Extent Heritage to sponsor the National Trust NSW Heritage Awards

Extent Heritage is proud to announce we are sponsoring the architecture category at the National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards in Sydney. The Awards, now in their 30th year, are New South Wales’ biggest and most anticipated celebration of outstanding heritage practice.

The Heritage Architecture Award, one of nine categories, recognises projects which are sympathetic to the heritage significance of a place, or complement and utilise existing built heritage, from adaptive re-use to new work in historic contexts.

Extent Heritage Architect Associate Director Jacqueline Pearce says that the Heritage Awards are an important way to recognise excellence and best practice in conserving our architectural heritage. “The National Trust is so respected as an organisation that supports our heritage buildings, and their architecture awards are very highly regarded,” she says.

“These nominees all represent excellent conservation outcomes,” says Jacqui. “They enable ongoing uses of the places, but they also they demonstrate the design skills involved in adapting these heritage places to meet contemporary needs.”

The nominees for the 2024 Architecture Award are (clockwise from top left in image above):

  •  Central Station, Sydney (entered by Sydney Metro)

  • Birchgrove House (entered by Carter Williamson Architects)

  • The Estate (entered by Luke Moloney Architecture)

  • Parramatta Town Hall (entered by DesignInc, Lacoste + Stevenson, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture and TKD Architects)

  • Making heritage apartments accessible: new lift at Santa Barbara, Point Piper (entered by Orwell and Peter Phillips)

  • The Gunnery Transformation, Woolloomooloo (entered by Dunn Hillam Architecture + Urban Design)

  • 119 Redfern Street, Redfern (entered by Aileen Sage Architects)

  • Bellevue Hill House (entered by Tribe Studio Architects)

“Each of these projects has made a great contribution to protecting the heritage of New South Wales,” says Extent Heritage Director Dr Madeline Shanahan. “We’re thrilled to be making a contribution to recognise excellence in our field, and we’re really proud to have partnered with the National Trust for the award.”

The National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards will be announced at a ceremony at Doltone House in Pyrmont on May 17.

Maxine Bengad