World’s best brick buildings honored at 2025 Brick in Architecture Awards

The Brick Industry Association has unveiled the winners of the 2025 Brick in Architecture Awards. The latest edition of the awards honored 42 projects from 120 entries, placed in Best In Class, Gold, Silver, and Bronze across nine categories. In addition, one project received an overall Craftsmanship Award.

Below, we have listed the 2025 winners. You can compare this year’s winners to those of previous years by reviewing our ongoing coverage of the series here.

Craftsmanship Winner

64 University Place in New York, New York by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

Commercial 

• Best In Class Winner: Amant Campus Gallery & Cafe in New York, New York, by SO-IL
• Gold Winner: 12 Ossington Ave in Toronto, Ontario by Hariri Pontarini Architects
• Gold Winner: City Ridge- Building F in Washington, District of Columbia by Shalom Baranes Associates/Washington DC
• Silver Winner: Centerton City Hall in Centerton, Arkansas by Modus Studio
• Bronze Winner: Oak Park Restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa by Hartman Spiller
• Bronze Winner: Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, Texas by Perkins&Will

Education: Colleges and Universities 

• Best In Class Winner: Myers Switchgear in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Moto Designshop
• Gold Winner: The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City, Iowa by BNIM
• Silver Winner: Santa Rose Junior College Lindley Center STEM Education in Santa Rosa, California by SmithGroup
• Bronze Winner: Aggie Square in Sacramento, California by ZGF Architects

Education: K-12

• Best In Class Winner: The Packer Collegiate Institute Garden House Renovation & Expansion in Brooklyn, New York by WXY architecture + urban design
• Gold Winner: Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Ewing Cole
• Silver Winner: Lorraine Whitlock Elementary School in Washington, District of Columbia Washington DC by StudioMB
• Bronze Winner: Gene Pike Middle School in Northlake, Texas by Glenn | Partners
• Bronze Winner: Eagle Mountain High School in Fort Worth, Texas by VLK Architects

Historic Renovation

• Gold Winner: Arlo Washington DC in Washington, District of Columbia by Architecture, Incorporated

International

• Best In Class Winner: Preescolar Colegio Los Nogales in Bogota, Colombia by Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá S.A.S
• Gold Winner: Tongtai School in Ningjin County, Hebei Province, China by E PLUS/SZA DESIGN
• Silver Winner: Fayuanli Courtyard in Beijing, China by Essence Studio
• Silver Winner: Zhang Jian Entrepreneur College in Nantong, Jiangsu by ARTS Group Co., Ltd.
• Silver Winner: Dailly in Charleroi, Belgium by Reservoir A
• Silver Winner: Wuzhen Rural Brewery Renovation and Renewal in Jiaxing, China by Lichao Architecture Studio
• Bronze Winner: Aquifer Recharge Plant- Cape Flats (MAR) in Cape Town, South Africa by SALT Architects

Paving and Landscaping

• Best In Class Winner: Bridge District Pavers in Washington, District of Columbia by Lemon Brooke
• Gold Winner: Mull Avenue Streetscape in Akron, Ohio by Akron Engineering Bureau
• Silver Winner: The Saint in St Augustine, Florida by Cronck Duch
• Bronze Winner: Fairhope Municipal Pier and Park Renovation in Fairhope, Alabama by Goodwyn, Mills, and Caywood

Residential: Multi-Family

• Best In Class Winner: 64 University Place in New York, New York by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
• Gold Winner: 150 Barrow Street, The Keller in New York, New York by BKSK Architects
• Silver Winner: 3 St. Marks in New York, New York by Morris Adjmi Architects
• Bronze Winner: The Matteo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Moto Designshop
• Bronze Winner: 392 Graham Avenue in Brooklyn, New York by Studiosc
• Bronze Winner: Anagram Turtle Bay in New York, New York by BKSK Architects

Residential: Single Family

• Best In Class Winner: Casa Lotus in Austin, Texas by Miró Rivera Architects
• Gold Winner: The Rambler in Indianola, Washington by GO'C
• Silver Winner: Atlas House in Toronto, Ontario by Studio VAARO
• Silver Winner: Island House in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec by La Shed
• Bronze Winner: 76 North 8th Street in New York, New York by Pliskin Architects

Thin Brick

• Best In Class Winner: University of California Riverside- School of Business in Riverside, California by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
• Gold Winner: Dorothy Martinez Elementary in Little Elm, Texas by Pfluger Architects
• Silver Winner: Claremont Hall in New York, New York by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
• Bronze Winner: Fred Hill Elementary in Little Elm, Texas by Pfluger Architects