Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) by The Brick Pit

ArchiPro Project Summary - The Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) at UOW’s Innovation Campus, designed by COX Architecture and built by Lend Lease, is Australia’s first fully certified Living Building Challenge structure, showcasing world leadership in sustainability with a 6 Star Green Star rating.

Title:: Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC)
Manufacturers and Supplier:: The Brick Pit
Category:: Commercial/; Mixed-use Spaces
Photographers:: The Brick Pit

The multi-award-winning 6 Star Green Star Rated Sustainable Buildings Research Centre at UOW’s Innovation Campus, is Australia’s first building to be fully certified under the Living Building Challenge (LBC). It is the first outside the USA and one of just 24 Certified “Living” Buildings in the world at the time. The Brick Pit was specified by Cox Architecture to supply 80,000 recycled bricks for this flagship project. Its 6-Star Green Star rating acknowledges world leadership in sustainability.

Blog post and video Photography Credit: The Brick Pit Architects: COX Architecture Builder: Lend Lease

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The Brick Pit is Australia’s oldest brick recycler, leading the industry with an unrelenting commitment to customer satisfaction and a quality of product that is unsurpassed in the marketplace thanks to its world-first brick cleaning technology.

The Brick Pit’s in-house custom feature blends prevent banding and patchiness and are the choice of architects, builders and discerning home owners throughout Australia and New Zealand.

50 Years of Customer Satisfaction

The Brick Pit began trading in 1975, long before recycled brick was considered cool and fashionable, and before words like ‘sustainability’, 'circular economy' and 'embodied carbon footprint’ were part of the national conversation.

Since 1975, The Brick Pit has been supplying architects, designers, homeowners, builders, landscapers and shopfitters in Australia and overseas with premium, recycled bricks for residential, commercial and landscaping projects including custom homes, restaurants, cafes, commercial, retail, and residential complexes, council parks and outdoor spaces, leading education facilities and eco-resorts.

The Brick Pit is a full-service brick recycler supplying only the finest recycled bricks and advising on brick selection, finishes, colour matching and quantities. We offer the following recycled brick products and specialty product lines.

Some notable projects include UOW Sustainable Buildings Research Centre – Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star Rated building, UOW iAccelerate building, Sandstone Point Hotel (QLD), Sydney Olympic Park Jacaranda Square, the Google Headquarters in Pyrmont, multiple HIA and MBA award-winning homes and installations within the Merivale Group including Ivy, Mr Wong, Coogee Pavilion, Papi Chulo and more.