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Think Brick.

Austral Bricks, Bowral Bricks and

Austral Masonry scoop the pool at

Think Brick Awards.

Architectural projects featuring clay bricks and concrete

masonry by Brickworks Building Products won four of the six

categories at Australia’s richest architectural awards, recently

announced in Melbourne.

The Think Brick Awards are conducted by Think Brick Australia in

collaboration with the Roofing Tile Association of Australia and

the Concrete Masonry Association.The cash prize pool totals

$50,000 plus a trip for two to the 2016 Venice Biennale, flying

business class for the Grand Prix winner.

At its core are the Horbury Hunt Commercial and Residential

Awards, celebrating excellence in brickwork and masonry

design and construction.These commemorate the life and work

of John Horbury Hunt, a colonial-era architect whose radical

use of brickwork sowed the seeds of Modernism in Australia

(see page 30).

The awards program was expanded in 2014 to include the

Kevin Borland Concrete Masonry Award, the Roof Tile Excellence

Award, and the Bruce Mackenzie Landscape Award.

The distinguished jury panel comprised Neil Durbach (Durbach

Block Jaggers), Emma Williamson (CODA Studio), Sheila

O’Donnell and John Tuomey (O’Donnell + Tuomey, Ireland),

Cameron Bruhn (Architecture Media), and Elizabeth McIntyre

(Think Brick Australia).

Their daunting task was to whittle down the 281 entries in five

categories to a shortlist of 25 projects.

The winners were announced at a glittering Gala Awards Dinner

at Melbourne’s Palladium at Crown on 8 August, before an

architectural who’s who.The event was hosted by Neale

Whittaker, editor-in-chief of Belle, judge on The Block, and soon

to be editor of Vogue Living.

“As one of Australia’s leading building material manufacturers,

we are honoured that our products have been selected and

applied with such flair and imagination by so many of the

country’s leading architects,” says Brett Ward, group marketing

manager of Brickworks Building Products.

“Thank you to all entrants in the 2014 Think Brick Awards, and

congratulations to those shortlisted and to the category

winners.The 2015 Think Brick Awards should be even more

inspirational!”

Grand Prix

Horbury Hunt Commercial Award

UNSW Kensington Colleges (NSW) by Bates Smart

Jury comment:

This is a compelling suite of buildings that exploit the

inherent qualities and innovative potential of brick to great effect. Designed

and built with an enviable attention to detail this exemplary project sets a

new benchmark for the student housing typology.

Brickworks products:

Austral Bricks Burlesque, Dynasty and Ultra Smooth clay

bricks, Bowral Bricks dry-pressed clay bricks and Purpose Made Commons

More info:

page 16

Think Prize-

Winning

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