2011 Ballarat Heritage Awards
An unprecedented number of heritage building owners, builders and developers nominated for the 2011 Ballarat Heritage Awards, highlighting the community’s desire to celebrate and promote Ballarat’s heritage.
Presented jointly by the City of Ballarat and the National Trust of Australia (Vic), the awards were held for the first time in 2010 to recognise excellence in retention, restoration, enhancement and reuse of heritage places.
The awards were open to domestic and commercial projects, from both government and non-government sectors.
The 2011 award winners demonstrated excellence in conservation work, conservation skills, sustainability, adaptive reuse and sympathetic new design.
The winners and finalists received commemorative plaques at a formal awards ceremony held at the Art Gallery of Ballarat on 6 May 2011.
THE AWARD WINNERS
Golden Point Learning and Cultural Environment Inc (GPlace)
AWARD - Creative Reuse of a Heritage Place
3 Crocker Street, Lake Wendouree
AWARD - New Work/Development within a Heritage Area
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Armstrong Street South, Ballarat
AWARD - Restoration of a Heritage Place
Mr John Murnane, Heritage Slate Tiler & Heritage Roofing, for 183 Scott Parade, East Ballarat
AWARD - Specialist Heritage Trade Skill (Private)
S.J. Weir (Ballarat) Pty Ltd for Ballaarat Mechanics Institute
AWARD - Specialist Heritage Trade Skill (Public)
10 Sovereign Street, Golden Point
AWARD - Sustainability and/or Greening of a Heritage Place
Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens
SPECIAL AWARD - Recognition of Outstanding Community Contribution to Heritage Place
Award Categories
1. Creative Reuse of a Heritage Place
2. New Work/Development within a Heritage Area
3. Restoration of a Heritage Place
4. Specialist Heritage Trade Skills
5. Sustainability and/or Greening of a Heritage Place
6. Recognition of Outstanding Community Contribution to Heritage Place
1. Creative Reuse of a Heritage Place
The ‘Creative Reuse of a Heritage Place’ award recognises adaptive reuse of a heritage place. Adaptive reuse is a process that changes a disused or redundant place to a different purpose. The winner and finalists have demonstrated outstanding adaptive reuse of a heritage place having minimal impact on its significance and setting.
Finalists:
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2. New Work/Development within a Heritage Area
The ‘New Work/Development within a Heritage Area’award recognises sympathetic design of new buildings or structures within heritage conservation areas or within a cultural heritage landscape. The winner and finalists have demonstrated outstanding fulfilment of local Guidelines and the Burra Charter.
Finalists:
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3. Restoration of a Heritage Place
The ‘Restoration of a Heritage Place’ award recognises best practice restoration work that returns fabric back to a known earlier state or conserves integrity. The winner and finalists have demonstrated outstanding application of the Burra Charter.
Finalists:
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4. Specialist Heritage Trade Skills
The ‘Specialist Heritage Trade Skills’ award recognises tradespersons who work using specialist and traditional methods and craftsmanship to a very high standard. The winner and finalists have demonstrated excellence in traditional trades.
There are two awards in this category.
Finalist for works to a privately owned heritage place:
Finalist for works to a publically owned heritage place:
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5. Sustainability and/or Greening of a Heritage Place
The ‘Sustainability and/or Greening of a Heritage Place’ award recognises the contribution of heritage conservation to sustainability. The winner and finalists have demonstrated outstanding understanding of the environmental performance of heritage buildings and places, a range of options available for the improvement of environmental performance and positive impacts.
Finalists:
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6. Recognition of Outstanding Community Contribution to Heritage Place
This year the judges have decided to give a special award for ‘Outstanding Community Contribution to a Heritage Place’ to a dedicated and passionate group of volunteers who greatly deserve this recognition.
The ‘Outstanding Community to a Heritage Place’ award went to:
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