Promotion: this year's Brick in Architecture Awards has opened for submissions, with competitors encouraged to submit innovative brick projects to showcase "brick's virtually limitless versatility".
The annual competition, described as "the leading international design competition featuring fired-clay brick," is open to submissions that use clay brick as their primary building material.
The Brick in Architecture Awards celebrate brick's potential
Organised by US trade association The Brick Industry Association (BIA), it features nine categories, in which architects and designers will compete to win the Best in Class, Gold, Silver or Bronze awards.
The 2024 Brick in Architecture Awards also has an overall Craftsmanship Award, which will be given to a project by an individual mason or team who has created an "exceptionally artful or unique installation". Architects and designers can compete in nine categories
"The awards showcase brick's virtually limitless versatility for inspired and sustainable design that can achieve any aesthetic," BIA president and CEO Ray Leonhard said.
The Brick in Architecture Awards has nine categories: commercial, education ? K-12, higher education - colleges and universities, residential ? single family, residential ? multi-family, thin brick, paving and landscape projects, historic renovation and international (projects outside of the US, Canada or a US territory).

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