NKBA Awards 2026Entry 260
Jewel Box
Du Bois Design·Parnell·Powder room
Designed by
Natalie Du Bois
Du Bois Design
OFFICIAL RESULT
Auckland Powder Room Design Recognition
Jewel Box finds its character in the real behaviour of its materials.
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Project story
Jewel Box finds its character in the real behaviour of its materials. A naturally dark powder room becomes an asset rather than a problem, with controlled light grazing hydro-finished stone to reveal its mineral texture, veining and crystalline detail.
A sculptural column basin is centred on the doorway, creating an immediate moment of arrival. Wall-mounted tapware keeps the form clear, while a once-redundant gap by the structural post becomes concealed guest storage within the deep umber wall. It is a small room with a geological presence, where each surface has a job and a reason to be there.
Project record
- Entry number
- Entry 260
- Project
- Jewel Box
- Entered by
- Du Bois Design
- Designer
- Natalie Du Bois
- Location
- Parnell
- Programme
- 2026 NKBA Excellence in Design
- Room type
- Powder room
- Category entered
- Powder Room
- Photography
- Jackie Meiring
- Auckland Powder Room Design Recognition
- Credits
- Blum, Robertson, New Zealand Panels
Official result
Official NKBA 2026 result.
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