The 2022 awards followed the theme “A time to build, a time to grow”, with selected works celebrating sustainable design, clean lines, and craftsmanship in brick, blocks, pavers and tiles. Think Brick chief executive Elizabeth McIntyre said this year’s theme “reflects the inherent resilience of our pre-eminent building materials and references the ability of the dedicated project teams who nurture endless creative solution.”
Among the winners, a handful of residential projects were recognised for their masterful use of materials and celebration of the traditional craft of masonry.
The Horbury Hunt Residential Award was awarded to B. E. Architecture’s Anderson Road house, which the jury described as a “great example of simple form, minimal detail, beautifully curated texture”. Made from red brick, the home denotes the domestic, humble building block, but with an elegant sense of permanence and grandeur.
The jury added, “Brick is the hero here and the architects have mastered this with a beautiful, almost monolithic structure.” Bricks were blurred with a flushstruck mortar, creating a great surface of red clay that sits both bold and sympathetic in its residential landscape.
The Kevin Borland Masonry Award also went to a residential house this year, with House at Flat Rock by Billy Maynard a “unanimous winner”. The jury said this house demonstrated a “sophisticated use of materials and form, bringing the landscape into the centre of the space”. The jury commended the architect’s use of masonry, which was so delicate it made a heavy material seem soft.
The New Entrant Award went to Stuart Holmes Architect for Wabi Sabi House – a reimagining of a Melbourne duplex channelling traditional and midcentury Japanese architecture. The jury said this home took “the most ordinary, everyday material and transforms it into something very special”. Grey concrete blocks were laid on their side or in stack bond to create screens, veils and walls resulting in a “robust and characterful” space.
Awards recipients of each category received a prize of $10,000.
The jury for the 2022 Think Brick Awards comprised Think Brick chief executive Elizabeth McIntyre, director of Smart Design Studio William Smart, Kerstin Thompson Architects director Kerstin Thompson, Jon Clements of Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, and Catherine Rush of Rush Wright Associates.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
