The Australian Embassy in Bangkok and Monash University’s Learning and Teaching building in Clayton have shared the Horbury Hunt Commercial Award at Australia’s richest awards night.
The Think Brick Awards focus on design using clay bricks, concrete masonry and roof tiles in Australian contemporary architecture, with a combined $70,000 in prize money on offer. The Horbury Hunt winners received $10,000 each.
“The new Australian Embassy in Bangkok is an incredible example of Australian architecture and had a tough brief to work with, calling for a 60-year functional life,” Think Brick said.
“Bricks were selected for their visceral expressionistic qualities, made bespoke by Bowral Bricks to match the original Thai brick, which has been the building block of Thai temples and public buildings for centuries.”
The Learning and Teaching building at Monash University’s Clayton campus, features brick towers within the interior.
“They share their tapering and curvilinear character with the pottery kilns of Stoke-on-Trent in England, for example. This reference to an industrial landscape suggests the process of firing, which starts with malleable clay and is abstractly akin to the process of learning.”
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