Each issue of this award-winning publication is designed around a specific theme such as “local government buildings” or “university buildings” or winners of the annual Brick in Architecture awards competition.

Read the Brick in Architecture Issue With the Technical Article
The content in each 16-page color issue features multiple projects including interviews with the architect and full-color photographs. Each issue focuses on the technical aspects of the buildings pictured and provides a detailed explanation of its features. In addition, each issue focuses on a technical theme, tied to a relevant BIA Technical Note. The names of the brick manufacturer and distributor are also included. To access the complete issue, click on the name of the issue listed below.

AIA/CES Credits Can Be Earned Online
Architects can read the technical article and take the ten question quiz online to earn CES credits. Except as noted, the technical articles in all the Brick in Architecture issues listed below are currently available for credit. The process is easy.

1. Click on the name of a technical article following the words AIA/CES credit:
2. Click on the second choice: Architects who are taking Brick In Architecture CES Credit Questionnaires must log in here.
3. Follow the log in instructions to set up your account. Once it is set up, just remember your email and password and you can use them to access your account to take a quiz in the future or to check on which ones you have already taken.
4. Follow the instructions to read the technical article and take the quiz. You can take one or more of the quizzes at any one time.
5. Your quiz is scored while you are online. If you do not have enough points to pass the quiz you can take it again.
6. You can print your certificate while you are online. You can also return to your account and print certificates later.
7. BIA will report to AIA that you passed the quiz.
8. Your account will always contain the list of quizzes you have already taken.
9. Each time BIA publishes a new Brick in Architecture issue with a new technical article, you will receive an email from BIA inviting you to access your account and take the new quiz.

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Brick in Architecture issues now available

The 2008 Brick in Architecture Award Winners
AIA/CES credit: Brick Veneer: An Environmentally - Preferable Cladding Choice
Volume 65: Issue 3

The 2008 Academic Issue
AIA/CES credit: Fire Resistance of Brickwork
Volume 65: Issue 2

Beauty. Strength. Durability. Rediscover the timeless benefits of brick in multi-family construction.
AIA/CES credit: Mortars for Brickwork
Volume 65: Issue 1

The 2007 Brick In Architecture Award Winners
AIA/CES credit: Water Management in Exterior Walls
Volume 64: Issue 4

Brick for Sustainable & Green Building Design
AIA/CES credit: Sustainability and Brick Masonry
Volume 64: Issue 3

The 2007 Academic Issue
AIA/CES credit: Water-Resistant Brickwork
Volume 64: Issue 2

Specialty Retail Districts
AIA/CES credit: Crafting Space With Brickwork
Volume 64: Issue 1