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18 Feb 2025

Corobrik navigates challenges, looks to embrace opportunities in 2025

Despite an unpredictable and volatile business environment in 2024, leading brickmaker Corobrik remained adaptable and nimble. “We have worked hard to make our operations more agile, shifting capacity between product lines to meet market demands. There is room for improvement, but we are far better equipped to respond to change than before,” comments CEO Nick...
29 Aug 2022

Women are transforming industry one brick at a time

In celebration of Women’s Day on 9 August, Corobrik highlights five women and how their diverse roles contribute to this year’s theme of ‘Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights for an Equal Future’.
01 Mar 2022

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards: UCT Landscape Architecture

Regional winners are selected from eight major universities, based on the students’ final theses.
21 Jan 2022

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards Regional Winner: University of the Free State

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards, regional winners from the University of the Free State.
15 Sep 2021

Corobrik launches new video series to showcase featured projects

Leading clay face brick manufacturer Corobrik has launched a new video series entitled Corobrik Projects to highlight the many possibilities offered by face brick as a building material. The series features some of South Africa’s top architects talking about a range of landmark projects.
14 Jun 2021

Winners of 2019 & 2020 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards announced

The winners of the 2019 & 2020 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards were announced at a first-ever hybrid event hosted by the company in Johannesburg on Thursday 10 June. The 2019 awards ceremony had to be postponed due to Covid-19, but Corobrik adapted and instead decided to host the 2019 and 2020 awards ceremonies together in...
08 Jun 2021

New student architecture awards website now LIVE

We’re excited to share with you the launch of our Corobrik Student Architecture Awards website –https://www.studentawards.corobrik.co.za/ – Watch the competition history video – View the 2019 & 2020 finalists & their projects – Meet our 2019 & 2020 judges – View our past winners – Register for the LIVE winner announcements PLUS vote for your...
14 May 2021

Building an architectural legacy with Corobrik

Clay face brick and paving will always play a significant role in the built environment. Here five leading architects describe how Corobrik products have allowed them to realise their aesthetic and technical ambitions on a range of projects, from a retail destination to affordable housing and a high court building. Legacy Yard, Umhlanga Arch Corobrik...
23 Apr 2021

34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards Regional Winner: University of KwaZulu-Natal

Looking at how architecture can contribute to existing learning environments by integrating community influence within rural primary schools resulted in Neeshailin Naicker being declared the regional winner from the University of KwaZulu-Natal as part of the 34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards. In exploring how to promote quality education in rural communities by...
12 Mar 2021

34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards Regional Winner: University of Pretoria

Burial spaces within the City of Pretoria have become inert, fenced-off islands – restricting death rituals and their intrinsic value to society, according to Liam Ullrich from the University of Pretoria. A final-year thesis entitled ‘Life in Death: Addressing Heterotopic Burial Spaces by Reintroducing Burial Rituals into the Inner City of Pretoria’ saw Liam declared...