FT. WORTH, TX — VLK Architects was awarded the 2020 Gold Brick in Architecture Award for Ray Braswell High School, located in Denton, Texas, by the Brick Industry Association (BIA). Since 1989, the BIA has sponsored an architectural award program, the Brick in Architecture Awards. The Brick in Architecture Award has become the nation's premiere architectural award featuring clay brick.

“I am thrilled that Braswell High School was selected for the Gold award for Brick in Architecture Awards,” said Justin Hiles, Chief Operations Officer, VLK Architects. “This was a collaborative effort between Balfour Beatty and DMG Masonry. The design was intended to announce the arrival to Denton ISD, and more importantly, serve as a hub for the growing 380 corridor. By selecting local Denton brick as the primary building material, we were able to highlight a key local material to achieve this goal.”

Architectural and design firms from all 50 states can enter their best material to BIA to be judged by a jury of their peers. Any work of architecture completed after January 1, 2014, in which new clay brick products comprise the predominant (over 50 percent) exterior building or paving material, is eligible for this award. The products can be face or hollow brick, building brick, thin brick, paving brick, glazed brick, structural glazed facing tile, new clay brick products in special shapes, and/or a combination of any of these.