Dulux Colour Awards 2025
New Zealand Student Winner
This category celebrates excellence in paint specification by architecture or interior design students who are currently undertaking or have recently completed (within the past 12 months) a course by a recognised university or college.
Render: Pātaka Kōrero/ Fale o Tala, A Storehouse of Narratives in Samoa by Will Chomchoei.
New Zealand Student Winner
Will Chomchoei
University of Auckland
Pātaka Kōrero / Fale o Tala, A Storehouse of Narratives in Samoa
The winning palette
Samoa's connection to ancestral lands and nature such as tropical foliage, the ocean and sky inspired this project's palette.
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Image credits
Lillie Thompson Sarah & Sebastian Armadale | Samuel Hartnett Lava Flow | Sean Fennessey Elonera House | Pier Carthew Dunstan | Peter Bennetts Northern Memorial Park Depot | Anson Smart Melbourne Place | Hamish McIntosh Carol Jerrems: Portraits | Angela Xu and Georgia Reader Landscape of Co-existence | Will Chomchoei Pātaka Kōrero / Fale o Tala, A Storehouse of Narratives in Samoa.