Heritage Awards 2018 Winners and Highly Commended

Interloop is a large, hovering sculpture commissioned by Transport for NSW that re-uses and re-imagines the 1950s heritage escalators. It was created by artist, Chris Fox.

The adaptive reuse of this heritage significant site provides flexible, highly-serviced teaching and recreation spaces for 1000 children on the grounds of the former Kings School, 1837.

Goonoo Goonoo Station was established in 1841 by the Australian Agricultural Company for the production of Merino Wool. The adaptive reuse and conservation of the historic buildings returns life to this once thriving village and provides opportunities for the community to engage with the 170-year-old station.

Sydney Living Museums carried out specialised stone conservation works on the Hyde Park Barracks guardhouses, gate piers and corner pavilion. They were designed by colonial architect Francis Greenway, between 1817 and 1819.

The Long Gallery opened in 1854. The conservation and refurbishment works have restored the grandeur and richness of the space as an architectural display cabinet for our nation's history, people and culture.

This cultural landscape assessment of the Berrima, Sutton Forest and Exeter area was aimed at raising awareness of the significance of the landscape with a view to encourage further statutory protection and to provide the basis for a heritage impact assessment of a proposed coal mine in the area.

The Birdwood Flag is a nationally significant Australian ensign. Reduced by age to thousands of pieces disintegrating in a box, its conservation involved a three-year journey by the community and conservators, Newcastle Cathedral and International Conservation Services culminating in the flag’s Re-hallowing in Newcastle Cathedral in 2017.

As part of Sydney Trains refresh program throughout 2017, a number of stations had works to restore original waiting rooms. Two projects at State-heritage listed Bulli and Kiama stations demonstrate an approach to reinstating heritage features to achieve current standards using traditional joinery skills and detailing.

A sculpture by artist, Chris Fax, at Sydney’s Wynyard Station that involved the repurposing of four ageing wooden escalators as a twisting installation. The escalators were among the last wooden escalators still in service in the world.

Sydney living Museums developed a new website - for both general and education audiences - that explores the fascinating story of convicts in Sydney through the lens of the UNESCO listed Hyde Park Barracks.

'The Moderns: European designers in Sydney' exhibition celebrated a forgotten aspect of Australian modernism, highlighting the largely unknown stories of Sydney’s mid-century émigré architects, interior designers and furniture makers. Developed from a wealth of original research, this object-rich exhibition explored the impact of these creatives on the development of modernist design in Sydney.

This film project saw a Wiradyuri Elder and seniors visit schools to share local stories. Classes selected their favourite story, an author delivered script-writing workshops and redrafted via video conference. Filmmakers taught students to film and edit, movies.

A revised 4th edition of the Conservation Management Plan for Sydney Opera House prepared by Alan Croker and his team, based on J.S. Kerr's 3rd edition. Extensively illustrated, it incorporates new conservation management tools to address the complexity of this World Heritage Listed site, to guide future management, conservation and change and ensure a responsible balance with its use as Australia's pre-eminent performing arts centre.