Meet our finalists for 2021. Here are the projects that have best displayed an innovative use of colour across residential, commercial and public spaces.

Residential Interior

Living room with rust-coloured couches
Erskine House

Company Name: Kennedy Nolan, Image Credit: Derek Swalwell

Small blue dining area with archways leading through house
d'Estaville

Company Name: NTF Architecture, Image Credit: Tom Blachford.

Living room with black fireplace and mantle
Fitzroy Bridge House

Company Name: Matt Gibson Architecutre + Design, Image Credit: Derek Swalwell.

Dining table and two chairs
South Yarra Apartment

Company Name: Rosanna Ceravolo Design, Image Credit: Sean Fennessy.

Blue open plan living and dining areas
Porous House

Company Name: Possible Studio, Image Credit: Anna Hutchcroft

White open plan dining and living room
Oliver Lane Apartment

Company Name: O'Connor and Houle Architecture + Landscapes, Image Credit: James Geer, Nicole England.

Hotel interior
The Carringbush Hotel

Company Name: DesignOffice, Image Credit: Tom Ross.

Warehouse transformation - kitchen, dining and living
Wahroonga House

Company Name: Tom Mark Henry, Image Credit: Damian Bennett.

Living room
Clifton Hill Residence

Company Name: Studio Tate, Image Credit: Armelle Habib.

Pink bedroom and yellow bedroom
PONY

Company Name: WOWOWA Architecture, Image Credit: Martina Gemmola.

Green kitchen with marble benches
Malvern Residence II

Company Name: Studio Tate, Image Credit: Lillie Thompson.

White kitchen with pitched cream ceiling
KWR Residence

Company Name: Mosmo Living, Image Credit: Aaron Citti.

Light green kitchen
Brunswick Apartment

Company Name: Murray Barker and Esther Stewart, Image Credit: Benjamin Hosking.

Interior of open plan kitchen and living
Divided House

Company Name: Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, Image Credit: John Gollings, Jon Clements.

Pink living room with fireplace and white couch
North Sydney

Company Name: Lisa Burdus, Image Credit: Maree Homer.

White interior with polished concrete floors
K House

Company Name: Renato D'Ettorre Architects, Image Credit: Dianna Snape.

Neutral stairwell with woodgrain side
Forest Bathing

Company Name: Windust Architecture x Interiors, Image Credit: Christine Francis.

White open plan living area with exposed wooden beams
Peek House

Company Name: Kuzman Architecture, Image Credit: Tatjana Plitt.

Wooden stairs
Owston Hill

Company Name: Meaghan White Architect, Image Credit: Jack Lovel.

Grey dining room with timber table and chairs
Cunningham Street Residence

Company Name: Studiofour, Image Credit: Shannon McGrath.

Grey and peach open plan kitchen, dining and living area
Sydenham Residence

Company Name: Keta Interiors, Image Credit: Martina Gemmola.

Kitchen and dining with white and brown cabinets
St Hubert

Company Name: Robson Rak Architecture and Interiors, Image Credit: Mark Roper.

Kitchen with timber ceiling, gold cabinets and marble splashback
Rodanthe

Company Name: Amarot, Image Credit: Simon Whitbread.

Teal living room through to blue dining room
Camberwell House

Company Name: Sisalla, Image Credit: Eve Wilson.

Dining toom with round table, four chairs, paintings, on maroon wall
Art House

Company Name: Lynne Bradley Interiors, Image Credit: William Horner.

Grey living room with white plantation shutters.
Emerald Terrace

Company Name: Chelsea Hing, Image Credit: Rhiannon Taylor.

White marble bathroom. Dual sinks on vanity with blue drawers,
St Kilda House

Company Name: Melanie Beynon Architecture & Design, Image Credit: Sharyn Cairns.

Commercial Interior - Workplace and Retail

Grey and peach multipurpose space with yellow column
66 Wentworth Avenue

Company Name: Welsh + Major, Image Credit: Ben Guthrie.

Orange salon with round mirror
Beauty Block

Company Name: Bergman and Co, Image Credit: Daniel Mazzarella.

Neutral and green galley kitchen
Das Studio

Company Name: Das Studio, Image Credit: Josh Geelen.

neutral and apricot coloured sitting room
Argyle Studio

Company Name: Licht Architecture, Image Credit: Anjie Blair.

Black and grey reception area.
KTT Showroom

Company Name: Studio Griths, Image Credit: Lillie Thompson.

Neutral, minimalist clothes shop
Viktoria & Woods Chadstone

Company Name: Design By Golden, Image Credit: Timothy Kaye.

Circular wooden staircase
Norton Rose Fulbright Sydney

Company Name: Carr, Image Credit: Nicole England.

Office with partitioned desks, natural timber and white walls
RMBL Offices

Company Name: Design By Golden, Image Credit: Sharyn Cairns.

White room with two couches
Ironside

Company Name: Brahman Perera, Image Credit: Lillie Thompson.

Nine overlapping timber staircases
NAB 3 Parramatta Square

Company Name: Woods Bagot, Image Credit: Nicole England, Trevor Mein.

Timber, white and apricot office and meeting room
Commonplace

Company Name: Melina Design Group, Image Credit: Anne Stroud Photography.

Full-length mirror in grey dressing room with red velvet curtains
Mott & Mulberry

Company Name: The Retail Designers, Image Credit: Cathy Schusler.

Blue and timber staff kitchen area
QIC Melbourne

Company Name: Unispace, Image Credit: Shannon McGrath.

Green laundromat
My Laundry Bag

Company Name: Kate Pilot Design, Image Credit: Ben Rowsell.

Open office meeting area
Alfred Stables

Company Name: Architects EAT, Image Credit: Shannon McGrath.

Grey showroom with black exposed support beams
SBB

Company Name: Latitude Group & Studio Massive, Image Credit: Peter Clarke.

Modern white reception
Dental Clinic, Brave New World

Company Name: Esoteriko, Image Credit: Dave Wheeler.

Orange interior of a nail salon
Awesome Nails & Spa

Company Name: ElvinTan Design, Image Credit: Christine Wood.

open plan office
SLR Consulting Sydney

Company Name: Woods Bagot, Image Credit: Jordan Schumacher.

Brown angled staircase
Langdon Coffee Merchants

Company Name: Hassell, Image Credit: Peter Bennetts.

Commercial Interior - Public and Hospitality

Interior childcare centre
Brighton Street Early Learning

Company Name: Danielle Brustman, Image Credit: Sean Fennessey.

Dark-walled restaurant with artwork, leather banquette and black and white checkered floor
Poodle Bar & Bistro

Company Name: Bergman & Co, Image Credit: Derek Swalwell.

Green room with green bubble art installation on walls.
Central Hotel by Naumi Hotels

Company Name: Undercurrent, Image Credit: Tim Pierce, Two Bearded Men.

Pink and neutral restaurant
The Budapest Café

Company Name: Biasol Studio, Image Credit: Derek Swalwell.

Darkened image of round table
Lime Street, Barangaroo

Company Name: Jason Byrne Design, Image Credit: Traianos Pakioufakis.

Concrete kitchen with silver bench and blue wall
Hero ACMI

Company Name: Chris Connell Design, Image Credit: Earl Carter

Neutral coloured childcare centre
Rouse Hill Childcare

Company Name: CO-AP Architects, Image Credit: Ross Honeysett.

Interior of classroom in three shades of purple.
Surfside Primary School

Company Name: Sibling Architecture, Image Credit: Christine Francis.

Teal seating area with exposed ceiling
Meet Fresh

Company Name: Wall Architects, Image Credit: Aaron Pocock.

Concrete walls with view to glass window showcasing large wine rack.
Agnes

Company Name: Amok, Image Credit: Cathy Schusler.

Bar with ceiling to floor glass windows
Cascade Brewery Bar

Company Name: JAWS Architects, Image Credit: Adam Gibson.

Theatre stage with white spotlights and red lights streaming on ceiling and stalls.
Enmore Theatre Auditorium Renovation

Company Name: Kat Everett Colour Styling, Image Credit: Daniel Guida.

Gallery items behind glass displays and cases.
The Nicholson Galleries, Chau Chak Wing Museum

Company Name: Studioplusthree, Image Credit: Brett Boardman.

dog
Four Pillars - Eileen's Bar & Gin Laboratory

Company Name: YSG, Image Credit: Anson Smart.

Wooden bar in centre of a neutral room with light green ceiling.
Bloom

Company Name: Sans-Arc Studio, Image Credit: Jonathan VDK.

Bar seating area with tables
Atomic Beer Project

Company Name: YSG, Image Credit: Anson Smart.

Blue bakery with apricots ceiling and glass cabinets.
L'oven Craft Bakery

Company Name: Span Design, Image Credit: Andrew Worssam.

Young people sitting at a bench alongside a wall with white windows.
Music Market

Company Name: Sibling Architecture, Image Credit: Peter Bennetts.

Childcare play room
Silverdale Centre Parent-Room

Company Name: Kate Pilot Design, Image Credit: Ben Rowsell.

White cafe, wooden seating and tables, floor to ceiling windows
Industry Beans Brisbane

Company Name: Platform by DesignOffice, Image Credit: Andy MacPherson.

Dark blue-green room with timber table and neutral chairs
Cucina Porto

Company Name: Tom Mark Henry & The Star Entertainment Group, Image Credit: Damian Bennett.

Concrete and black cafe
Maverick Cafe

Company Name: Pitch Architecture & Design, Image Credit: Timothy Kaye.

Gallery with curved features on benches, ceiling and door.
The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame Rejuvenation

Company Name: m3architecture, Image Credit: Christopher Frederick Jones.

Orange and maroon doors to joint mens and womens change rooms.
Meercroft Park

Company Name: ARTAS Architects, Image Credit: ARTAS Architects.

Classy purple bar centrally located in room with with velvet stools, round pendant lights.
Naumi Studio Hotel Wellington

Company Name: Material Creative, Image Credit: Sam Hartnett.

Commercial and Multi Residential Exterior

Exterior of dark green three-storey corner building.
22 William

Company Name: SJB, Image Credit: Matthew Densley.

building exterior
The Palisades

Company Name: AMP Capital Investors, Image Credit: Greg Fonne.

Exterior single level building with semi-circle design roof
Cobaw Community Health

Company Name: NTC Architects, Image Credit: Dianna Snape.

Exterior multi-storey building, asymmetrical pitched roof and irregular size of rectangle and square windows.
Ballarat Gov Hub

Company Name: John Wardle Architects, Image Credit: Peter Bennetts.

Overhead view of exterior steps between buildings, circular patterned paving
RMIT Rodda Lane

Company Name: Sibling Architecture, Image Credit: Peter Bennetts.

Alley with shops and cafes
ELLA South

Company Name: Craig Tan Architects, Image Credit: Jamie Diaz-Berrio.

Exterior white and black double-story school building
Goodna State School Prep / Yr 1 Building

Company Name: arkLAB Architecture, Image Credit: Christopher Frederick Jones

School with light green and white walls
Buddina State School

Company Name: Tanya Mathers Architecture + Design, Image Credit: Andy Macpherson Studio.

Yellow curved vertical public art
Kingsford Smith Beacons

Company Name: Albert Smith Signs, Image Credit: Albert Smith Signs.

Elevated view of grey, blue and white double-storey school with multipurpose court.
Warkworth Primary School

Company Name: Ignite Architects, Image Credit: Lightforge.

Undercover play area with orange, yellow and grey floor
Spensley St Primary School

Company Name: Workshop Architecture, Image Credit: John Gollings.

Red and grey multi-storey building
NEXTDC S2

Company Name: GREENBOX Architecture, Image Credit: Steve Brown.

Multi-storey black and white apartment building with brown panelled balconies.
Waterview Court Development

Company Name: Ashton Mitchell, Image Credit: McCabe Photography.

Single Residential Exterior

Exterior green house
Engawa House

Company Name: Arcke, Image Credit: Andy Macpherson.

Exterior white and brown house with brick fence
Bona Vista

Company Name: Studio Prineas, Image Credit: Chris Warnes.

Exterior rear of double storey narrow house with pool and timber decking.
Forest Bathing

Company Name: Windust Architecture x Interiors, Image Credit: Christine Francis.

Elevated white house
Aloha Beach House

Company Name: BPDC, Image Credit: BPDC.

Exterior double storey weatherboard house
Crane Lodge

Company Name: Carole Whiting Studio, Image Credit: Nicholas Watt.

Curved double storey brown and aluminum house with timber door
Yarraville Residence

Company Name: Wall Architects, Image Credit: Aaron Pocock Photography.

Exterior of cream single-fronted Victorian house with burgundy trim
Dot's House

Company Name: Atlas Architects, Image Credit: Tess Kelly.

Grey double storey traditional house with burgundy trim
Rodanthe

Company Name: Amarot, Image Credit: Simon Whitbread.

Exterior white modern house with aluminum louvres and yellow trim
Yellow & Green House

Company Name: Volume 2 Architecture, Image Credit: Mary Grekos

Student (Years 1-6)

Illustration of exterior curved artworks in pastel colours
Installation Art

Name: Joanne Odisho, RMIT University.

Illustration of elevated view of terrace house with modernised additions and alterations.
Cremorne Mesh House

Name: Ying Ho Shiu (Hiro), RMIT University.

Fantasy architecture illustration
Woven Ground

Name: Arinah Rizal, Luke Kim, Qun Zhang, University of Melbourne.

Illustration of multicoloured geometric building
Kairos

Name: Ana Gabrielle Herbosa, Sydney Design School.

Illlustration of white and terracotta-coloured walls
The Jungle Room

Name: Laura Cotterill, Unitec Institute of Technology New Zealand.

Illustration of pink and neutral studio apartment
SiR Queen: Alter Ego

Name: Louise Mackay, Sydney Design School.

Illustration of pink and orange multi-storey buildings
Out of the Ordinary

Name: Charlie Reinhardt, University of Melbourne.

Illustration of library with white shelves and glass ceiling
The Archipelago Library

Name: Daniel Yip, University of Auckland.

Illustration of blue and green hairdressing salon
Shadow & Light (Amarnie Hair)

Name: Gonia Chylinska, ISCD (International School of Colour & Design).

Illustration of a dark bar with long bench tables, bar chairs and arched shelves
Cornersmith: Forage

Name: Louise Mackay, Sydney Design School.

Illustration of individual glass-walled offices
Timeless Tech

Name: Sarah Fielding, RMIT University.

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