2005 Best Craftsmanship Award
The Orangery, Maidstone, Kent
Architect: Inwood Tuck Jones Partnership
Brickwork contractor: EC Gransden & Co Ltd
Brick: Ibstock Brick
The Orangery is a fitting tribute to the skill of the bricklayer master craftsman. The judges were impressed by the beautifully accurate door and window arches which use single cant and standard bricks, allied with the confident use of inverted plinth bricks. Also notable was the raked out Flemish bond brickwork that was repointed in the neatest weatherstruck and cut pointing.
Finalists
City Island, Leeds
Architect: Brewster Bye Architects
Brickwork contractor: Advanced Brickwork Ltd
Brick: Yorkshire Red / Hanson Building Products
New Church Meeting House, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Cannock, Staffs
Architect: Frith Williams Architects
Brickwork contractor: Chase Build / i.b. construction
Brick: Ironbridge Hadley Red Brindle / Blockleys Brick
Wellington Methodist Church, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire
Architect: Frank R Humphreys Architects
Brickwork contractor: Paul Birch Contract Brickwork Ltd / A.M Griffiths & Son Ltd
Brick: Cheddar Red & Staffordshire Slate Blue Smooth / Ibstock Brick
Willowbrooke Homes, Sprotbrough, Doncaster
Architect: GR Planning & Architectural Design
Brickwork contractor: Willowbrooke Homes (own labour)
Brick: Mozart Blend / Hanson Building Products
Plot 4, The Gardens, Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk
Architect: Mark Johnstone
Brickwork contractor: Kevin Bailey
Brick: Handmade Queen's Mix / Dunton Brothers