Walters & Cohen’s Dorothy Garrod Building at Newnham College, Cambridge, heads this year’s winning projects
Supreme Winner: The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College, by Walters & Cohen Architects
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 elegant 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.
“The supreme winner 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”, says Hillary Satchwell, head judge of the Brick Awards 2019
Individual Housing Development
Winner: Kenwood Lee House, by architect Cousins & Cousins
Commendations: Ten Oaks by Kirkland Fraser Moor; Hulmefield Hall by Nigel Daly Design
Small Housing Development
Winner: The Interlock, by Bureau de Change Architects
Commendations: 35 Marylebone High Street, by Dixon Jones; Weymouth Mews, by Morrow & Lorraine
Medium Housing Development
Winner: The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College, by Walters & Cohen Architects
Commendation: Roof Gardens, by Ollier Smurthwaite Architects
Large Housing Development
Winner: Porters Edge, by Maccreanor Lavington and Stockwool
Commendation: Hox Park, by Studio Partington
Urban Regeneration
Winner: Raidió Fáilte/Líonra Uladh, by McGurk Architects and ArdMackel Architects
Commendations: New Gorbals Health and Care Centre, by JM Architects; Elephant Park, by Panter Hudspith Architects, Maccreanor Lavington Architects, DRMM
Commercial
Winner: The Ray Farringdon, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Commendation: The Caxton, Buckingham Green, by Fletcher Priest Architects
Public
Winner: Cambridge Central Mosque, by Marks Barfield Architects
Education
Winner: Royal College of Pathologists, by Bennetts Associates
Commendations: Dancy House, by Allies and Morrison; Music School, King’s College School Wimbledon, by Hopkins Architects
Refurbishment
Winner: Royal Academy of Arts, by David Chipperfield Architects and Julian Harrap Architects
Commendation: The Hollis Building, Sheffield, by Chiles Evans & Care Architects
Innovation
Winner: The Interlock, by Bureau de Change Architects
Commendation: York House, by De Metz Forbes Knight
Housebuilder
Winner: Croudace Homes
Craftsmanship
Winner: The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College, by Walters & Cohen Architects
Commendations: The Defence National Rehabilitation Centre, by John Simpson Architects and Purcell; Fulham Palace, by Purcell
Worldwide
Winner: Pontsteiger, Netherlands, by Arons & Gelauff
Commendations: Chuon Chuon Kim 2 Kindergarten, Vietnam, by Kientruc O; Lipton Thayer House, USA, by Brooks & Scarpa and Studio Dwell