2005 Best Commercial Building
National Trust New Central Office, Swindon
Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects
Brickwork contractor: Glenn Sims Contractors
Brick: Ibstock Brick
With clear references to nearby 19th century engine sheds, this building expresses a strong industrial geometry that the judges found appealing. They also liked the concept of a faceted ‘curtain’ of blue engineering brick forming the outer skin, with protruding vertical stack-bonded brick fins to provide solar shading.
Finalists
Sedley Place, Oxford St, London
Architect: Fletcher Priest Architects
Brickwork contractor: Sterling Services
Brick: Dark Victorian Red Mixture / Charnwood Forest Brick
Winchester College Music School
Architect: NVB Architects
Brickwork contractor: Bricklayer Ltd, Bournemouth
Brick: Ibstock Brick
Lifeboat College Survival Centre & Gatehouse, Cobbs Quay, Poole, Dorset
Architect: Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole Architects
Brickwork contractor: Dean & Dyball
Brick: Staffordshire Slate Blue Smooth / Ibstock Brick
Bute Recycling Centre, Rothesay, Isle of Bute
Architect: Chris Stewart Architects
Brickwork contractor: George Hanson (Building Contractors) Ltd
Brick: Brunswick Antique Red, Arran Rustic, Arran Antique, Brunswick Autumn, Grampian Red, Macon Multi Blend, Oatmeal Textured / Ibstock Brick
Wellcome Wolfson Building, Queen’s Gate, London
Architect: MacCormac Jamieson Prichard
Brickwork contractor: Moss Barrett
Brick: Hanson Building Products