Business reporter

Published 21st Aug 2023, 16:45 GMT

York Handmade, based at Alne, near Easingwold, in North Yorkshire, is short-listed in the Medium Housing category for the the Lancer Square development in Kensington, London, and for the Renshaw Hall student housing development in Liverpool in the Specialist Brickwork Contractor category.

The Brick Awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in the heart of London’s West End on Wednesday November 8. Run by the Brick Development Association, the awards are nicknamed the brick industry’s Oscars.

York Handmade chairman David Armitage said: “We are tremendously proud to have been shortlisted for these two fantastic projects this year.

“Huge thanks are due to the management team and employees at York Handmade for their imagination, enterprise and hard work, which all combined to make these projects so successful and so memorable.

“It is vitally important to stress that these two short-listed entries are completely different jobs in design and execution, graphically illustrating our ability to work in a wide variety of colours and styles. We believe we can tackle any brickwork project successfully.”

The ceremony will be hosted by TV personality and architect George Clarke, best known for his work on the Channel 4 programmes The Home Show, The Restoration Man, George Clarke’s Old House New Home and George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

The Brick Awards celebrate the best clay brick architecture and designs in the global built environment. The awards have attracted entries from housebuilders, developers, architects and contractors across 18 hotly contested categories.

The York Handmade Brick Company shortlisted for two awards