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Commercial and Multi-Residential Exterior

The exterior paint finishes of any commercial, industrial, education facility or multi-residential apartment building.

Commercial and Multi-Residential Exterior

Winner

Project Title: Flinders Street Station External Works

Company Name: Lovell Chen

Flinders Street Station Melbourne clocktower
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Image Credit: Peter Glenane, Martin Leitch, Jenny Bolis, Kai Chen.
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Commendation

Project Title: Walan

Company Name: Bureau^Proberts

External multi-coloured louvres on commercial building
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Image Credit: Christopher Frederick Jones
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Commercial and Multi-Residential Exterior – Finalists

Outdoor kinder play area with artificial grass, tree, mural wall
Go Kindy

Company Name: EJE Architecture. Image Credit: Murray McKean.

exterior of high school building. White with random scattering of blue, purple, green and lime tiles
Banyule Nillumbik Tech School

Company Name: Tectura Architects. Image Credit: Chris Matterson.

Exterior double storey peach-coloured council building
Mount Roskill Municipal Building Restoration

Company Name: Matthews & Matthews Architects. Image Credit: Blair Hastings.

Exterior school building with multi-coloured louvres. Palm trees in the foreground.
Ballina Coast High School

Company Name: EJE Architecture. Image Credit: Dallas Nock.

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Rangiora RSA

Company Name: Andrea Robertson Design. Image Credit: Chris Daniels Photography.

Double-storey grey and black modern house
Napier Lane

Company Name: JWA Architects. Image Credit: Simon Devitt.

Black and yellow curved building with artistic curved blue bars at the front of the building.
Dolphin Discovery Centre

Company Name: MCG architects. Image Credit: Silvertone Photography.

exterior school with blue feature wall and yellow louvres.
Melba College

Company Name: Y2 Architecture. Image Credit: Peter Hyatt.

Multi-storey student living quarters with accents of yellow, orange, blue, green and red on walkway walls and balconies
James Cook University, Cairns Student Accommodation

Company Name: Wilson Architects. Image Credit: Andrew Rankin.

White multi-storey car park structure
Ku-Ring-Gai Hornsby Car Park

Company Name: Urban Facades and Nettleton Tribe Architects. Image Credit: Richard Crook Constructions.

Modern double-storey building overlooking ocean
The Wine House

Company Name: Crosson Architects. Image Credit: Mark Scowan.

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Griffith University Gold Coast East-West Spine Stage 1

Company Name: Cox Architecture. Image Credit: Gary Peters.

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Merrifield Industrial Estate Entrance Wall

Company Name: Bent Metal. Image Credit: Michael Kluge.

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U60

Company Name: Custance Associates Australia. Image Credit: Mark Syke.

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2017

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2020

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