The timing for this project was perhaps ideal; people gripped by years of pandemic- driven uncertainty, people sought the comfort of the past. A yearning for simpler times, when problems were smaller, choices less complicated and perhaps also a chance to reminisce about long car trips with parents who are long gone from this mortal coil. There is a place for concrete walls, cavernous spaces and minimalist chic – but you can’t build a beloved history.
"This is a council that has recognised the heritage of a main street, and has spent millions to deliver a much-enhanced version of the same – a great looking country town". "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN has been to Gundagai.
The coveted Judges Choice Award went to the spectacular Bondi Pavilion Restoration and Conservation project entered by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects.