About Face Design Competition

About Face is Think Brick Australia’s invitation-only design ideas competition.

The About Face Design Competition is designed to support and foster innovation and research with Australia's architectural community.

The one stage competition calls for the selected architects to design a project that exemplifies innovation using face brick.

The programme was first run in 2006 and featured a cross section of Australia’s leading architects including Donaldson + Warn, Environa Studio and Kerstin Thompson Architects. In 2007 About Face extended this success as a competition with six participating architectural practices including Donovan Hill, Iredale Pedersen Hook and John Wardle Architects, with the winning scheme by Neeson Murcutt.

The 2008 competition had a specific focus on the “art of brick” and challenged leading architects to re-think brick. The two overall winning schemes from Pendal & Neille and m3 architecture represented two highly divergent ways the About Face competition can be engaged.

The 2009 competition commences from 30 April with the announcement of entrants at the Form and Function convention, in Melbourne.

2009 Awards

The 2009 About Face Design Competition is underway. Entrants will be announced on 30 April at the Form and Function convention in Melbourne. Find out more about this years' competition. More

Previous Winners

Read and view the entries and winners from all About Face Design Competitions from 2006 - 2008. More