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Brick in Architecture Awards 2020
3 Oct 2020

BIA Opens Entries for 2020 Brick in Architecture Awards
New Craftsmanship Award, Entries due Nov. 30
RESTON, Va., Sept. 30, 2020 ? The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has opened entries for the 2020 Brick in Architecture Awards?launching a new overall Craftsmanship Award honoring exceptionally artful installation.
Entries are due by Nov. 30, with 50% less required items for faster submissions. As the USA?s leading architectural design competition featuring fired-clay brick, all submissions must use clay brick as the project?s primary building material.
?There?s no limit to brick?s unmatched design freedom and its integral role in sustainable design,? said BIA President Ray Leonhard. Entrants must be either an architect or designer employed by an architectural, design-build or landscaping design firm. Judged by peers, winners will be announced in January.
The new Craftsmanship Award recognizes an individual mason or a team of masons who skillfully install brick in an artful/unique way, including uniformity of mortar joint sizes; head joint alignment; installation difficulty (quoins, arches, corbels, et al); overall range of colors (blending the cube of brick), et al.
Per the competition rules, eligible projects include any work of architecture completed since January 1, 2015 in which new clay brick products comprise the predominant exterior building or paving mat...