{"id":9802,"date":"2026-06-15T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9802"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:26:27","slug":"temple-built-from-six-million-reused-tiles-wins-brick-award-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/temple-built-from-six-million-reused-tiles-wins-brick-award-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple built from six million reused tiles wins Brick Award 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"852\" height=\"852\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-homepage_article_featured size-homepage_article_featured lazyload\" alt=\"Different brick structures in open space\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brick_dezeen_2364_sq-1-852x852-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/museums\/\">museum<\/a> in Vietnam built from more than six million reclaimed clay tiles has won the grand prize at Wienerberger&#8217;s 2026 Brick Awards, which is showcased in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/videos\/\">video<\/a> produced by Dezeen for the awards.<span id=\"more-2334537\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u0110\u1ea1o M\u1eabu Temple and Museum in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/vietnam\/\">Vietnam<\/a>, which was built using six million up-cycled clay tiles salvaged from 500 houses in the local area, was selected as the grand prize winner<\/p>\n<p>It was chosen from a total of 849 entries submitted from across six continents to this year&#8217;s awards programme, from which six winners were selected.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carbon-negative temple and experimental brick laboratory among winners of Weinerberger Brick Awards\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i3kiXMbBLQE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em> The Brick Awards is a bi-annual competition\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arb.architects\/?hl=en\">ARB Architects<\/a> in collaboration with folk artist Xu\u00e2n Hinh, the temple and museum was conceived as a space rooted in local customs and vernacular architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The team also sought to minimise disruption to the landscape, preserving a 50-year-old orchard at the centre of the site.<\/p>\n<p>Five additional category winners were announced alongside the grand prize recipient.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2335646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2335646\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2335646 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Brick shelter structure\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brick-Awards-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2335646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em> Endless Brick Playground won the Building Outside the Box category. Photograph by Lichao Chen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among them was Endless Brick Playground in Hangzhou, China, which won the Building Outside the Box category.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by students of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.caa.edu.cn\/\">China Academy of Art<\/a>, the project functions as an evolving masonry laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, over 80 students are tasked with designing and building a structure using only red bricks as part of a decade-long programme exploring bricklaying techniques and construction methods.<\/p>\n<p>Previous installations are dismantled annually to give space to new structures, creating an ever-evolving architectural landscape.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2335648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2335648\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2335648 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brick-Awards-3.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2335648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em> Atelier ARS&#8217;s project won the Working Together category. Photograph by Ce\u0301sar Be\u0301jar.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierars.com\/\">Atelier ARS<\/a> won the Working Together category for Clase Azul La Hacienda Jalisco, a warehouse and office complex created for Mexican tequila brand Clase Azul.<\/p>\n<p>The studio was informed by the site&#8217;s volcanic topography, partially embedding the building into the terrain.<\/p>\n<p>Local stone, ceramic and clay elements were used to echo the colours and textures of the surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2335652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2335652\" style=\"width: 1671px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2335652 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Neutral brick apartment hallway\" width=\"1671\" height=\"2364\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brick-Awards-4-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2335652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Social Atrium was named best in the Living Together category. Photograph by Jose\u0301 Havia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Barcelona, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/peris-toral-arquitectes\/\">Peris+Toral Arquitectes<\/a> were recognised for Social Atrium, a mixed-use housing project organised around a central bioclimatic atrium.<\/p>\n<p>The architecture studio used biomass-fired brick for the exterior and interior to help regulate the building&#8217;s temperature while bringing in daylight and natural ventilation throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>The space acts as a solar collector in winter and a cooling chimney in summer, while also serving as a communal gathering area for residents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2335653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2335653\" style=\"width: 1671px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2335653 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Exterior of seafront building\" width=\"1671\" height=\"2364\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRICKAWARDS26_Ca-Na-Birgit_TEdA-arquitectes_Photographer-Luis-Diaz_004-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2335653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u00a0Ca na Birgit won the Feeling at Home category. Photograph by Luis Diaz<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Mallorca, a residential home called Ca na Birgit by TEd&#8217;A Arquitectes won the Feeling at Home category.<\/p>\n<p>The house uses two thick parallel brick walls to shield its occupants from neighbouring properties while maintaining views towards the sea.<\/p>\n<p>The architects used locally sourced mar\u00e9s stone and clay brick \u2013 materials traditionally used in Mallorcan architecture \u2013 to create a home defined by openness and simplicity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2335718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2335718\" style=\"width: 1704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2335718 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Residential house with bricks laid in front \" width=\"1704\" height=\"2364\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-social-and-urban-infill-project-in-Kortrijk-MAKER-architecten-Process-Image-1-MAKER-BRICK-26-scaled-1.jpeg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2335718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sixth prize was given for the first time this year for a regeneration project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the first time in the awards&#8217; history, the jury awarded a special prize recognising an innovative collective living concept.<\/p>\n<p>The award was given to Maker Architekten for redeveloping an urban neighbourhood in Belgium using reclaimed brick.<\/p>\n<p>The regeneration project created 31 new social housing units built using historic bricks salvaged from other construction projects.<\/p>\n<p>A hybrid mortar system was used to allow building components to be taken apart and reused at the end of their lifespan.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-in-article-wrapper\" id=\"recommended-item-single-story\">\n<article class=\"related-in-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/07\/24\/cob-earthen-building-materials-guide\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Can this image be in the exclude lightbox list? --><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"excludeLightbox wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"House in Cunha by Arquipelago\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/house-in-cunha-arquipelago-arquitetos-brazil_dezeen_2364_sq-191x191-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article-text\">\n<h1>Read:<\/h1>\n<h2>Dezeen&#8217;s guide to traditional earthen building materials<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Established in 2004 by brick manufacturer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wienerberger.co.uk\/\">Wienerbeger<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brickaward.com\/\">Brick Awards<\/a> aims to celebrate the most innovative and contemporary uses of brick in architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Wienerberger bricks were recently used in Lanza Atelier&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2026\/06\/03\/lanza-atelier-designs-snaking-brick-serpentine-pavilion-in-london\/\">Serpentine Pavilion<\/a>, which references the undulating form of traditional English crinkle-crankle walls.<\/p>\n<p><em>Top image by Trieu Chien.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Partnership content<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This video was produced for\u00a0Wienerberger\u00a0as part of a partnership. Find out more about our partnership content\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/partnerships\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2026\/06\/15\/brick-awards-2026-winners\/\">Temple built from six million reused tiles wins Brick Award 2026<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\">Dezeen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A museum in Vietnam built from more than six million reclaimed clay tiles has won [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9802"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9811,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9802\/revisions\/9811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}