Winners to be Honored at First Brick Excellence Gala on April 9

The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has awarded 42 winning projects in the 2025 Brick in Architecture Awards, the world’s leading design competition featuring fired-clay brick.

“The winners demonstrate why brick matters as a sustainable building material offering exceptional durability, fire resistance, energy efficiency and the ability to achieve any aesthetic,” said BIA President and CEO Tricia Mauer.

For the first time in the awards history, the winning projects and teams will be honored live on stage at the first Brick Excellence Gala on April 9, 2026 in Orlando, Florida during the National Clay Brick Expo. Architects, designers and masonry professionals will celebrate outstanding brick design, artistry and craftsmanship during the industry’s largest, annual expo.

Generating 120 entries this year, 42 winners judged by a jury of peers span the United States, Belgium, Canada, China, Columbia and South Africa. Winners include Best in Class, Gold, Silver and Bronze with an overall Craftsmanship Award honoring a mason or team of masons for artful or unique installation.

The 2025 Best in Class winners include:

COMMERCIAL

Amant Campus Gallery & Cafe

New York, New York

Architect: SO-IL

Brick Manufacturer: Acme Brick Company

Brick Distributor: Belden Tri-State Building Materials

Mason Contractor: Vertical Spaces

EDUCATION – COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Myers Switchgear

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architect: Moto Designshop

Brick Manufacturer: Diener Brick Company

Mason Contractor: General Masonry and Restoration

EDUCATION – K-12

The Packer Collegiate Institute Garden House Renovation & Expansion

Brooklyn, New York

Architect: WXY architecture + urban design

Mason Contractor: JJ Matthews Inc., Seamus McNabb and Archstone Builders LLC, Joe Moran

INTERNATIONAL

Preescolar Colegio Los Nogales

Bogotá, Colombia

Architect: Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá S.A.S.

PAVING & LANDSCAPING

Bridge District Pavers

Washington, D.C.

Landscape Architect: Lemon Brooke

Brick Manufacturer: The Belden Brick Company

Brick Distributor: Potomac Valley Brick & Supply Company

Mason Contractor: AMA Construction Co., Inc.

RESIDENTIAL – MULTIFAMILY (and Craftsmanship Award Winner)

64 University Place

New York, New York

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

Brick Manufacturer: Watsontown Brick

Brick Distributor: Consolidated Brick

Mason Contractor: SNG Brick & Stone

RESIDENTIAL - SINGLE FAMILY

Casa Lotus

Austin, Texas

Architect: Miró Rivera Architects

Brick Manufacturer: Cloud Ceramics

Brick Distributor: Upchurch Kimbrough

Mason Contractor: BJK Masonry

THIN BRICK

University of California Riverside - School of Business

Riverside, California

Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners

Mason Contractor: McCandless Tile

BIA’s photo gallery includes all winning projects.

The 2025 judges include Carla Ceruzzi, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Sasaki Design; Gabriel Deck, AIA, LEED AP, Gnome Architects; Michael LeBlanc, AIA, Principal, Utile and Jesse Mainwaring, AIA, Senior Associate, DIGSAU.

The Brick Industry Association (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. GoBrick.com, 703-620-0010.

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"The winners demonstrate why brick matters as a sustainable building material offering exceptional durability, fire resistance, energy efficiency and the ability to achieve any aesthetic."