Michelmersh Brick × Jewsons, Evesham

Nine contemporary homes occupying the footprints of a former farm building cluster in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Kent-Sussex border, with Freshfield Lane First Quality brick anchoring an external palette of charred spruce and black zinc roofing within a wooded agricultural landscape.

A near-complete reconstruction of a civic library combined with 26 new social rental homes, unified by Freshfield Lane Selected Dark brick and distinguished by a bespoke FabSpeed decorative panel referencing West Wickham’s local history.

Oberlander Architects’ Life Sciences Innovation Hub at the University of Dundee is a building that takes its environmental responsibilities as seriously as its economic ones.

A new five-room endoscopy unit at Cumberland Infirmary combines modular construction with a carefully detailed brick façade, delivering improved clinical capacity and a calm, welcoming environment for patients.

Artist Alex Chinneck has reimagined brickwork at Clerkenwell Design Week with A Week at the Knees, a freestanding sculpture that folds a Georgian façade into an extraordinary form.

Sheepcote Road in Harrow delivers 149 affordable homes by Threefold Architects, using layered brick façades and shared landscapes to create a contextual yet contemporary development rooted in community and place.

The Old Boathouse in Taplow combines conversion and new-build homes, with Florens Pollux and Polaris bricks creating a light riverside palette that reflects the Thames and honours the site’s heritage.

Alexandra Mills in Cheshire provides 72 en-suite bedrooms within a landscape-led, contemporary care home. Thoughtful materials, dementia-sensitive design and sustainability principles create a benchmark for modern residential, nursing and dementia care.

Alton Road in Wandsworth replaces a 1960s housing scheme with a contemporary, landscape-led community, where crafted brickwork and generous green spaces support wellbeing, independence and a strong sense of belonging.

The Denton in Berkhamsted is formed of six pavilion blocks arranged around a central courtyard, where carefully detailed brickwork and a seasonal palette establish a strong dialogue with its woodland setting.