diff --git a/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/Banner.html b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/Banner.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1b1deaa5aba9108e71686082a5a7d602e13656bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/Banner.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+<header>
+    <h2>{$this->getAttribute('title')}</h2>
+    <p>
+        {$this->getAttribute('text')}
+    </p>
+</header>
diff --git a/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox1.html b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox1.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3122194cd50966c00f2e9a42a6c7e89d3905ddd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+{if $this->getAttribute( 'showImage' ) && $Site->getAttribute('image_site')}
+<a href="{url site=$Site}" class="image">
+    {image src=$Site->getAttribute('image_site') width=1400}
+</a>
+{/if}
+
+{if $this->getAttribute( 'showTitle' ) || $this->getAttribute( 'showShort' )}
+<header>
+    {if $this->getAttribute( 'showTitle' )}
+    <h2>
+        <a href="{url site=$Site}">
+            {$Site->getAttribute('title')}
+        </a>
+    </h2>
+    {/if}
+    {if $this->getAttribute( 'showShort' )}
+    <p>
+        {$Site->getAttribute('short')}
+    </p>
+    {/if}
+</header>
+{/if}
+
+{if $this->getAttribute( 'showContent' )}
+<p>
+    {$Site->getAttribute('content')}
+</p>
+{/if}
+
+<footer>
+    <a href="{url site=$Site}" class="button">
+        {locale group="quiqqer/bricks" var="continue.reading"}
+    </a>
+</footer>
diff --git a/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox2.html b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox2.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a56ab022fe1b7c4329d2fd72ee088f7288e1190e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox2.html
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+
+{if $this->getAttribute('header-title') && $this->getAttribute('header-short')}
+<header>
+    <h2>{$this->getAttribute('header-title')}</h2>
+    <p>{$this->getAttribute('header-short')}</p>
+</header>
+{/if}
+
+<div class="{$this->getAttribute('grid-class-row')}">
+
+    {foreach from=$children item=Site key=key}
+    <article class="{$this->getAttribute('grid-class-article')}">
+        {if $this->getAttribute( 'showImage' ) && $Site->getAttribute('image_site')}
+        <a href="{url site=$Site}" class="image">
+            {image src=$Site->getAttribute('image_site') width=640}
+        </a>
+        {/if}
+
+        {if $this->getAttribute( 'showTitle' ) || $this->getAttribute( 'showShort' )}
+        <header>
+            {if $this->getAttribute( 'showTitle' )}
+            <h3>
+                <a href="{url site=$Site}">
+                    {$Site->getAttribute('title')}
+                </a>
+            </h3>
+            {/if}
+        </header>
+        {/if}
+
+        {if $this->getAttribute( 'showShort' )}
+        <p>
+            {text_passage text=$Site->getAttribute('short') start=0 end=120 striphtml=true append="..."}
+        </p>
+        {/if}
+
+        {if $this->getAttribute( 'showContent' )}
+            {$Site->getAttribute('content')}
+        {/if}
+
+        <footer>
+            <a href="{url site=$Site}" class="button">
+                {locale group="quiqqer/bricks" var="continue.reading"}
+            </a>
+        </footer>
+    </article>
+
+    {assign var=modKey value=$key+1}
+    {if $modKey && $modKey % 2 === 0}
+        </div>
+        <div class="{$this->getAttribute('grid-class-row')}">
+    {/if}
+
+    {/foreach}
+</div>
diff --git a/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox2.php b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox2.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..846cac60f1e59d77b8eccc5d17c9dc48ddcc848a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox2.php
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file contains QUI\Bricks\Controls\SideBox2
+ */
+
+namespace QUI\Bricks\Controls;
+
+use QUI;
+
+/**
+ * Class SocialBox
+ *
+ * @package quiqqer/bricks
+ */
+class SideBox2 extends QUI\Control
+{
+    /**
+     * constructor
+     * @param Array $attributes
+     */
+    public function __construct($attributes = array())
+    {
+        // default options
+        $this->setAttributes(array(
+            'showImage'       => true,
+            'showTitle'       => true,
+            'showDescription' => true,
+            'showContent'     => false,
+
+            'class'    => 'quiqqer-bricks-sidebox2',
+            'nodeName' => 'section',
+            'site'     => false,
+            'limit'    => 2,
+
+            'grid-class-row'     => 'row',
+            'grid-class-article' => '6u'
+        ));
+
+        parent::setAttributes( $attributes );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * (non-PHPdoc)
+     * @see \QUI\Control::create()
+     */
+    public function getBody()
+    {
+        $Engine = QUI::getTemplateManager()->getEngine();
+
+        $Engine->assign(array(
+            'this'     => $this,
+            'children' => $this->_getSites()
+        ));
+
+        return $Engine->fetch( dirname( __FILE__ ) .'/SideBox2.html' );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the site objects
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function _getSites()
+    {
+        $Project = $this->_getProject();
+        $site    = $this->getAttribute( 'site' );
+        $limit   = $this->getAttribute( 'limit' );
+
+        if ( !$limit ) {
+            $limit = 2;
+        }
+
+        $sitetypes = explode( ';', $site );
+
+        $ids   = array();
+        $types = array();
+        $where = array();
+
+        foreach ( $sitetypes as $sitetypeEntry )
+        {
+            if ( is_numeric( $sitetypeEntry ) )
+            {
+                $ids[] = $sitetypeEntry;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $types[] = $sitetypeEntry;
+        }
+
+        if ( !empty( $ids ) )
+        {
+            $where['id'] = array(
+                'type'  => 'IN',
+                'value' => $ids
+            );
+        }
+
+        if ( !empty( $types ) )
+        {
+            $where['type'] = array(
+                'type'  => 'IN',
+                'value' => $types
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $Project->getSites(array(
+            'where_or' => $where,
+            'limit'    => $limit,
+            'order'    => 'release_from ASC'
+        ));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox3.html b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox3.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8dce498366effdbe30284d832419cc58ae72974a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox3.html
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+
+{if $this->getAttribute('header-title') && $this->getAttribute('header-short')}
+<header>
+    <h2>{$this->getAttribute('header-title')}</h2>
+    <p>{$this->getAttribute('header-short')}</p>
+</header>
+{/if}
+
+<div class="{$this->getAttribute('grid-class-row')}">
+
+    {foreach from=$children item=Site key=key}
+    <article class="{$this->getAttribute('grid-class-article')}">
+        {if $this->getAttribute( 'showImage' )}
+        <a href="{url site=$Site}" class="image">
+            {image src=$Site->getAttribute('image_site') width=640}
+        </a>
+        {/if}
+
+        {if $this->getAttribute( 'showTitle' ) || $this->getAttribute( 'showShort' )}
+        <header>
+            {if $this->getAttribute( 'showTitle' )}
+            <h3>
+                <a href="{url site=$Site}">
+                    {$Site->getAttribute('title')}
+                </a>
+            </h3>
+            {/if}
+        </header>
+        {/if}
+
+        {if $this->getAttribute( 'showShort' )}
+        <p>
+            {text_passage text=$Site->getAttribute('short') start=0 end=120 striphtml=true append="..."}
+        </p>
+        {/if}
+
+        {if $this->getAttribute( 'showContent' )}
+            {$Site->getAttribute('content')}
+        {/if}
+
+        <footer>
+            <a href="{url site=$Site}" class="button">
+                {locale group="quiqqer/bricks" var="continue.reading"}
+            </a>
+        </footer>
+    </article>
+
+    {assign var=modKey value=$key+1}
+    {if $modKey && $modKey % 3 === 0}
+        </div>
+        <div class="{$this->getAttribute('grid-class-row')}">
+    {/if}
+
+    {/foreach}
+</div>
diff --git a/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox3.php b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox3.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..68b1ba6668f7c76577908b8a34a8f4cd2a605b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Controls/SideBox3.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file contains QUI\Bricks\Controls\SideBox3
+ */
+
+namespace QUI\Bricks\Controls;
+
+use QUI;
+
+/**
+ * Class SocialBox
+ *
+ * @package quiqqer/bricks
+ */
+class SideBox3 extends QUI\Bricks\Controls\SideBox2
+{
+    /**
+     * constructor
+     * @param Array $attributes
+     */
+    public function __construct($attributes = array())
+    {
+        // default options
+        $this->setAttributes(array(
+            'showImage'       => true,
+            'showTitle'       => true,
+            'showDescription' => true,
+            'showContent'     => false,
+
+            'class'    => 'quiqqer-bricks-sidebox3',
+            'nodeName' => 'section',
+            'site'     => false,
+            'limit'    => 3,
+
+            'grid-class-row'     => 'row',
+            'grid-class-article' => '4u'
+        ));
+
+        parent::setAttributes( $attributes );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * (non-PHPdoc)
+     * @see \QUI\Control::create()
+     */
+    public function getBody()
+    {
+        $Engine = QUI::getTemplateManager()->getEngine();
+
+        $Engine->assign(array(
+            'this'     => $this,
+            'children' => $this->_getSites()
+        ));
+
+        return $Engine->fetch( dirname( __FILE__ ) .'/SideBox3.html' );
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/QUI/Bricks/Manager.php b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Manager.php
index 6ed62dc652c74f8da56148d26c9d0efb010fdc27..a5b88eac2ffe80db94f976d825e4def2b9d44a59 100644
--- a/lib/QUI/Bricks/Manager.php
+++ b/lib/QUI/Bricks/Manager.php
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public function getAreasByProject(Project $Project, $layoutType=false)
 
         $projectName = $Project->getName();
 
+        if ( !$layoutType ) {
+            $layoutType = $Project->getAttribute( 'layout' );
+        }
+
         // get all vhosts, and the used templates of the project
         $vhosts = QUI::getRewrite()->getVHosts();