BIA Opens Entries for 2020 Brick in Architecture Awards

The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has opened entries for the 2020 brick up Architecture Awards—launching a replacement overall Craftsmanship Award honoring exceptionally artful installation.

Entries are due by Nov. 30, with 50% less required items for faster submissions. because the nation’s leading architectural design competition featuring fired-clay brick, all submissions must use clay brick because the project’s primary artifact .

“There’s no limit to brick’s unmatched design freedom and its integral role in sustainable design,” said BIA President Ray Leonhard.

Entrants must be either an architect or designer employed by an architectural, design-build or landscaping design firm. Judged by peers, winners are going to be announced in January.

The new Craftsmanship Award recognizes a private mason or a team of masons who skillfully install brick up an artful/unique way, including uniformity of mortar joint sizes; head joint alignment; installation difficulty (quoins, arches, corbels, et al); overall range of colours (blending the cube of brick), et al.

Per the competition rules, eligible projects include any work of architecture completed since January 1, 2015 during which new clay brick products comprise the predominant exterior building or artifact (over 50 percent) including: face or hollow brick, building brick, thin brick, paving brick, glazed brick, structural glazed facing tile, new clay brick products in special shapes and/or a mixture of those .

Entries must be submitted online in one or more of these categories:

Commercial
Education – K-12
Education – Colleges & Universities (Higher Education) *
Residential – Single Family
Residential – Multi-Family
Paving & Landscape Projects
Historic Renovation**
International (If project is located outside of the U.S., Canada or a U.S. Territory, it must be entered in this category)

* Includes residence halls & academic/administrative buildings **This does not need to meet the 50% or more new brick requirement but must have 50% or more brick renovated on the project.

Hanley Wood will host the winners insert on their website for 12 months, and all submitted projects will be posted to BIA’s online Photo Gallery. Questions: Tricia Mauer: tmauer@bia.org.