Brick-wrapped lobby by Merge Architects wins Gold in Brick in Architecture Awards

Promotion: more than 9,000 red bricks form a curved volume within the interior of this mixed-use building's lobby, which has been awarded Gold in the Commercial category at the Brick in Architecture Awards.

The lobby, which forms the entrance to an office building at Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a brick curtain wall that was hand-laid.

It was designed to create a visually striking yet functional circulatory zone, helping visitors and employees navigate the building's wider offices...