{"id":59236,"date":"2020-03-19T08:45:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=59236"},"modified":"2020-03-17T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T20:21:32","slug":"brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/collections\/brick\/","title":{"rendered":"How Brick is Shaping the Future of Our Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Architizer\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/awards.architizer.com\/?utm_source=content&amp;utm_medium=architizer_blog&amp;utm_campaign=final-entry&amp;utm_content=article-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A+Awards<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest awards program for architecture and building products, has a special theme this year \u2014 \u201cThe Future of Architecture\u201d is aimed at unearthing the most forward-thinking projects around the globe, with a particular focus on architecture that responds to the most urgent issues of our time. The A+Awards is open for entries now, so be sure your firm <a href=\"https:\/\/entries.architizer.com\/?utm_source=content&amp;utm_medium=architizer_blog&amp;utm_campaign=final-entry&amp;utm_content=article-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">submits its best projects<\/a> to be in the running for global recognition this year:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"c-button c-button--default customize-unpreviewable\" href=\"https:\/\/entries.architizer.com\/?utm_source=content&amp;utm_medium=architizer_blog&amp;utm_campaign=final-entry&amp;utm_content=article-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter the 8th Annual A+Awards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the most awe-inspiring projects to grace the awards program throughout the past 7 years have been built using one of architecture&#8217;s most universal materials: Brick. As a material that\u2019s used around the world, bricks also hold their own cultural significance as a more sustainable building product. With a 100-year-plus life span and thermal mass properties, brick is one of the most energy-efficient and eco-friendly building products available.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the future of design and construction, the following A+Award-winning projects showcase how brick is being utilized in modern designs. Reinterpreting past techniques, these brick details show how brick is shaping the future of our cites.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59247 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-70-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-70-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-70-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-70-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-70-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-70-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59245 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-76-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-76-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-76-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-76-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-76-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-76-1536x820.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-76-2048x1094.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/espriss-cafe-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brick Spris Coffee<\/a><\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/hooba-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hooba design<\/a>, Tehran, Iran<br \/>\n2015 A+ Jury Choice Award<\/p>\n<p>The Spris Cafe is located in Tehran, surrounded by Iranian handicrafts shops, and adjacent to the Iranian Handicrafts Organization building. Considering the small size of the project and its location, which is famous for Iranian handicrafts shops, the site&#8217;s urban context inspired the architects to transform traditional building elements into an architectural interior space.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59248 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-76.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-76.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-76-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-76-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-76-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59249 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-69.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"1200\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-69.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-69-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-69-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-69-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-69-66x50.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/hy-fi\/?_ga=2.95727580.1166480005.1584386156-285187168.1567097922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hy-Fi<\/a> <\/strong>by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/the-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Living<\/a>, Queens, New York, NY, United States<br \/>\n2015 A+ Jury Choice Award<\/p>\n<p>Hy-Fi, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, is a circular tower of organic bricks. It was made to offer a captivating experience for the museum and a new paradigm for sustainable architecture. The structure is an extension of the natural Carbon Cycle, with a revolutionary new construction material that grows out of living materials and returns to the earth through composting at the end of the structure&#8217;s lifecycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59250 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-72-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-72-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-72-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-72-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-72-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-72-1536x1096.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-72-2048x1462.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59251 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-64-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-64-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-64-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-64-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-64-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-64-1536x1060.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/9-64-2048x1413.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/womens-opportunity-center-rwanda\/?_ga=2.91604058.1166480005.1584386156-285187168.1567097922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women\u2019s Opportunity Center, Rwanda<\/a><\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/sharon-davis-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sharon Davis Design<\/a>, Kayonza, Rwanda<br \/>\n2015 A+ Jury and Popular Choice Award<\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Opportunity Center (WOC), designed in collaboration with Women for Women International, occupies a two-hectare site one hour from the Rwandan capital and has been developed with the following objectives in mind: to empower its community, create economic opportunity, and rebuild social infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59252 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-62-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-62-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-62-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-62-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-62-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-62-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-62-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59256 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-60-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-60-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-60-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-60-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-60-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-60-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12-60-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/social-housing-z53\/?_ga=2.268740657.1166480005.1584386156-285187168.1567097922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Housing Z53<\/a> <\/strong>by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/mapmx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MICHAN ARCHITECTURE<\/a>, Azcapotzalco, Mexico<br \/>\n2015 A+ Popular Choice Award<\/p>\n<p>This project is located on a rectangular plot with its shortest side facing the street, in an area with high demand for social housing in Mexico City. The 42 units are placed in three towers, generating interior courtyards for views and natural ventilation for each apartment, connecting them with vertical cores and bridges above the patios.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59257 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-59.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-59.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-59-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-59-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-59-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59278 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/88-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/88-3.jpg 918w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/88-3-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/88-3-627x1024.jpg 627w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/88-3-768x1255.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/cloaked-in-bricks\/?utm_source=awards.architizer.com&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=aplus-2016&amp;_ga=2.263571532.1166480005.1584386156-285187168.1567097922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloaked in Bricks<\/a> <\/strong>by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/admun-design-and-construction-studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Admun Studio<\/a>, Tehran, Iran<br \/>\n2016 A+ Jury and Popular Choice Award, Architecture +Brick<\/p>\n<p>As the design team explains, a key characteristic of Iranian vernacular residential architecture was providing privacy for the residents; however, this has been overlooked by more contemporary architecture. To provide maximum privacy, the solution was to cover the architectural mass in a grid of openings. Brick was used as it is a local building material in Iran, and it is more sustainable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59261 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-48.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-48.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-48-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-48-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-48-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17-48-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59260 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-51.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-51.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-51-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-51-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-51-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/16-51-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/fabrickate-1\/?_ga=2.91137242.1166480005.1584386156-285187168.1567097922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>FaBRICKate<\/strong><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/adapt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ADAPt<\/a>, Isfahan, Iran<br \/>\n2017 A+ Jury and Popular Choice Award, Architecture +Brick<\/p>\n<p>The FaBRICKate is an experiment on free-form compression-only vaults that the form finding process is done using digital tools and programs. The traditional vault and domes which had been built in Iran and the rest of the world using non-tensional materials such as brick and stone, have been stable due to the special geometry and symmetry of the their plans. The recent studies on the vaults and compressional structures shows how it is now possible to design and build stable vaults which are not symmetrical sd free-form structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59262 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-40-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-40-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-40-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-40-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-40-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-40-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/18-40-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59263 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-34-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-34-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-34-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-34-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-34-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-34-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-34-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/brick-cave\/?_ga=2.57986922.1166480005.1584386156-285187168.1567097922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brick Cave<\/a><\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/hp-architects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">H&amp;P Architects<\/a>, Vietnam<br \/>\n2018 A+ Jury and Popular Choice Award, Architecture +Brick<\/p>\n<p>The house is located in a suburban commune of Hanoi which has undergone a rapid process of urbanization. The structure of the house resembles that of a Cave. The overall structure is made up of and enclosed by two layers of brick wall meeting one another at an intersection, with alternate \u2018green\u2019 arrangements of plants and vegetables. Bricks have long been a familiar local material and widely used in rural areas of Vietnam with a simple manual construction method.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59264 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-36-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-36-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-36-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-36-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-36-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-36-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20-36-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59265 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-23-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-23-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-23-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-23-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-23-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/cultural-center-at-centro-educativo-de-morelia\/?_ga=2.24545274.1166480005.1584386156-285187168.1567097922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cultural Center at Centro Educativo de Morelia<\/a><\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/doho-constructivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doho constructivo + Iv\u00e1n Mar\u00edn Arquitectura<\/a>, Morelia, Mexico<br \/>\n2018 A+ Popular Choice Award, Architecture +Brick<\/p>\n<p>This small cultural center is just the first piece of a whole plan that this modest school has developed to improve the overall performance of both students and teachers. The project includes an existing library, recycling two metal containers, the foundations, floors, and perimeter walls. The roof, which was found in an advanced state of deterioration, has been fully dismantled and rebuilt from scratch.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Got an amazing brick project of your own completed in the last 3 years? <a href=\"https:\/\/entries.architizer.com\/?utm_source=content&amp;utm_medium=architizer_blog&amp;utm_campaign=final-entry&amp;utm_content=article-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit it for a 2020 A+Award<\/a> to be in the running for international publication by Phaidon, huge online exposure and the iconic A+Awards trophy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"c-button c-button--default customize-unpreviewable\" href=\"https:\/\/entries.architizer.com\/?utm_source=content&amp;utm_medium=architizer_blog&amp;utm_campaign=final-entry&amp;utm_content=article-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter the 8th Annual A+Awards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the sustainable building blocks shaping the future of design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":59266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"architizer_featured_type":"insert","architizer_featured_image":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[34],"architizer_project":[11632,8157,3040,508,5583,6975,11631],"architizer_brand":[],"architizer_firm":[11133,11235,10127,11633,9297],"architizer_product":[],"class_list":["post-59236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collections","category-inspiration","tag-awards","architizer_project-brick-cave","architizer_project-espriss-cafe-1","architizer_project-cloaked-in-bricks","architizer_project-fabrickate-1","architizer_project-hy-fi","architizer_project-social-housing-z53","architizer_project-womens-opportunity-center-rwanda","architizer_firm-admun-design-and-construction-studio","architizer_firm-doho-constructivo","architizer_firm-hooba-design","architizer_firm-mapmx","architizer_firm-sharon-davis-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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