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      Submission process

      Submission for Brick Award 26 starts in

      Submission period: November 25, 2024 until March 9, 2025

      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.

       

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      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 Studio Chinar, Category Working together, Architects: Juhi Mehta Architects
      © GITESH GUPTA © Studio Bluora

      Assessment Criteria

      Bricks, clay blocks, clay panels, brick slips, pavers, roof tiles - all welcome

      Project completed in 2022, 2023, 2024 or before April 2025

      • Innovative design and architecture concept
      • skillful use of bricks
      • architecture quality in terms of aesthetics, shape and configuration

      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 as well as 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 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.

       

      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.) We also appreciate roof tile projects, paver projects (e.g. landscaping) as well as façade panel projects.
      • 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, brick slips.
      • Special attention will be directed to innovative building concepts and how the project combines - according to the intended purpose -   sustainability, climate resilience, functionality, energy efficiency and affordable living.
      • The adequacy of the project in relation to its intended purpose
      • Completion date 2022 or later
      • 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.

      The winners are announced biennially at an award ceremony and presented, along with the 50 nominations in the accompanying Brick Book.  

      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