Think Brick Awards 2022: Horbury Hunt Residential Award Winner - Anderson Road, B.E Architecture
Anderson Road, B.E Architecture Manufacturer: Midland Brick Brick collection: Lloyd Wright Brick Collection - Kansas Sunset Builder: Dome Building Projects Contractor: Brick & Mortar, Brick and Blocklaying Photography credit: Victor Vieaux Anderson Road is a residential property that explores how material selection can not only create an emotional connection, but also imbue a sense of instant permanence with its surroundings. Reduced to a tonally recessive palette, the building has been constructed using “old school” techniques while championing modern representations of craft and detail. Dressed brickwork has been used to express the basic house forms, with attention paid to creating large expanses of unbroken wall surfaces that highlight the inherent beauty of the primary finish material. The architects have sourced an Australian-made soft terracotta-toned brickwork, which has been rumbled for the project to provide a soft, almost worn, appearance. Bricks have been laid in a random brick bond pattern with tonally matched mortar to create a large, saturated expanse of soft patchwork. Controlled use of decoratively laid bricks has also been incorporated. A series of vertical soldier course parapets adds a subtle architectural rigour as well as suggestively giving heft to the defined heads of the buildings. Custom-made curved bricks have been used for oversized circular columns. The two-storey column almost defines the building’s identity against its glass façade, while the rear column becomes the centre of the outdoor spaces to the rear. “A great example of simple form, minimal detail, beautifully curated texture and how you can bring these together. Brick is the hero here and the architects have mastered its use with a beautiful, almost monolithic, outcome.” Jury 2022
