RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The country’s most visionary projects incorporating fired-clay brick have earned 2016 Brick in Architecture Awards from the Brick Industry Association (BIA).
Judged by a jury of peers, 32 Best in Class, Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in 17 states and Canada were awarded in seven categories: Commercial, Educational (Higher Education), Educational (K-12), Healthcare, Municipal/Government, Residential (Multifamily) and Residential (Single Family).
“These winners demonstrate the best of brick’s aesthetic flexibility, and as a material made from abundant natural resources, it’s a perfect strategy in sustainable design,” said Ray Leonhard, BIA’s president and CEO.
The seven 2016 Best in Class winners include:
COMMERCIAL
Old
Parkland Campus – Dallas, TX
Architect: Beck Architecture, LLC
Builder:
The Beck Group
Mason Contractor: DMG Masonry
Photographer:
Casey Dunn
EDUCATIONAL (Higher Education)
Prairie
View A&M Agriculture and Business – Prairie View, TX
Architect:
Overland Partners
Builder: Linbeck Construction Corp.
Manufacturer:
Acme Brick Company
Distributor: Upchurch Kimbrough Company
Mason
Contractor: Camarata Masonry Systems
Photographer: Richard Payne
FAIA
EDUCATIONAL (K-12)
Intermediate
School 230Q Annex – Queens, NY
Architect: John Ciardullo
Associates, P.C.
Builder: Citnalta Construction Corp.
Manufacturer:
Watsontown Brick Manufacturer
Manufacturer: Redland Brick Inc.
Distributor:
Belden Tri-State Building Materials
Mason Contractor: Eurotech
Construction
Photographer: Anna-Marie Kellen
HEALTHCARE
Baylor
Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth – Fort Worth, TX
Architect:
Page Southerland Page, Inc.
Builder: Hill & Wilkinson
Distributor:
Acme Brick Company
Mason Contractor: ROC Construction, Inc.
Photographer:
Peter Calvin
MUNICIPAL/GOVERNMENT
Millwood
Fire Station – Millwood, NY
Architect: Ohlhausen DuBois
Architects
Landscape Architect: IQ Landscape Architects, PC
Builder:
Calgi Construction
Mason Contractor: Bella Management Group
Photographer:
Mark DuBois
RESIDENTIAL – MULTIFAMILY
46-09
Eleventh St. – Long Island City, NY
Architect: GF55 Partners
Manufacturer:
Endicott Clay Products Company
Mason Contractor: MC&O Contracting
Photographer:
Timothy Hutto
RESIDENTIAL – SINGLE FAMILY
New
Georgian Revival Home – Greenwich, CT
Architect: Charles Hilton
Architects
Landscape Architect: Highland Design Gardens
Builder:
Hobbs, Inc.
Manufacturer: Glen-Gery Corporation
Mason
Contractor: Nick and Gino Vona, LLC
Photographer: Robert Benson
Photography
Photographer: Nicholas Rotondi Photography
The complete list of winners, a brief video trailer, and a photo gallery of all winning projects are available on BIA’s website.
This year’s judges include Steve Berg, BWBR; Fiske Crowell, Sasaki Associates; Kristin Hawkins, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; David Meleca, David B. Meleca Architects, LLC; Clint Rigsby, SeamonWhiteside and Fernando Villa, Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC.
Founded in 1934, BIA at www.gobrick.com is the nationally recognized authority on clay brick construction representing the nation’s distributors and manufacturers of clay brick and suppliers of related products. Twitter: @BrickIndustry https://twitter.com/BrickIndustry. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/BrickIndustry Telephone: 703-620-0010.
