2025 Brick in Architecture Awards Honor Exceptional Design

Winners to be Honored at First Brick Excellence Gala on April 9

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has awarded 42 winning projects in the 2025 Brick in Architecture Awards, the world’s leading design competition featuring fired-clay brick.

“The winners demonstrate why brick matters as a sustainable building material offering exceptional durability, fire resistance, energy efficiency and the ability to achieve any aesthetic,” said BIA President and CEO Tricia Mauer.

For the first time in the awards history, the winning projects and teams will be honored live on stage at the first Brick Excellence Gala on April 9, 2026 in Orlando, Florida during the National Clay Brick Expo. Architects, designers and masonry professionals will celebrate outstanding brick design, artistry and craftsmanship during the industry’s largest, annual expo.

Generating 120 entries this year, 42 winners judged by a jury of peers span the United States, Belgium, Canada, China, Columbia and South Africa. Winners include Best in Class, Gold, Silver and Bronze with an overall Craftsmanship Award honoring a mason or team of masons for artful or unique installation.

The 2025 Best in Class winners include:

COMMERCIAL
Amant Campus Gallery & Cafe
New York, New York
Architect: SO-IL
Brick Manufacturer: Acme Brick Company
Brick Distributor: Belden Tri-State Building Materials
Mason Contractor: Vertical Spaces

EDUCATION – COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Myers Switchgear
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Architect: Moto Designshop
Brick Manufacturer: Diener Brick Company
Mason Contractor: General Masonry and Restoration

EDUCATION – K-12
The Packer Collegiate Institute Garden House Renovation & Expansion
Brooklyn, New York
Architect: WXY architecture + urban design
Mason Contractor: JJ Matthews Inc., Seamus McNabb and Archstone Builders LLC, Joe Moran

INTERNATIONAL
Preescolar Colegio Los Nogales
Bogotá, Colombia
Architect: Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá S.A.S.

PAVING & LANDSCAPING
Bridge District Pavers
Washington, D.C.
Landscape Architect: Lemon Brooke
Brick Manufacturer: The Belden Brick Company
Brick Distributor: Potomac Valley Brick & Supply Company
Mason Contractor: AMA Construction Co., Inc.

RESIDENTIAL – MULTIFAMILY (and Craftsmanship Award Winner)
64 University Place
New York, New York
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
Brick Manufacturer: Watsontown Brick
Brick Distributor: Consolidated Brick
Mason Contractor: SNG Brick & Stone

RESIDENTIAL - SINGLE FAMILY
Casa Lotus
Austin, Texas
Architect: Miró Rivera Architects
Brick Manufacturer: Cloud Ceramics
Brick Distributor: Upchurch Kimbrough
Mason Contractor: BJK Masonry

THIN BRICK
University of California Riverside - School of Business
Riverside, California
Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
Mason Contractor: McCandless Tile

BIA’s photo gallery includes all winning projects.

The 2025 judges include Carla Ceruzzi, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Sasaki Design; Gabriel Deck, AIA, LEED AP, Gnome Architects; Michael LeBlanc, AIA, Principal, Utile and Jesse Mainwaring, AIA, Senior Associate, DIGSAU.

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. GoBrick.com, 703-620-0010.