By The Brick Pit
Winner: Multiple National and International Awards 2009-2011
Architects: TZJ Architects and JMD Design. Scroll down for the Awards list or read the story here.
The re-purposing of this historic site into the fabulous multi-award-winning Paddington Reservoir Gardens public open space has been honoured around the world.
Photography Credit: The Brick Pit
Awards
2011 – Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence: Asia Pacific. Paddington Reservoir Gardens.
2010 – International Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, Paddington Reservoir Gardens.
2010 – National Australian Institute of Architects Award for Urban Design.
2010 – National Australian Institute of Architects Heritage Award. 2010 – Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design, Australian Institute of Architecture (NSW) Awards.
2010 – Greenway Award for Heritage, Australian Institute of Architecture (NSW) Awards.
2010 – Australian Medal for Landscape Architecture, Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture.
2009 – The Australia Award for Urban Design, Planning Institute of Australia.
2009 – Landscape Architecture Medal, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
2009 – Design Excellence Award, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (NSW).
2009 – Officer of the Valuer General Heritage Award, Australian Property Institute.
The Brick Pit is Australia’s oldest brick recycler leading the industry with an unrelenting commitment to customer satisfaction and a quality of product that is unsurpassed in the marketplace thanks to its world-first mobile automatic brick cleaning technology, (International Patent pending). The Alpha Dog automatic brick cleaning system has established an exceptional quality standard that is consistent and can be confidently specified over projects of any size. The Brick Pit’s in-house custom feature blends prevent banding and patchiness and are the choice of architects, builders and discerning home owners throughout Australia and New Zealand.
45 Plus Years of Customer Satisfaction
The Brick Pit began trading in 1975, long before recycled brick was considered cool and fashionable, and before words like ‘sustainability’, ‘energy’ and ‘environment’ were part of the national conversation.
Since 1975, The Brick Pit has been supplying architects, designers, homeowners, builders, landscapers and shopfitters in Australia and overseas with premium, recycled bricks for residential, commercial and landscaping projects including custom homes, restaurants, cafes, commercial, retail, and residential complexes, council parks and outdoor spaces, leading education facilities and eco-resorts.
The Brick Pit is a full-service brick recycler supplying only the finest recycled bricks and advising on brick selection, finishes, colour matching and quantities. We offer the following recycled brick products and specialty product lines
Some notable projects include UOW Sustainable Buildings Research Centre – Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star Rated building, UOW iAccelerate building, Sandstone Point Hotel (QLD), Sydney Olympic Park Jacaranda Square, the Google Headquarters in Pyrmont, multiple HIA and MBA award-winning homes and installations within the Merivale Group including Ivy, Mr Wong, Coogee Pavilion, Papi Chulo and more.