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      Submission process

      The submission period for Brick Award 26 will start in late fall 2024

      Stay tuned for award information on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook.

      The winners have been revealed in our great ceremony in June 2024 in Vienna.

       Here you can see the Brick Award 24 winners.

       Check also out our outstanding 50 nominated projects of Brick Award 24.

       

       

      Brick Award 24 Nominee Couche Housing, Category Living together, Architect: Studio Vincent Eschalier
      Brick Award 24 Nominee Couche Housing
      © Axel Dahl
      Brick Award 24 Nominee M 5605, Category Living together, Architect: Estudio Arqtipo
      © Federico Kulekdjian

      Submission process

      Submission online - Link will be published here

      Brick Award 26 submission period will start in late fall 2024.

      Stay tuned for news on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook.

      The participation is free of charge.

      Participants are asked to fill out an online template comprising of basic project data, a short informative text describing the project, as well as uploading pictures and plans of the building. By submitting, participants consent to the submission and having this published at a later stage.

       

       

      Brick Award 24 Nominee International Rugby Experience, Category Sharing public spaces, Architect: Niall McLaughlin Architects
      © Nick Kane

      Assessment Criteria

      Assessment criteria include not only innovative design and architecture concept, skillful use of bricks but also architecture quality in terms of aesthetics, shape and configuration of the project. 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.

      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. Winning projects are endowed with price money and can be found all over the world. 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 Nominee Kithara Music Kiosk, Category Building outside the box, Architect: TO
      © Jaime Navarro

      Award categories

      5 Categories for submission

      • Feeling at home: single-family houses, semi-detached houses and small housing projects of high architectural quality that provide comfortable,  affordable, healthy, & sustainable living spaces with focus on energy efficient solutions.

      • Living together: innovative residential solutions taking into account the trends & challenges of urbanisation such as scarcity of space, energy efficiency and climate resilience, social challenges as well as new living concepts
      • Working together: comfortable, aesthetic, energy efficient and functional commercial buildings, offices and industrial buildings

      • Sharing public spaces: functional, energy efficient, aesthetic and adequate to its purpose public buildings for education, culture & healthcare, public places and infrastructure projects

      • Building outside the box: innovative concepts with focus on circular building solutions, energy efficiency and ways of using brick, use of new construction technologies, special brickworks, custom-made bricks & new ornamentation

      The award categories can be subject to slight changes depending on the year and the development of trends and current topics.

      We welcome submissions with innovative concepts that focus on sustainability and affordability, the integration of energy-efficient solutions to reduce the environmental impact, lower energy consumption, incorporating circular use of materials, a more sustainable approach to resource utilization, reducing waste and concepts with a focus on promoting recycling and also effective water management strategies to minimize water waste. All these and more innovative ideas will be taken into consideration by our jury.

      Join us in our mission to build a more sustainable and affordable future for all!

      Brick Award 24 Casa Dosmurs, Category Feeling at home, Architect: Mesura
      © Maxime Delvaux

      Award Criteria

      Criteria for participation

      • A significant part of the project must consist of clay building materials (clay blocks, facing bricks, clay pavers, clay roof tiles, clay façade panels etc.)
      • One of the nomination categories must apply to the project
      • The project can comprise newly constructed, refurbished and converted buildings
      • The project can include new and reused bricks, roof tiles, facade panels, pavers, clay blocks
      • Special attention will be directed to how the project combines functionality, sustainability, climate resilience, affordable living and energy efficiency
      • The adequacy of the project in relation to its intended purpose
      • The use of wienerberger products is not a relevant factor for participation


      Brick Award 24 Nominee Dining Space at Deva Dhare, Category Building outside the box , Architect: Play Architecture
      © Bharath Ramamrutham

      Award Prize

      What awaits the winner

      The award is endowed with prize money of 7.000 Euro for the Grand Prize Winner (incl. Category Winner) and 5.000 Euro for each of the remaining four Category Winners.

      All winners as well as nominated architects will be invited to  the Brick Award Ceremony in Vienna.

      All 50 shortlisted projects will be announced and promoted on our Social Media channels and published in the accompanying Brick Book.

      Brick Award 24 Nominee International Rugby Experience, Category Sharing public spaces, Architect: Niall McLaughlin Architects
      © Nick Kane

      View the winners of the Brick Award 24

      Winners 2024