The Brick Bay Folly 2025 is now open for entries from architecture students and recent graduates (within the last ten years) to create designs that explore the intersection between sculpture and architecture.

The annual competition allows teams to collaborate on the creation of experimental and innovative architectural follies, with the winning team receiving $30,000 in grants towards realising their proposed folly design. Entries are due by 9am on Monday 10 June 2024. 

Along with grant and sponsorship money, the selected winning team will receive mentorship and technical support from Resene, Structure Design and Unitec. The finished project is then displayed on-site for up to 24 months and will be photographed by Samuel Hartnett. 

The competition offers students and recent graduates a rare opportunity to create a conceptual small-scale piece of architecture that if selected they can then build.

Last year’s winning folly was ‘Te Reo o te Hau’, ‘The Voice of the Kōkōhau’ by William Creighton, Chris Gandhi, Matt Green and Seth Trocio of the Victoria University of Wellington School of Architecture. Read about their winning submission here.

Full submission guidelines and information on how to submit your project can be found at brickbaysculpture.co.nz.

^{The 2024 Brick Bay Folly is supported by Resene, Cassidy Construction, Cheshire Architects, Structure Design, Unitec, ArchitectureNow, Architecture New Zealand, Samuel Hartnett and Brick Bay Sculpture Trust.}