Dorothy Garrod Building reigns supreme at Brick Awards
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November 14, 2019
The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, has scooped this year’s ‘Supreme Winner’ title at the 2019 Brick Awards, celebrating the best use of brick in the built environment. Designed by Walters & Cohen Architects, this project also won the Medium Housing Development and Craftmanship categories.
Focusing on the value of using durable materials and on finding the right suppliers of products, The Dorothy Garrod Building knits itself among the buildings already part of the college and creates a new frontage for the college from one entrance. The design balances solidity and transparency, with glazing alternating with full-height brickwork panels where hit-and-miss element weaves seamlessly into the texture and detail of the elevation. The hit-and-miss brickwork complements the existing buildings without mimicking them. A bespoke mixture of Northcot Plumstead and Lynham Red bricks were made to create Sidgwick Blend bricks for the project.
Hillary Satchwell, head judge, Brick Awards 2019, said: “The supreme winner, the Dorothy Garrod Building, really impressed the judges who felt it was exceptional in a number of ways. It manages to be exemplary teaching and research space, as well as student housing; it is a strongly urban and welcoming response to the surrounding streets in this part of Cambridge; and at the same time is an amazing work of carefully considered and expressive brick design and craftsmanship. Quite some achievement.”
The task of shortlisting fell to a panel of experienced architects, planners, specialist brickwork contractors, developers and other design and brick experts, who produced a final shortlist of 104 entries. Domestic projects were then visited and reported back to the judging panel as a whole for debate.
Winners:
Individual Housing Development
Kenwood Lee House – Winner
Ten Oaks – Commendation
Hulmefield Hall – Commendation
Small Housing Development
The Interlock – Winner
35 Marylebone High Street – Commendation
Weymouth Mews – Commendation
Medium Housing Development
The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College – Winner
Roof Gardens – Commendation
Gainsford Road – Commendation
Large Housing Development
Porters Edge – Winner
Hox Park –Commendation
Urban Regeneration
Raidió Fáilte / Líonra Uladh – Winner
New Gorbals Health and Care Centre – Commendation
Elephant Park – Commendation
Commercial
The Ray Farringdon – Winner
The Caxton at Buckingham Green – Commendation
Public
Cambridge Central Mosque – Winner
The Defence National Rehabilitation Centre – Commendation
Education
Royal College of Pathologists – Winner
Dancy House – Commendation
Music School, King’s College School Wimbledon – Commendation
Refurbishment
Royal Academy of Arts – Winner
The Hollis Building, Sheffield – Commendation
Innovation
The Interlock – Winner
York House – Commendation
Housebuilder
Croudace Homes
Craftsmanship
The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College – Winner
The Defence National Rehabilitation Centre – Commendation
Fulham Palace – Commendation
Specialist Brickwork Contractor
Lee Marley Brickwork
Worldwide
Pontsteiger, Netherlands – Winner
Chuon Chuon Kim 2 Kindergarten, Vietnam – Commendation
Lipton Thayer House, USA – Commendation
Supreme Winner
The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College
