Architects generally add colour through materiality: mostly natural colours derived from timber, stone, and metal. For this issue of The Design Guide, we were interested in projects that use bold colour in architectural ways. Houses and apartments with colour baked into materials, such as brick, steel, plaster or tiles. Interiors where colour drives the […]

Congratulations to all the Best Design Awards finalists and winners for 2017! Below are the residential winners in the Spatial category – a Sydney apartment, a small house in Christchurch, a large house in Auckland, and a colour award for a 1960s modernist gem in Titirangi.   Cleveland Rooftop, Sydney by SJB. Repurposed spaces. Judge’s comments: A […]