2011 Brick in Architecture Awards Honor Excellence in Style and Sustainability

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2011 Brick in Architecture Awards have honored the highest level of brick design excellence that offers style and sustainability spanning all building sectors. Awarded by the Brick Industry Association (BIA), six of the eight Best in Class winners achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold or Silver certification including the first LEED Gold certified project in Tennessee. Winners’ reasons for choosing brick include its quality, long-term durability, environmental friendliness, aesthetics, low maintenance, increased seismic safety, thermal mass and design flexibility through color, texture, rhythm, human scale, pattern and repetition. Additionally, award-winning projects came from 25 states, which reflects the national reach and stature of this program.

“This year’s winning projects showed a growing trend toward brick as the main element in sustainable design that delivers aesthetic flexibility that matches the architect’s imagination and desires”

“This year’s winning projects showed a growing trend toward brick as the main element in sustainable design that delivers aesthetic flexibility that matches the architect’s imagination and desires,” said BIA President and CEO Gregg Borchelt, P.E.

Judges include Eugenia Brieva, QPK Design, Syracuse, N.Y.; Bobby Eichholz, Rialto Studio Inc., San Antonia, Texas; Walter Jennings, Maurice Jennings Architect, Fayetteville, Ark.; and Paul Matheny, Matheny Goldmon Architects, AIA, Huntsville, Ala.


	Best in Class Award Winners:

	Commercial – Helena, Mt.
	Montana State Fund, Helena, Mt.
	Architect: Mosaic Architecture, P.C.
	Associate Architect: CTA Architects & Engineers
	Builder: Dick Anderson Construction
	Manufacturer: I-XL Industries Ltd.
	Mason Contractor: Gruber Masonry

	Educational – Los Angeles, Calif.
	Terasaki Life Sciences Building, UCLA
	Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
	Landscape Architect: Katherine Spitz Associates, Inc.
	Associate Architect: Stenfors Associates Architects
	Builder: PCL Construction Services Inc.
	Mason Contractor: Masonry Concepts Inc.

	Health Care – Germantown, Tenn.
	Methodist Le Bonheur Women’s and Children’s Pavilion
	Architect: TRO Jung\|Brannen
	Builder: Flintco
	Distributor: Acme Brick Co.
	Mason Contractor: EMP Quality Masonry

	Houses of Worship – Tampa, Fla.
	Sykes Chapel Center for Faith and Values
	Architect: tvsdesign
	Builder: Peter Brown Construction Inc.
	Manufacturer: Hanson Brick
	Distributor: Oldcastle Coastal COLOROC
	Mason Contractor: Red Brookshire of Florida

	Municipal/Government – Wheeling, Ill.
	Village of Wheeling, Ill Fire Station 24
	Architect: Williams Design Build
	Manufacturer: Glen-Gery Corporation
	Distributor: Illinois Brick Co.
	Mason Contractor: Masonry Company Inc.

	Paving & Landscape Architecture – Pittsburgh, Pa.
	PNC Triangle Park
	Landscape Architect: LaQuatra Bonci Associates
	Builder: PJ Dick Inc.
	Manufacturer: Whitacre-Greer Co.
	Mason Contractor: Cost Construction

	Residential – Multi-Family – Silver Spring, Md.
	The Veridian
	Architect: WDG
	Manufacturer: Taylor Clay Products Co.
	Manufacturer: The Belden Brick Company
	Distributor: Potomac Valley Brick & Supply Co.
	Mason Contractor: United Masonry

	Residential – Single Family – Cedartown, Ga.
	Pierce/Lee House
	Architect: Period Architecture
	Builder: Period Architecture
	Manufacturer: General Shale Brick Inc.
	Distributor: North Georgia Brick Co. Inc.
	Mason Contractor: Period Architecture

The complete list of winners including the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners is available at http://www.gobrick.com/2011Awards.

Founded in 1934, the Brick Industry Association (BIA) is the nationally recognized authority on clay brick construction representing the nation’s distributors and manufacturers of clay brick and suppliers of related products. Web site: www.gobrick.com or www.greenbrick.com /703-620-0010.