2024 Brick Awards winners announced

The annual awards highlight use of heavy clay products in the UK.

The Supreme award went to the Norton Folgate site, comprising three urban blocks, sited within a conservation area on The City Fringe between the City of London and Shoreditch.

Given the variegated character of Norton Folgate, four different architectural practices were brought together to diversify the architectural approach and style.

A study of the local context was undertaken at the planning application stage to understand and develop the material palettes for the buildings, with the architects liaising and working together to produce a coherent approach to the masterplan materiality.

The study showed a wide variety of brick tones in the area and this followed in the development, where there is a pale Marziale, warm Lindfield Multi, warm Danehill Yellow, red Floren Gothiek and a dark Nelissen Ferro.

Innovation
The award for innovation went to the HyBrick Science Museum Bench, a demonstration of how hydrogen-fired clay bricks can reduce the carbon footprint of the clay brick industry, paving the way for further innovations in sustainable brick production.

We covered the work behind the bricks previously IOM3 | Breaking brick

The Brick Bench, built by Lyons & Annoot, is a subtle way of highlighting that clay brick doesn’t have to change form, or structure, or style, but can change its environmental impact in a positive way, and remain the product of choice for developers and architects no matter what level of the building process is looked at.