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| Winners of the Wienerberger Brick Award 2014 are officially announced  'In this project, brick not only serves a decorative purpose, but it is determinative for the whole building structure – a fact I consider as particularly important.' Wang Shu, jury member and Pritzker Prize winner 2012, describes the grand prize winner of the Wienerberger Brick Award 2014. 'It is very simple, but very beautiful – it was the first project that made me immediately think: This is a magnificent project'. He praises the Kantana Film and Animation Institute in Nakhon Pathom in Thailand, which is also the award winner in the Special Solution category. The training centre designed by Bangkok Project Studio was built of more than 600,000 handmade bricks obtained from Thailand's last brick-producing village. Unemployed people were trained to carry out the construction works, a fact giving the project a special social component.The awards of the international Wienerberger Brick Award 2014 were presented on May 8th in the Architekturzentrum Wien: one grand prize, awards in five categories as well as two 'Wienerberger Special Prizes'. International architecture critics and journalists had proposed more than 300 projects from 26 countries, 50 of which were shortlisted for this year's Wienerberger Brick Award, which has been conferred every two years since 2004. House for all seasons by John Li The winner in the Residential Use category is a house in China allowing a self-reliant lifestyle A house allowing a lifestyle as self-reliant as possible was victorious in the Residential Use category: in the Chinese Province of Shaanxi, John Lin constructed the House for All Seasons from traditional materials like clay bricks. The interior courtyards connect the kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedrooms with each other, whilst the roof serves to dry meat and collect rainwater. Art museum Ravensburg by LRO Lederer Ragnarsdottir Oei The Kunstmuseum Ravensburg was awarded first prize in the Public Use category In the Public Use category, the Kunstmuseum Ravensburg by LRO Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei carried off the first prize. Windows interrupt the façade of the museum for the Peter and Gudrun Selinka Art Collection only in few specific places. The bricks were obtained from the demolition of a nearby monastery. Buda Art Centre by Studio 51N4E Yellow brick is an eye-catching feature of the project winning the Public Re-use Category The Buda Art Centre in Kortrijk, Belgium was victorious in the Public Re-Use category. Studio 51N4E converted a former textile dyeing factory on the Island of Buda into a generous place for cultural activities. Already existing brick surfaces were cleaned and renovated, woodwork and concrete columns were filled in. Particularly salient is the yellow brick with its almost velvety appearance. Cooking School in Ancient Slaughterhouseby Sol89 A cooking school in Spain wins the award in the Urban Infill category A cooking school located in a former slaughterhouse impressed the jury in the Urban Infill class. Sol89 is responsible for the 'Cooking School in Ancient Slaughterhouse' near Cádiz in Spain. Bright whitewashed walls are compliant with regional building traditions, and special ceramic tiles provide for hygiene and slip resistance in the kitchen. Buildings in Croatia and Finland were awarded the Wienerberger Special Prize The 'Wienerberger Special Prize', which was again awarded this year, went to two buildings projects using Wienerberger products: the House of Light in Pula, Croatia by Andrija Rusan as well as the Paasitorni Hotel & Conference Centre in Helsinki by K2S Architects, where custom-manufactured ivory-coloured facing bricks make a lasting impression. BRICK 14 presents award-winners and nominated projects in great detail The accompanying architecture book 'BRICK 14' again presents all award winners and nominated projects in great detail: the high-quality hardback with a wealth of photographs and sketches is published by the Callwey publishing house and can be obtained through any bookstore in German-speaking countries and via the Callwey online distribution. Photographer: Pirak Anurakyawachon write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Construction News :: home page |