The Dunedin City Council administers a number of heritage awards with its heritage partners in Dunedin, to recognise excellence and innovation in the re-use and conservation of heritage buildings across the city.
These awards recognise a range of people involved in heritage re-use, including building owners, developers, conservation professionals, heritage advocates, project managers and engineers. The DCC also aims to run a student design competition aimed at encouraging young designers to apply their skills to heritage projects.
The winners of these awards and competitions are recognised at the biennial Dunedin Heritage Re-use Awards ceremony, usually held in March. The date and format of the next Heritage Awards has not been set. An update will be provided once this is confirmed.
The ultimate award - the Outstanding Heritage Re-use Award - is chosen by the judges from all the award entries for that year.
The current award categories are:
- Outstanding Heritage Re-Use Award
- Dunedin City Council Heritage Streetscape Award
- Pam Jordan Services to Heritage Award
- Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Heritage Conservation Award
- Oakwood Properties Earthquake Strengthening Award
- Otago Polytechnic School of Design Interior Architecture Award
Awards and winners for 2020
Congratulations to all the winners at the Dunedin Heritage Awards, held in October 2020 after delays due to COVID-19. We received some outstanding entries and the level of achievement and investment by owners in their heritage buildings was impressive.
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Outstanding Heritage Re-Use Award
Winner: The Zeallandia Building - 43 Crawford Street
Highly commended: The Stables - 17 Elder Street
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Dunedin City Council Heritage Streetscape Award
Winner: Fight Times - 49 Stuart Street
Highly commended: Donald Stuart Building - 82A Bond Street
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Pam Jordan Services to Heritage Award
Winner: Jointly awarded to Ann Barsby QSM and Dr Jill Hamel
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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Heritage Conservation Award
Winner: Larnach Castle - Breakfast Room restoration
Highly commended: First Presbyterian Church of Otago - 415 Moray Place
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Oakwood Properties Earthquake Strengthening Awards
Winner: Not awarded in 2020
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Otago Polytechnic School of Design Heritage Interiors Award
Winner: The Zeallandia Building - 43 Crawford Street
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Seddon's The Fibrous Plaster Company Student Design Competition Award 2020
Winner: Ilan Avraham, Otago Polytechnic for 232 Rattray Street heritage redevelopment project
Highly commended: Mila Makasini, Otago Polytechnic for 232 Rattray Street heritage redevelopment project
