RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2017 Brick in Architecture Awards honor 35 winners in 19 states for outstanding and resilient design that incorporates clay brick.
Judged by independent design professionals, the Brick Industry Association’s (BIA) premier design competition generated 91 entries this year with Best in Class, Gold Silver and Bronze winners in eight categories.
“The winners demonstrate brick’s aesthetic flexibility, and its integral role in any sustainable, low maintenance and durable building strategy,” said Ray Leonhard, BIA’s president and CEO.
The eight Best in Class winners include:
Commercial
Apple
Store, Williamsburg – Brooklyn, New York
Architect: Bohlin
Cywinski Jackson
Manufacturer: Glen-Gery Corporation
Distributor:
Consolidated Brick & Building Supply Inc.
Mason Contractor:
Structure Tech New York Inc.
Photographer 1: Peter Aaron
Photographer
2: Nic Lehoux
Educational (Higher Education)
Kent
State University College of Architectural & Environmental Design – Kent,
Ohio
Architect: Weiss/Manfredi
Associate Architect:
Richard L. Bowen + Associates Inc.
Manufacturer: The Belden Brick
Company
Distributor: W.L. Tucker Supply Company
Mason
Contractor: Foti Contracting
Photographer: Jim Maguire Photography
Educational (K-12)
Fruitville
Elementary School Classroom Building Addition – Sarasota, Florida
Architect:
Sweet Sparkman Architects
Manufacturer: The Belden Brick Company
Mason
Contractor: Ron Kendall Masonry Inc.
Photographer 1: William Speer
Photography
Photographer 2: Ryan Gamma Photography
Renovations (Additions) / Restoration (Restoring)
Dumbarton
Oaks Fellowship House – Washington, D.C.
Architect: Cunningham
| Quill Architects
Landscape Architect: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape
Architects
Manufacturer: Redland Brick Inc.
Distributor:
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply
Builder: Whiting Turner
Contracting Company
Mason Contractor: Baltimore Masonry Inc.
Photographer:
Robert Creamer
Municipal/Government
John
W. Olver Transit Center, Net-Zero Energy Building – Greenfield,
Massachusetts
Architect: Charles Rose Architects Inc.
Landscape
Architect: GroundView LLC
Builder: Fontaine Brothers Inc.
Distributor:
Spaulding Brick Company Inc.
Mason Contractor: Fontaine Brothers
Inc.
Photographer 1: John Linden
Photographer 2: Peter
Vanderwarker
Residential – Multifamily
The
Aston – Washington, D.C.
Architect: Bonstra | Haresign
ARCHITECTS
Manufacturer 1: Triangle Brick Company
Manufacturer
2: Carolina Ceramics Brick Co.
Builder: Habte Sequar
Mason
Contractor: Oak Tree Building Group
Photographer: Maxwell Mackenzie
Residential – Single Family
Kinsley
– Oxford, Maryland
Architect: John Milner Architects Inc.
Manufacturer:
Redland Brick Inc.
Builder: Heim Corp.
Mason Contractor: Spry
Masonry
Photographer: Don Pearse Photographers Inc.
Paving & Landscaping
VIA
57 West – New York, New York
Landscape Architect: Starr
Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
Manufacturer: Whitacre
Greer Co.
Distributor: Consolidated Brick & Building Supply Inc.
Mason
Contractor: Prestige Stone & Pavers Corp.
Photographer 1: Starr
Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
Photographer 2: Alex
Fradkin
This year’s judges were winners in last year’s competition: John Ciardullo, AIA - John Ciardullo, P.C.; James Lancaster, AIA – Overland Partners; Lee Ledbetter, AIA – Lee Ledbetter & Associates; Donovan Nelson, AIA – HGA Architects and Engineers and David Newcomb, AIA - Charles Hilton Architects.
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. 703-620-0010, www.gobrick.com. Twitter: @BrickIndustry, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus.
