The 2015 Think Brick Awards were announced in a gala presentation at Crown Palladian on 13 August. From a record number of entries in 2015, 26 were recognized across five categories.
The winners in 2015, ranging from a university building to a children’s charity centre have imaginatively and innovatively explored one of the world’s oldest building materials and challenged preconceived ideas about brick construction, concrete masonry and roof tiles.
Each category winner received a $10,000 cash prize, making the Think Brick Awards one of the richest design prizes in Australia. The Grand Prix winner also received a trip for two to the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.
The winners are:
Act for Kids Child and Family Centre of Excellence by m3architecture.
Image: Peter Bennetts
Grand Prix winner and Kevin Borland Masonry Award winner
Act for Kids Child and Family Centre of Excellence, Townsville (Qld) – m3architecture
Kevin Borland Masonry Award finalists
Concrete House (WA) – Fringe Architects
Local House (Vic) – MAKE architecture
Wylde Street (NSW) – SJB Architects
Lagoon House (Tas) – Taylor and Hinds Architects
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building by Gehry Partners (Design Architect) and Daryl Jackson Robin Dyke (Executive Architects).
Image: Jacqui Dean
Bunbury Catholic College – Mercy Campus by CODA Studio and Broderick Architects.
Image: Peter Bennetts
Horbury Hunt Commercial Award – joint winners
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building (NSW) – Gehry Partners (Design Architect) and Daryl Jackson Robin Dyke (Executive Architects)
Bunbury Catholic College – Mercy Campus (WA) – CODA Studio and Broderick Architects
Horbury Hunt Commercial Award finalists
UWS Kingswood Campus Library (NSW) – Allen Jack+Cottier
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar Middle Girls School (Vic) – McBride Charles Ryan
Dayboro Kindergarten (Qld) – Reddog Architects
Platform Apartments, Carriageworks Way, Eveleigh – Architectus
Hello House by OOF! Architecture.
Image: Nic Granleese
Horbury Hunt Residential Award winner
Hello House (Vic) – OOF! Architecture
Horbury Hunt Residential Award finalists
McIlwrick Street Residence, Windsor (Vic) – B.E Architecture
Courtyard House (NSW) – Aileen Sage Architects
Wedge House (Vic) – Inglis Architects
Lake Wendouree House (Vic) – John Wardle Architects
Camino House by Bosske.
Image: Peter Bennetts
Roof Tiling Excellence Award winner
Camino House (WA) – Bosske
Roof Tiling Excellence Award finalists
Huntingdale Golf Club (Vic) – Inarc Architects
Roseville Avenue (NSW) – Studio GA
Ballarat House (Vic) – H2O Architects
Nedlands Residence (NSW) – Roger Cuperus Design & Drafting
Langtree Mall Mildura by Hansen Partnership.
Image: Andrew Lloyd
Bruce Mackenzie Landscape Award winner
Langtree Mall Mildura (Vic) – Hansen Partnership
Bruce Mackenzie Landscape Award finalists
West End Cottage (Qld) – Vokes and Peters (with Owen and Vokes and Peters)
Richmond Terrace (Vic) – Hansen Partnership
Dandenong Civic Centre (Vic) – Rush\Wright Associates
Casba (NSW) – SJB Architects + Billard Leece Partnership
On the jury were: Jayson Blight (COX Architecture, QLD), Clare Cousins (Clare Cousins Architects, VIC), Anupama Kundoo (Anupama Kundoo, Spain/India), Cameron Bruhn (Architecture Media) and Elizabeth McIntyre (Think Brick).
