Aiming to uncover the finest architectural, engineering and landscape projects in the UK and abroad, the BDA has launched the 2005 Brick Awards.

This year there are 12 categories, which include housing, public and commercial buildings, landscape, refurbishment and innovation to name a few. The closing date for entries is Friday 8 July.

Architects, designers, engineers, artists, owners, developers, housebuilders, brick manufacturers and contractors are all eligible to enter. The awards have become a major event in the construction industry calendar and will culminate in a spectacular ceremony on 2 November at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane.

This year’s judging panel comprises experts from the brick and construction industries, as well as from the media. RIBA president George Ferguson chairs the panel, which includes: Bob Baldwin (past president Guild of Bricklayers); Mira Bar-Hillel (property and planning correspondent, London Evening Standard); David Birkbeck (chief executive, Design for Homes); Dan Cruickshank (consultant, writer, academic and BBC presenter – see page 11 for his comment piece); Geoff Flower (project director, Manhattan Loft Corporation); Robin Nicholson (Director, Edward Cullinan Architects); John Outram (Director, John Outram Associates); Bill Preston (Bovis Lend Lease/president of the ABC); and John Roberts (professor of structural engineering, Kingston University).

For further details and to download an entry form, visit www.brick.org.uk or call 01344-885651. To book a table call CreatEvents on 0870-241 9902

Brick Bulletin Summer 2005