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Browse through the articles below from Architecture NZ, Practice in Profile, Good, NZ House & Garden, Style, Life & Leisure, Here and BlackWhite for information and inspiration on architecture, art, design and colour! To view PDFs referenced in the articles, you may need to download Acrobat Reader. For more decorating ideas and and colour trends, see our latest looks section.

Architecture NZ x Resene Colour Collab

Toni Brandso
Material Creative co-founder Toni Brandso is as colourful and full of life as the interiors she crafts... more

Felicity Brenchley
Felicity Brenchley brings a client-centred, collaborative approach to her projects... more

Tessa Pawson
Tessa Pawson is passionate about creating bespoke and individual experiences for clients... more

Dajiang Tai
Dajiang Tai's designs are a magical mix of whimsy, sophistication and an organic, handcrafted aesthetic... more

Mark Gascoigne
Mark delights in delivering colourful and creative retail, hospitality and living spaces for his clients... more

Naomi Rushmer
An architect with a passion for ‘designing experiences’, Naomi started Studio Naomi Rushmer three years ago... more

Victoria Read
Victoria Read is inspired by architecture that reflects the natural and cultural environment and adds to the landscape... more

Sam Griffin
Sam Griffin believes that the power of a strong narrative is that it fosters creativity and generates new ideas... more

Craig Moller
Moller Architects’ work is wide-ranging, from the Sky Tower to chocolate factories, boat-building sheds, houses... more

Amelia Holmes
Amelia Holmes is known for her deceptively simple design moves, which exude understated sophistication... more

Paul Anselmi
Paul's focus has been on crafted residential and small public projects... more

Henri Sayes
A specialist in residential new builds and renovations, Sayes is known for his beautiful, bespoke work... more

Thomas Cannings
Thomas Cannings talks about the ongoing influence of art, architecture and interiors - at work, at home... more

Pippa Ensor
Athfield Architects associate Pippa Ensor has worked in all three of the practise's studios... more

Ermanno Cattaneo
Ermanno Cattaneo works for Suzanne Turley Landscapes, where he creates bespoke residential landscapes... more

Natasha Markham
Founder of MAUD (Markham Architecture + Urban Design) and co-host of architectural podcast 76 Small Rooms... more

Darryl Church
Darryl Church discusses nature, context and the process of integrating colour... more

Nick Eagles
Collaboration, turning transience into sculpture and the importance of colour... more

Daniel Marshall
Modernity, Mexican architecture, surrealism and luminescence inspire this Auckland architect... more

Annabel Cropper
Annabel blends graphic and object design with curiosity and architecture for the sake of large, sculptural objects... more

Buster Caldwell
From Interiors magazine, The creative director for the Wonder Group makes art from photos of banal architecture... more

Moshin Mussa
We caught up with the RTA Studio associate to discuss colour and how it has influenced his design choices... more

Charlotte Minty
An interior designer discusses the colours of her childhood and how they still hold a place in her imagination... more

Gerald Parsonson
We caught up with the award-winning, Wellington-based architect to discuss colour, the built environment... more

Architecture NZ – Practice in Profile

Matter Architects
Matters's go-to colours from the Resene colour range... view

Sheppard and Rout Architects
Sheppard & Rout's go-to colours from the Resene colour range... view

fjcstudio
fjcstudio's go-to colours from the Resene colour range... view

Stevens Lawson Architects
Stevens Lawson's go-to colours from the Resene colour range... view

Toa Architects
Nō te whānau whānui ō Resene, ēnei kōwhiringa tae, e ngākau nuitia ana e TOA. The colours of TOA from the Resene colour range... view

Bureaux
Bureaux's go-to neutrals from the Resene colour range... view

NZ House & Garden – Resene colour experts, colour lovers

Put to the test
Katrina Hobbs is a fan of using Resene testpots to find your perfect paint... more

It's personal
Seeing clients embrace a colour scheme makes Jill Marsh happy... more

Change is good
Author and gardener Lynda Hallinan reaches for the paint pots when... more

Endless choices
Kate Alexander loves the surprise and delight that a variety of paint colour... more

Nature rules
Architect Pat de Pont looks to the trees for inspiration... more

All about emotion
Stylist Annick Rennell loves how colour evokes emotion and mood... more

Being bold
Gem Adams has a renewed love affair with stronger colours... more

Positive thinking
Annabel Berry uses interior colour to enhance mood... more

Each to their own
Debra De Lorenzo uses colour to create individuality... more

Transformed by colour
Stylist Melle Van Sambeek delights in paint's instant effect... more

Carved from colour
Hannah Jensen reveals the magic within her art... more

Colours for the soul
Megan Harrison-Turner says colours are her happy place... more

It's only natural
Colours inspired by nature have a firm place in the work of these designers... more

Colour and light
There's synergy between the two, says architect Daniel Marshall... more

More is good
The more colour, the better says stylist Louise Hilsz... more

Adding humanity
Harmony is a key driver for designer Charlotte Minty... more

Softly does it
For stylist Amber Armitage, soft and organic is the way to go... more

Style magazine – Interior Designer

Grey area
Dark cabinetry, plenty of texture and a grey colour palette have been beautifully balanced... more

Right at home
Napier interior design firm Bibby + Brady puts an emphasis on enhancing the lives of clients... more

Good magazine

Shelley Ferguson's favourite white paints
Top white paint picks
Shelley Ferguson chooses her favourite white Resene paints for three interior styles.... more

Life & Leisure magazine

At home with colour
Writer and stylist Tracey Strange Watts chooses paint to colour her world...

Colour drives a clever crafter
Crafting comes before housework in the dictionary, says a committed crafter...

An interview with Yolanta
Woldendorp
Life in colour
Art director Yolanta Woldendorp enjoys a vibrant off-duty life in the countryside...

BlackWhite magazine – an industry publication

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Design in colour

Here magazine has partnered with Resene to provide you with a collection of inspiring colour palettes that architects and designers have used on real projects throughout New Zealand and Australia... view palettes

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