Brick Bay is a vineyard, restaurant, farm and sculpture trail, situated in Snells Beach, one hour north of Auckland. Open from 10am, every day.

An architectural folly is an experimental structure without specific purpose or restrictions, therefore it can be whimsical, humorous, decorative, experimental or boundary-pushing.

The Brick Bay Folly competition started in 2016, open to architecture students and recent graduates of architecture to design and build a folly at Brick Bay.

The competition was created by Brick Bay owners Richard and Christine Didsbury to provide a challenging and invigorating opportunity for architecture students and recent graduates to explore the intersection between architecture and sculpture and push their boundaries by designing and building an experimental folly structure. This has resulted in a unique and imaginative folly being built each year on the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail. More information on past Folly projects can be viewed here

The 2022/2023 Folly will be the 8th Folly to be built at Brick Bay. The winning design will be completed in March 2023 and exhibited at Brick Bay for up to 24 months. The winning team will receive a grant and sponsorship to the value of $25,000.

This year’s project is generously sponsored and supported by Resene, Unitec, Cheshire Architects, Structure Design, Architecture NZ / Architecture NOW.

The competition details and submission form are listed here

The Brick Bay Folly competition is open to teams who are:

-Recent architectural graduates (graduated within the last 10 years as at 1st of Feb 2022).

-Students currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral level architectural programme at a New Zealand tertiary institution (including international students who are currently enrolled in a New Zealand institution).

-Submissions are due by 10am, Monday 13th June, 2022. Judging will occur in late June and the finalists will be announced in July.

-The winning team will be notified confidentially and the design development and build will occur from July 2022 - February 2023, with guidance from highly experienced architectural, engineering and construction mentors.

-The opening celebration will be in the 2nd quarter of 2023. An article on the winning team and Folly will be published in print in Architecture NZ and online at Architecture NOW.

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