Creative solutions transforming old and historic buildings have dominated the Otago Southland Regional Design Awards.
The work on buildings such as Taieri Gorge's office in Dunedin's Railway Station, the former Santa Sabina Convent and the remnants of a gold miner's cottage was recognised at the Architectural Designers New Zealand, Resene Design Awards regional competition presentation dinner at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery last night.
This year, for the first time, sustainability was part of the judging criteria for the seven categories.
The annual awards for ADNZ members provide an opportunity for architectural designers throughout the country to show their work.
Judges said his retention and reuse of a unique heritage building had given it a "new lease on life" as a multi-functional student facility.
Chris Sargeant, of Chris Sargeant Design, Dunedin, won the residential new home over 250sq m award for a Vauxhall home, Gerrard House, using a "limited and unexpected palette" of materials on a difficult site.
Matthew White, of Queenstown company Remarkable Architectural Design Ltd, won the residential alterations and additions design award for a renovation project on a miners cottage in Central Otago.
Judges commented the result of Mr White's painstaking attention to detail, restoring Warbrick Cottage from a single wall of stone, was a "small building with great stature".
Gary Todd, of Gary Todd Design, won two awards for his work making over the Taieri Gorge office in the category one listed Dunedin Railway Station.
He won the commercial interior design award and the Resene colour in design award for the design that transformed the small cluttered office space into an area with long counters and extensive storage.
In the commercial, industrial design award category Mike Stevenson, of Mike Stevenson Design Ltd, Dunedin, won for his work on the Downer EDI head office in Green Island.
The regional winners' projects would be submitted to the national awards which are to be held in Nelson in October.
