About the Brick Award

The Award

For more than two decades now, Wienerberger AG has been hosting the international Brick Award every two years, providing a stage for excellent brick architecture and its architects.

Wienerberger initiated the Brick Award for the first time in 2004 in order to put this natural building material into the spotlight, demonstrating how exciting, exceptional and modern architecture using brick can be.

Although wienerberger is the host of the award, it is an independent award and the use of wienerberger products is no decisive factor for participation. Over the last years, projects have been submitted from all over the world and nominations as well as winners have been chosen using a wide range of manufacturers and brick types in all colours and shapes. In a dialogue with you, architects and architecture fans as well as critics, we want to further strengthen the public focus on the aesthetic and functional aspects of this great building material.

The first Brick Award in 2004 was won by Josef Pleskot in Czech Republic with his beautiful solution for a pedestrian passage in a castle park. In the following years the Grand Prizes went to Hungary, Germany, Liechtenstein, South Africa, Thailand, Spain, Austria, Great Britain, Switzerland , Poland, China and in 2024 to Ireland!

Brick Award 24 winners have been revealed.

Brick Award 26 submission will start in late fall 2024.

Brick Award 24 Nominee Couche Housing, Category Living together, Architect: Studio Vincent Eschalier — © Axel Dahl

The Jury

An international jury of renowned architects selects the winners

Independent architecture critics, experts, architects and developers are invited to submit innovative and creative buildings and other construction works made of clay building materials. The spectrum of applications ranges from building solutions using classic clay blocks, facing bricks and roof tiles to the creative application of clay pavers and ceramic façade panels.

Innovative design and architecture concept, skillful and innovative use of bricks as well as architecture quality in terms of aesthetics, shape and configuration of the project will be jugded by our international jury. Special attention is also directed to sustainability, climate resilience, energy efficiency, affordable living – the adequacy of the project in relation to its intended purpose, building type and cultural context.

Our international jury of renowned architects, who change with every award, selects the winners within the categories including one Grand Prize winner. The award categories can be subject to slight change depending on the year and the development of trends and current topics. The winners of the Brick Award are announced biennially at an award ceremony and presented, along with the 50 nominations in the accompanying Brick Book. The 5 winning projects are endowed with price money and can be found all over the world.

Interested in submitting?

Next submission for Brick Award 26 period will start end of 2024.