The eponymous central atrium forms the heart of the eleven-story residential building: The hallway becomes a place of social interaction with a high quality of stay; the bioclimatic architecture also ensures ideal air and temperature conditions.
Once a military landscape, now a house of culture: in the Theater at Domain De Hoge Rielen, the brick preserves the building's past while adding a new chapter to its history.
Luise 19E was actually to be demolished. But with the brick recovered from the deconstruction, a new house has been created in a participatory process - true to the motto: by the community for the community.
After the destruction of an earthquake, a place has been revived through newly interpreted traditional architecture. The square, designed with brick arches, is an expression of regional craftsmanship and offers citizens a place to meet.
Where railroad and infrastructure buildings once stood, the Heidestraße Core quarter in the west of Europacity is now ushering in a paradigm shift. The result is a trend-setting mix of work and living.
In the Blockmakers Arms, past and present enter into a forward-looking symbiosis. The brick acts as a connecting element between old and new, inside and outside. Sensitive interventions transform the former pub into a home.
At Clos Pachem Winery, the material-typical properties of brick have created a building that itself becomes part of the biodynamic winemaking process. Each element at the same time interacts sensitively with the historical environment.
The award ceremony of the Erich Mendelsohn Award 2023 for Brick Architecture took place on September 8 at the Deutsches Architektur Zentrum (DAZ) in Berlin. More than 100 guests from all over the world celebrated together the award of the best buildings made of brick.
It’s decided: On September 8, 2023, the Initiative Bauen mit Backstein announced this year's winners of the Erich Mendelsohn Award for Brick Architecture at the official award ceremony in Berlin. The jury particularly focused on two areas in its evaluation: social housing and renovation. The Clos Pachem Winery by the Catalan office HARQUITECTES convinced the panel with its pioneering approach of interweaving aesthetic and technical elements, and was accordingly honored with the highest award, the Grand Prix.
The jury of the Erich Mendelsohn Award 2023 for Brick Architecture has decided: 76 architecture offices and projects from a total of 584 submissions were shortlisted by the jurors.
