Potomac Valley Brick is psyched for this year’s DesignDC Conference next Tuesday-Thursday! We hope you’ll stop by Booth #310 to discuss sustainable design and masonry construction and the 2nd Annual BrickStainable Design Competition with us. We’ll also give you a spin on the prize wheel for your chance at ten different prizes including tickets to the BrickStainable Awards Ceremony at the National Building Museum, free BrickStainable Design Competition registration, a trip to a Cement Plant (AIA/CEU opportunity), and more! Also, collect your set of new BrickStainable Concept Cards. Limited quantity available!
Also, join Alan Richardson, Peter Doo, Eric Haskins (2009 BrickStainable Winner) and Rob Busler in Room 147B for their presentation “BrickStainable, Designing with Brick to Save Energy–Results of the Competition” on Thursday, August 5th, 10:15am–11:45am -1.5 AIA/CEU (HSW/SD) . The panel will review BrickStainable-2009. Why did we do it? What did we learn? What’s new for the 2nd Annual BrickStainable Design Competition? How has this exploration changed the people involved from sponsor to contestant? You’ll gain insight into sustainability and the role masonry plays as well as get inspiration for your entry in this year’s competition.
Make sure you’re there Wednesday, August 4th after lunch for the raffle where you can win our 32GB ipad as a prize!
DesignDC Information:
August 3-5, 2010
Walter Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
Contact PVB at info@PVBrick.com for your free VIP ticket to the exhibit hall (a $50 value!). Limited quantity available!
It’s going to be a packed week and we’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Your Mission: Create Net-Zero Building in Downtown Baltimore Location
The 2nd Annual BrickStainable competition assignment has been released. View all of the details for this year’s challenge. BrickStainable encourages anyone interested—architects, engineers, material scientists, landscape architects, ecologists and students—to enter.
Entrants can choose from two options—
• INTEGRATED BUILDING DESIGN COMPETITION: The assignment’s building will be set in an urban location. Like last year, the competition seeks integrative design solutions that exploit the thermal qualities of brick masonry construction to create a passively heated and cooled building. The target: Net Zero.
• TECHNICAL DESIGN COMPETITION: Design a single element of a building that provides a sustainable solution to real-world environmental challenges.
Jurors will look for evidence of the project’s performance and encourage the use of BIM, energy, solar and day light modeling software.
Entrants can win a $10,000 grand prize or $7,500 grand prize in the Building Design and Technical Design categories, respectively. Plus, winners will be flown to Washington, DC for the awards celebration on March 31, 2011 at the National Building Museum.
The registration deadline is November 15th and entries are due by December 15th. All of the project specifics and competition details can be found at www.BrickStainable.com.
The results from the first competition blew us away. We can’t wait to see what innovative ideas you have in store this year. Register today to start designing your net-zero building!
Entrants can choose from two options—
• INTEGRATED BUILDING DESIGN COMPETITION: The assignment’s building will be set in an urban location. Like last year, the competition seeks integrative design solutions that exploit the thermal qualities of brick masonry construction to create a passively heated and cooled building. The target: Net Zero.
• TECHNICAL DESIGN COMPETITION: Design a single element of a building that provides a sustainable solution to real-world environmental challenges.
Jurors will look for evidence of the project’s performance and encourage the use of BIM, energy, solar and day light modeling software.
Entrants can win a $10,000 grand prize or $7,500 grand prize in the Building Design and Technical Design categories, respectively. Plus, winners will be flown to Washington, DC for the awards celebration on March 31, 2011 at the National Building Museum.
The registration deadline is November 15th and entries are due by December 15th. All of the project specifics and competition details can be found at www.BrickStainable.com.
The results from the first competition blew us away. We can’t wait to see what innovative ideas you have in store this year. Register today to start designing your net-zero building!
Friday, July 9, 2010
Competition Launch Just Around the Corner!
We are about to launch the 2nd Annual BrickStainable International Design Competition and the competition team has been busy identifying a site and drafting a design brief for the building challenge. The goal, once again, is net-zero. Discovery and re-discovery are concepts that keep turning up when we talk about the competition because this challenge is partly about integrating brick with other materials and technologies that are of the present and about the future; discovery, and partly about understanding brick’s innate physical characteristics and behaviors; re-discovery. Design integration and innovation are the means by which a 10,000 year old material of the earth finds new expression in an increasingly technologically driven world.We are very excited about this year’s competition for which we have selected an urban site in the City of Baltimore. We have nearly completed the selection of our jury panel and, once again, we have an intriguing group of thought leaders participating in the selection of this year’s winners. The award ceremony will be at the National Building Museum and prizes include cash and travel to the awards program.
We are preparing for our official launch on or about July 15th with a local launch celebration and talk delivered at DesignDC on August 5th, 2010. The presentation will be available on the BrickStainable website. Keep an eye on our website and this blog. The launch is just around the corner!
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