by Brianna Crandall — July 11, 2014—The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has honored the best in brick design across North America. Established in 1989, the 2014 Brick in Architecture Awards spiked this year with more than 150 entries. Selected by an independent panel of judges, the 40 winners in this 25th anniversary year span 22 states and Canada.
“Fired clay brick offers the aesthetic flexibility to match the architect’s imagination and desires, along with sustainable design, unsurpassed durability and many benefits from its physical properties,” said Ray Leonhard, BIA’s president and CEO.
Honors were awarded in four categories: Best in Class, Gold, Silver and Bronze. The 2014 Best in Class winners are:
- COMMERCIAL: Sundance Square, Fort Worth, Texas; Architect: David M. Schwarz Architect; Associate Architect: Bennett Benner Partners; Landscape Architect: Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd.; Builder: The Beck Group; Manufacturer: Acme Brick; Mason Contractor: DMG Masonry
- EDUCATIONAL (HIGHER EDUCATION): Tozzer Anthropology Building, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Architect: Kennedy & Violich Architecture; Landscape Architect: Richard Burck Associates; Builder: Consigli Construction; Distributor: Spaulding Brick Company, Inc.; Mason Contractor: Empire Masonry Corporation
- EDUCATIONAL (K-12): Back of the Yards Prep College Preparatory High School, Chicago, Illinois; Architect: STL Architects, Inc.; Landscape Architect: Jacobs Ryan Associates; Builder: The George Sollitt Construction Co.; Manufacturer: Taylor Clay Products Company; Distributor: Metropolitan Architectural Brick, Inc.; Mason Contractor: Mastership Construction Co.
- HEALTH CARE: Mercy Health – West Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio; Architect: AECOM; Associate Architect: Champlin Architecture; Landscape Architect: Meisner + Associates / Land Vision; Builder: Turner Construction Company; Mason Contractor: High Concrete Group, LLC
- MUNICIPAL/GOVERNMENT: Shelbyville Fire Station #2; Shelbyville, Indiana; Architect: Axis Architecture + Interiors; Builder: Runnebohm Construction; Manufacturer: Pine Hall Brick Company, Inc.; Mason Contractor: Joe Miller Masonry
- PAVING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: One Loudoun Plaza; Ashburn, Virginia; Architect: The Eisen Group; Landscape Architect: The Eisen Group; Builder: EE Reed Construction L.P.; Manufacturer: Pine Hall Brick Company, Inc.; Distributor: Capital Brick & Tile, Inc.; Mason Contractor: B & R Construction Inc.
- RENOVATION/RESTORATION: Thurston Wine House, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Architect: Jones Studio Inc.; Mason Contractor: Randy Gregory Masonry, Inc.
- RESIDENTIAL—MULTI-FAMILY: Millennium Place, Boston, Massachusetts; Architect: Handel Architects; Landscape Architect: Richard Burck Associates; Manufacturer: Taylor Clay Products Company; Distributor: Brick Tech Architectural; Mason Contractor: Suffolk Construction
- RESIDENTIAL—SINGLE FAMILY: Indigo House, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada; Architect: Cindy Rendely Architexture; Distributor: Thames Valley Brick and Tile; Mason Contractor: Cecchini Masonry, Ltd.
All of the winners will be featured in the December issue of “Brick in Architecture,” which will be an insert in Architect Magazine.
The Brick Industry Association (BIA) is a nationally recognized authority on clay brick construction representing the nation’s distributors and manufacturers of clay brick and suppliers of related products.
