2018 Southern Architecture Awards Winner
Dunedin Law Courts
Constructed in 1900, the category 1-listed Dunedin Law Courts is a charming and respected way-marker within Dunedin’s history. Thanks to a recent refurbishment, an equally long future has also been assured. The mark of excellent heritage restoration is the apparent effortlessness that belies the complexity of work – and that is the case here. Substantial interventions have been achieved with sensitivity and to high conservation standards. The improvements benefit interior and exterior public realms: the streetscape is enhanced by reinstated lace-like wrought-iron decoration, cruciform finials and repaired stone tourelles, while the interior is enhanced by carefully reinstated carved timber panelling, and plasterwork and stair detailing.
- Practice
- Stephenson & Turner NZ Ltd , RDT Pacific and Aurecon in association
- Category
- Heritage
- Location
- Southern
