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《世界建筑》的讀者朋友：

本期《世界建筑》關(guān)注2014年度的維那博艮磚建筑獎。

由大建材廠商設立的建筑獎項是世界建筑多樣化圖景的重要組成部分。這些獎項不僅為建筑的實踐與探索提供了良好的交流平臺，也反過來影響著當今建筑的價值觀與理念，其中不乏廣受關(guān)注的例子，如關(guān)注建筑學生創(chuàng)意的IVA威盧克斯獎，關(guān)注非建成作品可持續(xù)性的豪瑞可持續(xù)建筑獎，和關(guān)注建成的磚建筑作品的維那博艮磚建筑獎等。

維那博艮磚筑獎由久負盛名的奧地利造磚企業(yè)維那博艮公司創(chuàng)立。該獎的與眾不同之處在于，除了關(guān)注當今世界的共同價值，如可持續(xù)性、社會公平、城市公共性、技術(shù)實驗等以外，它還特別關(guān)注磚在建筑中的應用。這可謂是這個百年企業(yè)令人尊重的“固執(zhí)”的直接反應——他們相信通過磚所表達的工藝與情感是建筑文明中最好的一部分，也將是最長久的一部分。

盡管如此，我們?nèi)匀徊浑y發(fā)現(xiàn)這一獎項所傳遞出的信息遠遠不止于磚，而是對建造活動改良人工空間環(huán)境的勇氣與樂觀主義精神。如果有什么特殊的話，那就是磚這一獨特的載體可能攜帶更多的人性痕跡。

讓我們?yōu)檫@種對特定建筑材料的迷戀，以及由這種迷戀而來的對建造的好奇與激情喝彩。

《世界建筑》主編（2013-）

清華大學建筑學院教授

Dear Reader,

In this issue of World Architecture we focus on Wienerberger Brick Award 14.

Today, architectural awards set up by building material companies constitute a vibrant part of the panorama of world architecture. Not only do they provide competitive platforms for practices and experiments, they also have direct influence on architectural values and ideas of our time. Some of these awards are remarkably successful and impactful, such as International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture, Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction, and of course, the subject of this issue, Wienerberger Brick Award.

Founded by the renowned Austrian brick manufacturer Wienerberger, Wienerberger Brick Award is unique in its primary focus on the use of brick in buildings, along with other contemporary concerns like sustainability, social equity, urban public life and experiments in technique. This uniqueness is a direct outcome of the respectable "obstinacy" of this century-old firm, namely the deep love of brick. To everyone in Wienerberger, the belief that brick has formed some of the best part of architectural story in human civilization, and will continue to do so is unshakable.

Nevertheless, through Wienerberger Brick Award, we do find a message beyond bricks. It is the courage and the optimism of improving the man-made environment through the practice of building. A minor argument in this message though, is that brick is one of the most capable materials of carrying traces of human nature.

Let's give a round applause to this obsession with one material, and all the curiosity and passion delivered through it.

Li (Brian) Zhang

Editor-in-Chief (2013-), World Architecture

Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University