The winners of the Wienerberger Brick Award 2012 have been announced at a ceremony in Vienna’s City Hall. Five international architects were awarded for their outstanding work, for projects using brick as a construction material. The five-person jury chose South African architect Peter Rich as grand prize winner and winner of the category “Special Solution with Brick” for the Mapungubwe Interpretation Center in South Africa. Additionally, the accompanying book “Brick’12” features the award-winning buildings as well as the 45 other nominated projects from 28 countries and five continents, presented by renowned architecture writers from around the world. More images and information on the awards after the break.
The “Non-Residential Building” category was won by Scottish architectural firm NORD for its innovative electrical substation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Architect Bart Lens convinced the jury in the “Single Family House” category with his project titled The Rabbit Hole “Single-Family House”. The Portuguese architects and brothers Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus received the “Residential Building” Brick Award for their ‘house for elderly people’ in Alcácer do Sal. While in the final category, “Conversion”, Slovakia’s Pavol Paňák scored a win with his personal architectural, brick-built hideaway.
