Innovative and creative brick architecture recognised for the fourth consecutive time
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Wienerberger AG handed out its annual Brick Awards, together with 21,000 Euros in prize money. This is how the largest brick producer in the world recognises the indisputable importance of bricks as a sustainable and ecological, modern and avant-garde building material. The awards were presented during a large gala dinner on the evening of April 8 in the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna. More than 300 international guests attended the ceremony.

Two hundred and sixty projects from 32 countries were submitted by architecture critics for this year’s competition. A jury of international experts, comprising Andrea Deplazes (Switzerland), Maurizio Masi (Italy), Radu Mihailescu (Romania), Vladimir Plotkin (Russia) and Thomas Rau (Netherlands) chose the winners from the large number of entries. Selection criteria included an architecturally innovative external appearance with appropriate use of brick as a material, as well as the functionality and the environmental friendliness of the building put forward.

The Grand Prize Winners

Winning Project: State Forum and Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein (Architect: Hansjörg Göritz)
Second Place: South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, India (Architects: Anagram Architects)
Third Place: Morjan-Poeten House, Germany (Architect: Nikolaus Bienefeld)
Special Award: Public Buildings, Republic of Mali (Architect: Emilio Caravatti)
Special Award: Architecture Museum for the Island of Hombroich, Germany (Architects: Álvaro Siza, Rudolf Finsterwalder)

You can find further information, videos and photos of the projects at www.brick10.com.