BIA Opens Entries for 2017 Brick in Architecture Awards

by Business Wire | February 22, 2017 6:27 pm

Final Deadline is April 30

RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Brick Industry Association (BIA[1]) has opened its call for entries for the 2017 Brick in Architecture Awards[2], the country’s premiere architectural design competition featuring clay brick.
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BIA’s annual awards honor outstanding, innovative and sustainable architecture in 10 categories that incorporate clay brick products as the predominant exterior building or paving material.

Entries must be submitted online[4] by April 30. Projects will be judged by a jury of peers, and the winners will be announced in June.

“Winning a 2016 Best of Class Brick in Architecture Award for IS 230Q[5] was a great marketing tool for our firm,” said Alyson Dunn, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, John Ciardullo, P.C. “The recognition of our project gave us national exposure and showcased our architectural design vocabulary to prospective clients.”

Joy Graham, marketing director for GF55 Partners, said that her firm prides itself in using simple materials in creative ways.

“The Brick in Architecture Awards competition helps to highlight our firm’s ability to use brick, a natural and practical material, to elevate our design vision,” said Graham.

Architectural and design firms[6] may enter projects completed since January 1, 2012, in which new clay brick products comprise the predominant exterior building or paving material (over 50 percent), including: face or hollow brick, building brick, thin brick, paving brick, glazed brick, structural glazed facing tile, new clay brick products in special shapes and/or a combination of any of these units and more.

Entries must be submitted online[7] in one or more of these categories:

-Commercial
-Education – K-12
-Education – Colleges & Universities (Higher Education)
-Health Care Facilities
-Municipal / Government
-Houses of Worship
-Residential – Single Family
-Residential – Multi-Family
-Paving & Landscape Projects
-Renovation (Additions) / Restoration (Restoring)

Best in Class winners[8] will receive national recognition through a special Brick in Architecture insert in the December 2017 issue of Architect magazine. Other winners will be included in the insert, Brick News Online and a press release[9], and all entrants will be featured in BIA’s online Photo Gallery[10].

Information/contact: Tricia Mauer: tmauer@bia.org[11].

Founded in 1934, BIA is the nationally recognized authority on clay brick construction representing the nation’s distributors and manufacturers of clay brick and suppliers of related products. Website: http://www.gobrick.com[12] / Twitter: @BrickIndustry https://twitter.com/BrickIndustry[13] / YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/BrickIndustry[14]y Telephone: 703-620-0010.
Contacts

BIA
Lorelei Harloe, 703-362-2774
LH@LKHComm.com[15]

Endnotes:
  1. (BIA: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com%2F&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=%28BIA&index=1&md5=6d36077338afa710aef68f337161efa6
  2. 2017 Brick in Architecture Awards: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com%2FEvents-Education%2FBrick-In-Architecture-Awards&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=2017+Brick+in+Architecture+Awards&index=2&md5=582d87abfd229eda0fac763b256449ff
  3. [Image]: http://mms.businesswire.com/media/20170222006725/en/402832/21/BIA_logo_image001.jpg
  4. submitted online: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com%2FEvents-Education%2FBrick-In-Architecture-Awards&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=submitted+online&index=3&md5=2e258f18df3d9afb26218704fef2e7b9
  5. IS 230Q: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com%2FPhoto-Galleries%2F2016-Brick-in-Architecture-Awards%2F2016-Brick-in-Architecture-Awards-Winners%2FAlbumID%2F131004-501&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=IS+230Q&index=4&md5=11bd5ebabfe05991656287b0e0eb6042
  6. Architectural and design firms: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com%2FArchitects-Designers&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=Architectural+and+design+firms&index=5&md5=7658407312dd16e8efb4bf2b052cee1b
  7. online: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com%2FEvents-Education%2FBrick-In-Architecture-Awards&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=online&index=6&md5=20ae862e54a9328006a9bce74db40f91
  8. Best in Class winners: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideo214.com%2Fplay%2FDj9P9dQibr3cIZXuf7hW9Q%2Fs%2Fdark&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=Best+in+Class+winners&index=7&md5=983baf4a18cc28e4144f0ec399b9c7a0
  9. press release: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesswire.com%2Fnews%2Fhome%2F20160727006041%2Fen&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=press+release&index=8&md5=2b5588c37d07a531d6c3403bc349ad6b
  10. Photo Gallery: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com%2FPhoto-Galleries%2F2016-Brick-in-Architecture-Awards%2F2016-Brick-in-Architecture-Awards-Winners&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=Photo+Gallery&index=9&md5=f8d3fdffbf810bc21147088497b9d3e3
  11. tmauer@bia.org: mailto:tmauer@bia.org
  12. http://www.gobrick.com: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gobrick.com&index=10&md5=0e5bab0541b18f1436031cbddfe9e8e4
  13. https://twitter.com/BrickIndustry: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBrickIndustry&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBrickIndustry&index=11&md5=9c975ec7dfb07bb87da37de7beae9e32
  14. http://www.youtube.com/user/BrickIndustry: http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FBrickIndustry&esheet=51514646&newsitemid=20170222006725&lan=en-US&anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FBrickIndustry&index=12&md5=c3eafa473e347423171c0cdd22527685
  15. LH@LKHComm.com: mailto:LH@LKHComm.com

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