Brick Book

Presenting award-winning International Brick Architecture

Every two years the nominations and the prize-winning buildings of the most recent Brick Award are presented in the accompanying book called BRICK. The elaborately designed architecture book is produced together with Park Books, a European publishing company for architecture and related fields.

Brick Book Coverpicture All editions horizonal
© Uwe Strasser

The Brick Book

Book series as a companion to the Brick Award

The projects in the book are presented by international architecture critics and journalists with comprehensive texts, fascinating pictures and informative plans. In addition, at the start of each category, you can find essays on current topics by renown journalists and architects.

The book series started in 2004 and is published as a companion to the Brick Award architectural competition. It puts the spotlight on bricks and other clay buildin materials – timeless construction materials for forward-looking and innovative architecture – published in cooperation with Park Books.

Photo: © Uwe Strasser

BRICK 22

BRICK 22 Edition

Another edtition of  our Brick Book together with Park Books.  

The wonderful cover shows the "Elephant Museum" by Boonserm Premthada - Bangkok Project Studio in Thailand.

At the Tenth Brick Award, fifty buildings from four continents were nominated or awarded prizes in five categories. They are all presented in our Brick 22 Book by means of texts (Authors: Anneke Bokern, Christian Holl, Andres Kurg), images and plans, they exemplify the constant further development of innovative, sustainable and creatively convincing brick architecture.

Matevž Čelik, Anna Cymer, Wojciech Czaja, Isabella Leber and Henrietta Palmer respectively introduce one of the five topic areas with their essays and illuminate historical aspects as well as current trends.

On sale at bookshops and online retailers and at Park Books online Shop.

Introduction of the Brick 20 book at the Brick Award 20 ceremony
© Uwe Strasser

BRICK 20

Outstanding projects in the BRICK 20 book

Our 50 nominated projects for the Brick Award 20 are presented in the BRICK 20 book. Together with Park Books we present outstanding brick architecture around the world. Enjoy pictures and background information of all nominated projects and discover current developments and trends in international brick architecture.  On sale at bookshops and online retailers. Our beautiful cover shows the "Studio Iturbide" by Taller Mauricio Rocha + Gabriella Carillo in Mexico. This edition is available online.

Brick Book 2018 cover in english and german,
© Wienerberger AG

BRICK 18

8th edition is on sale at bookshops and online retailers

Over 600 projects from 44 countries were submitted for consideration for the Brick Award 18. The top 50 projects and the prize-winning buildings of the Brick Award are presented in the accompanying, elaborately designed architecture book called BRICK 18. The book gives people with an interest in architecture as well as experts an overview on current developments and trends in international brick architecture with its remarkable range of applications. The book is available online.


Brick Award 24 Nominee Kornversuchsspeicher, Category Building outside the box, Architect: AFF Architekten
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