Canadian home honoured with brick award

by jclancy | July 15, 2014 12:03 pm

Port Colborne, Ont.’s Indigo House, designed by Cindy Rendely Architexture, was the sole Canadian recipient of the 2014 Brick in Architecture Awards. Photo © Tom Arban

An Ontario project is among the winners of the 2014 Brick in Architecture Awards, announced by the Brick Industry Association (BIA).

This year, the program celebrates its 25^th anniversary, as it began in 1989. The 40 winners for 2014 were chosen by a panel of industry experts from 150 submissions. Recipients were chosen from across 22 states, in addition to Port Colbourne, Ont.’s Indigo House.

Awarded in the Best in Class: Residential–Single Family category, the Indigo House was designed by Toronto-based firm, Cindy Rendely Architexture. The home is located on a bluff 12 m (40 ft) above Lake Erie. The design incorporates four connected vessels, and the exterior cladding features an indigo blue glazed brick and metal panels.

Other Best in Class winners include:
● Commercial: Sundance Square (Fort Worth, Texas);
● Healthcare Facilities: Mercy Health–West Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio);
● Paving and Landscape Architecture: One Loudoun Plaza (Ashburn, Virginia); and
● Renovation/Restoration: Thurston Wine House (Paradise Valley, Arizona).

Click here[2] for a full list of winners.

Endnotes:

[Image]: https://www.constructioncanada.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1220_S9651.jpg
here: http://http://www.gobrick.com/Photo-Gallery/2014-Brick-in-Architecture-Awards

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