A farm shed-style home in East Taieri and a heritage listed former government building hotel interior were judged the winning designs at the 2017 Otago Southland Regional ADNZ-Resene Architectural Design Awards. Reece Warnock, of Warnock Architecture (Dunedin), won the Residential New Home between 150sqm and 300sqm Architectural Design Award and Resene Colour in Design Award for his traditional shed-style home design with a contemporary twist. Julian O’Sullivan from Opus Architecture’s interior work on 1930s heritage listing former Chief Post Office building — now Distinction Hotel — in Dunedin, earned him a commended in the Commercial Interior Architectural Design category, sponsored by GIB. Every year, the ADNZ-Resene Architectural Design Awards recognises outstanding, creative and innovative residential, commercial, alterations and multi-use projects designed by ADNZ members throughout New Zealand. National award winners and the supreme award winner will be announced on October 27.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 28, 2017 18:00 UTC