Museum earlier this month.
By Marion Gerritsen
