Social Atrium
Residential Building/Apartment Complex
Central focus on encounter
Social Atrium

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.

Theater at Domain De Hoge Rielen
Public Buildings, Recreation and Sport
A stage for history
Theater at Domain De Hoge Rielen

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
Newcomer
CREATING SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL VALUE
Luise 19E

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.

Jojutla Central Gardens
Public Buildings, Recreation and Sport
A strong place of community
Jojutla Central Gardens

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.

Quartier Heidestraße Core
Residential Building/Apartment Complex
Understanding of Modern Urbanity
Quartier Heidestraße Core

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.

Blockmakers Arms
Detached House/Semi-Detached House
Identity-creating transformation
Blockmakers Arms

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.

Clos Pachem Winery
Office and Commercial Buildings
NEW STANDARDS IN AESTHETICS AND TECHNOLOGY
Clos Pachem Winery

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.

Erich-Mendelsohn-Preis 2023 | News

Bilingual Award Ceremony

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.

Die Sieger
© Markus Mirschel
Erich-Mendelsohn-Preis 2023 | News Newcomer-Award 2023

The Winners 2023

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.

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Erich-Mendelsohn-Preis 2023 | News

More international and more innovative than ever

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.

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© Carsten Krohn
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