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BIA Celebrates 2022 Brick in Architecture Award Winners

45 Global Projects Span Five Countries

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has awarded the 2022 Brick in Architecture Awards, the leading international design competition featuring fired-clay brick.

Introducing a new Thin Brick category, 45 winning projects span the United States, Australia, Canada, China and Germany. As this video shows, winners include nine Best in Class, 10 Gold, eight Silver, 17 Bronze and an overall Craftsmanship Award. See the complete winners list.

“Brick can create virtually anything as an inherently sustainable material with limitless design options, superior durability, fire resistance and energy savings,” said BIA President and CEO Ray Leonhard.

The Best in Class winners include:

COMMERCIAL
Treehuis - Marion County, Iowa
Architect: substance
Brick Manufacturers: Glen-Gery & Sioux City Brick
Masonry Contractor: Seedorff Masonry Inc.

EDUCATIONAL (Higher Education)
Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved – Williamsburg, Virginia
Architect: Baskervill
Brick Manufacturers: Pine Hall Brick Company & Old Carolina Brick Co.
Brick Distributor: Riverside Brick & Supply
Mason Contractor: Bearing Masonry

EDUCATIONAL (K-12)
Hildreth Elementary School – Harvard, Massachusetts
Architect: Arrowstreet
Brick Manufacturer: Interstate Brick
Brick Distributor: Consolidated Brick
Mason Contractor: Costa Brothers Masonry

HISTORIC RENOVATION
ASC ARTS x3 – Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Architect: AMR Architects Inc. & designLAB Architects
Mason Contractor: East Harding

INTERNATIONAL
Art Center of Aranya, Jinshanling – Hebei, China
Architect: Atelier Archmixing
Brick Manufacturer: Yixing Fubang Architectural Ceramics Co. Ltd.

PAVING & LANDSCAPING
NetApp Wichita State University – Wichita, Kansas
Architect: Mid-Kansas Engineering Consulting
Brick Manufacturer: The Belden Brick Company
Brick Distributor: Lusco Brick

RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
801 Oak Park – Oak Park, Illinois
Architect: DesignBridge Ltd.
Brick Manufacturer: Interstate Brick
Brick Distributor: Bricks Incorporated
Mason Contractor: RV Builders

RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY
The Brickyard” (Private Residence) – Chicago, Illinois
Architect: dSpace Studio
Brick Manufacturer: Interstate Brick
Brick Distributor: Bricks Incorporated
Mason Contractor: RMF Construction Inc.

THIN BRICK
The Brick & The Machine – Culver City, California
Architect: Abramson Architects
Brick Manufacturer: Endicott Clay Products Company
Mason Contractor: J Ginger Masonry

CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD / GOLD WINNER
Enlace – Chicago, Illinois
Architect: Canopy
Brick Manufacturers: Sioux City Brick, The Belden Brick Company, Palmetto Brick Company
Brick Distributor: Brickworks Supply LLC
Mason Contractor: Blackwood Group

A forthcoming photo gallery will include all submitted projects.

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. GoBrick.com. 703-620-0010.

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Lorelei Harloe, 703-362-2774
Email: LH@LKHComm.com

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