The winners of the 2018 Think Brick Awards, which celebrate excellence in the use of clay brick, concrete masonry and roof tiles by architects and designers, have been announced at a gala dinner at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne.
The Horbury Hunt Commercial Award was split between two significant projects – the Australian Embassy in Bangkok by BVN and the Learning and Teaching Building at Monash University’s Clayton Campus by John Wardle Architects.
Of BVN’s embassy in the Thai capital, the jury said, “The architects are able to use brick and exploit its ability to absorb light. The texture changes its perception as you move closer to it.”
They also praised the way John Wardle Architects used brick in “a fabric-like way to produce an object that sits in [a] space in a sumptuous form. It’s geology meets the woolly jumper.”
The five winners each took home a $10,000 cash prize. A new addition to the awards was a $10,000 prize for the best submission from a new entrant.
The 2018 Think Brick Awards winners are:
Horbury Hunt Commercial Award
Joint winners
Australian Embassy - Bangkok – BVN
Learning and Teaching Building - Monash University, Clayton Campus – John Wardle Architects
Cornerstone Stores by Richards and Spence.
Image: Andy Macpherson Studio
High Commendations
Cornerstone Stores – Richards and Spence
Day Street Apartments – Tzannes
Maitland Riverlink – Chrofi
Horbury Hunt Residential Award
Winner
Apartment House – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Apartment House by Kerstin Thompson Architects.
Image: Trevor Mein
High Commendations
Italianate House – Renato D’Ettorre Architects
Mount Lawley – Weststyle Design and Development
Three Chimney House – KP Architects
Tiger Prawn – Wowowa
Kevin Borland Masonry Award
Winner
Highbury Grove – Ritz and Ghougassian
Highbury Grove by Ritz and Ghougassian.
Image: Tom Blachford
High Commendations
Collins Street Melbourne T and G – Bates Smart
Kardinya Close – Honed Architecture and Design
The Ash – Dalecki Design
Wonwondah House – Cooper Scaife Architects
Bruce Mackenzie Landscape Award
Winner
Melbourne Zoo - Predator Precinct Pledge Wall – Ola Studio
Melbourne Zoo - Predator Precinct Pledge Wall by Ola Studio.
Image: Drew Echberg
High Commendations
Eden Lane – Rothelowman
Explorers Early Learning Centre – Perkins Architects
Garden Room House – Clare Cousins Architects
Newcombe Street Upgrade – McGregor Coxall
Robin Dods Roof Tile Excellence Award
Winner
The Beehive – Raffaello Rosselli with Luigi Rosselli Architects
The Beehive by Raffaello Rosselli with Luigi Rosselli Architects.
Image: Raffaello Rosselli
High Commendations
Bathurst – Marple Constructions
Heritage In Kew – C and L Coghlan Roofing
Lewisham Road House – Clare Cousins Architects
Parish of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Church – Loucas Zahos Architects
New Entrant Award
Winner
Kardinya Close – Honed Architecture and Design
High Commendations
Italianate House – Renato D’Ettorre Architects
Maitland Riverlink – Chrofi
Mount Lawley – Weststyle Design and Development
Oatlands House – Design Corp Architects
