Brick Oscars – Supreme Winner

The Brick Development Association (BDA) held their annual awards ceremony last week and announced the Supreme Winner as the Ibstock Heritage Red Blend. This is a stock brick with hues of red which come through in the batches of bricks and looks great in work.

 

Other categories and winners included:

Best Commercial – Blockleys Smooth Black

Volume Housebuilder – Arden Red, Marlborough Stock and Arden Weathered Red

Innovative Use of Brick – Yorkshire Red Blend

Outdoor Space – Freshfield Lane Handmade

International Project – Petersen D71

Housing Development 6-25 Units – Tilebrick

Housing Development 25+ Units – Cheddar Brown, Milburn Ashen Brown Blend and Throckley Smooth Buff

Education – Midnight Unsanded

Craftmanship – Priory Red

 

Please contact us if you would like to see samples of any of the winning bricks mentioned above.

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