VATRAA uses reclaimed bricks for London house extension
Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in London that features a "brutalist cat flap" and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. More
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Eight home kitchens finished with tactile brick floors
Our latest lookbook collects eight houses from around the world that feature kitchens with tactile brick floors, including a mid-century home in the USA and a coastal dwelling in Denmark. More
Entries open for 2024 Brick in Architecture Awards
Promotion: this year's Brick in Architecture Awards has opened for submissions, with competitors encouraged to submit innovative brick projects to showcase "brick's virtually limitless versatility". More
David Chipperfield combines three housing typologies at Hertogensite in Belgium
British studio David Chipperfield Architects has completed the Hertogensite residential complex in Leuven, Belgium, with a series of interconnected brick-clad forms. More
Cubeinside creates red-brick Bait Ur Raiyan Mosque in Bangladesh
Local architecture studio Cubeinside has completed a red-brick mosque in Bangladesh, eschewing traditional ornamentation in favour of "timeless" geometric forms. More
Erbar Mattes creates "expansive feel" for brick house in London
London studio Erbar Mattes has completed a timber-framed house in Wimbledon that is formed of three mono-pitched structures unified by buff-brick cladding. More
Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten clads Netherlands apartment block in red brick
Dutch studio Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten has adorned the Miller Apartment Building in Maastricht with red brickwork to reference the city's Amsterdam School style of architecture. More
Omar Vergara Taller and Renata de Miguel create brick house as "dignified environment for ageing"
Local studio Omar Vergara Taller and designer Renata de Miguel have designed a brick home for the residents to age in place outside of Mexico City. More
Glazed copper-coloured bricks reflect light into Tehran apartment block by Hooba Design Group
A stack of open-air terraces lined with copper-coloured glazed bricks pull light and air into the Darya Residential Apartment Building in Iran by architecture studio Hooba Design Group. More
Aesop store interior references Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The Danish bricks and narrow floor plan of this Aesop store in Copenhagen nod to the "humble" design of the nearby Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. More
Brick and stucco meet for "harmonious flow" of Quito house
US studio PJCArchitecture has collaborated with local studio Juan Pablo Ribadeneira Mora Arquitecto on a two-toned house with a brick base in Quito, Ecuador. More
Domestico Estudio clads house with grey brick in Mexican forest
Domestico Estudio has arranged a double-gabled house clad in grey bricks in a way that preserves the surrounding forest in Hidalgo, Mexico. More
Corstorphine & Wright carves scoop into office facade to celebrate neighbouring church
Architecture studio Corstorphine & Wright has completed The Scoop, an office extension in London named after the gouge in its white-brick facade. More
Proctor & Shaw transforms Heath House in London into "sanctuary for wellbeing"
Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has added a blocky extension with light, wood-filled interiors to a Grade II-listed villa in north London. More
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur creates "cosy home with modern ideas" in Sweden
Swedish studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has completed a brick house on the southwestern tip of Sweden that prioritises a relationship with its surroundings in a coastal pine forest. More
Atelier Janda Vanderghote creates "serene" garden studio in Ghent
Local studio Atelier Janda Vanderghote has used simple materials to create the T(uin)Huis Atelier garden studio in Ghent, Belgium. More
OFIS Arhitekti marries exposed concrete with black brick for Slovenian home
A projecting portico formed of exposed concrete creates an "imposing" entrance to Villa Eternal Way, a home in Ljubljana by local studio OFIS Arhitekti. More
Krft sculpts "bulging" form for Brighton College arts centre
A combination of grey brick and flint clads the sculptural exterior of this performing arts centre, which Dutch studio Krft has created for a college in Brighton, UK. More
Cast Corbel House by Grafted features handcrafted red-concrete details
A red-hued extension built from brick and pigmented concrete has been added to a Victorian house in the suburbs of Norwich by local architecture studio Grafted. More
Artefact uses bricks made from "unloved" stone to craft temporary shelter in Clerkenwell
Architecture studio Artefact has created an installation at Clerkenwell Design Week using bricks made of stone, which the manufacturer claims emit 75 per cent fewer greenhouse gases than fired bricks in production. More