RESTON, Va.– The brick Industry Association has announced the winners of its 2004 Brick Paving Design Awards competition. Six designs were chosen from 27 entries by judges Heather Hammat of SmithGroup in Washington, D.C. and George Hazelrigg of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Here are the six winners with a summary of each design and the judges?EUR??,,????'??? notes on the design?EUR??,,????'???s merits.

Design by Astorino/ DamianosGroup Associated Architects. ?EUR??,,????'??Broadened visual ties with neighborhood through colors chosen?EUR??,,????'??? bright and lively without being garish,?EUR??,,????'?? was the jury?EUR??,,????'???s description of the therapeutic garden for the early childhood center at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. Designers used a unique and colorful blend of durable clay brick pavers to add a sense of character to the project and accentuate the building while creating an exciting ground plane.

The Designers at Marshall?????Tyler?????Rausch, LLC chose Cushwa hand-made pavers to bring a classic appearance, beauty, charm, and durability to the walkways at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, located in North Carolina. The jury said, in part, ?EUR??,,????'???EUR??,,????'???unified patterns draw the eye in and direct visitors through the space, or pauses them?EUR??,,????'???.?EUR??,,????'??

The Sanders Residence renovation project, designed by Thompson Landscape Architects in Dallas, Texas, enhanced the original grace and sophistication of this 1950?EUR??,,????'???s landmark property. ?EUR??,,????'??...[B]rick patterns add interest to an otherwise flat space?EUR??,,????'???detail gives it unity and variety...,?EUR??,,????'?? is what jurors said about this winning design. Detail like the herringbone pattern, refined by turning the pavers on edge, tying together all the exterior elements of the grounds.

Fong Hart Schneider & Partners dressed up the University of Southern California Hoover Corridor during Phase II of a three-phase construction and planning effort. The jury complimented the design with, ?EUR??,,????'??...nicely connects the groundplane to the architecture...provides a sense of arrival...?EUR??,,????'?? The Hoover Corridor design abandons the diagonal Hoover Boulevard for a series of pedestrian quadrangles, was ordered on the great lawn, one acre in size, and a series of distinct plazas.

Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park architects EDAW, Inc. used brick as its ?EUR??,,????'??paving material of choice for its warmth, texture, color, human scale and ability to creatively convey design intent.?EUR??,,????'?? In the main urban entry point, pavers ranged in shades from tan and ochre to cinnamon and brown to symbolize the richness and diversity of the human race. At the neighborhood entry, the plaza is paved in alternating triangles of brick and colored concrete to portray a sunburst.