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Twisting brick facade fronts an innovative courtyard house near Chicago

In a Chicago suburb full of traditional gabled rooflines, California-based architectural firm Brooks + Scarpa has...

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Cooling breezes blow straight through a low-energy brick house in Indonesia

In the city of Depok in West Java, Jakarta-based architectural firm DELUTION architect has completed the Flick...

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Lego-like kindergarten sparks creativity with a playful brick facade

Brick may often be seen as boring and traditional, but that’s not the case when the material falls into the hands...

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Emojis become modern-day gargoyles on a Dutch mixed-use building

Emojis have worked their way into our everyday lives—and now they’ve infiltrated the built world as well. Over...

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Kengo Kuma’s competition-winning aquatic center connects land and sea in Copenhagen

Kengo Kuma & Associates beat out the likes of BIG and 3XN Architects in a design competition for a new waterfront...

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Various Architects turn an industrial Oslo building into contemporary offices

A historic building in Oslo’s locomotive industrial zone has been transformed into contemporary offices filled...

Timber-clad extension reconnects post-war Dutch residence with nature

Timber-clad extension reconnects post-war Dutch residence with nature

A brand new layout and addition transformed a post-war brick house in The Netherlands into a modern family home...

Rotterdam’s new Parkstad development puts urban parks on every block

Rotterdam's new Parkstad development puts urban parks on every block

Rotterdam just unveiled plans for its new Parkstad residential development, which will consolidate three large...

Sunday House, Australia, Teeland Architects, green renovation, green retreat, brick house, green architecture, timber, timber screen, natural cement, brick facade, national park

Renovated 1970s brick beach house in Australia gets new life with an elegant timber screen

A 1970s modernist brick beach house in Noosa, Australia, received a modern makeover that transformed it into a...

House of Food Culture, Copenhagen, COBE Architects, NRE Denmark, Union Holding, mixed-use development, food center, green architecture, public spaces, brick facade, Denmark

House of Food Culture in Copenhagen will bring together food lovers and cooking aficionados

[gallery_extend] The L-shaped building will occupy a prominent location on the tree-lined Frederiksberg...

Melbourne architects renovate an 1880s Victorian home for the 21st century

Melbourne architects renovate an 1880s Victorian home for the 21st century

[gallery_extend] The architects used white brick for the exterior of the house, as well as elements of...

Social housing project with two “faces” channels Parisian duality

Social housing project with two "faces" channels Parisian duality

[gallery_extend] The design of the building reflects the dual nature of its surroundings and uses different...

Terracotta workshop, brick workshop in Vietnam, Le Duc Ha studio, Tropical Space architects, naturally ventilated brick workshop, workshop with a perforated brick facade

Pottery studio in Vietnam sheltered by a perforated cube of clay bricks

[gallery_extend] The three-story building, inspired by traditional Vietnamese architecture and the surrounding...

barn conversion, Studio Farris Architects, Belgium, green renovation, barn renovation, brick façade, skylights, multifunctional furniture, transformable furniture, timber beams, wooden furniture, mezzanine, floor-to-ceiling glass

Stacked timber beams act as multi-use office furniture in this renovated barn in Belgium

[gallery_extend] The brick exterior of the pitched-roofbarn in West Flanders, Belgium, was restored...

DKO, Melbourne, heritage building, green renovation, 3 Waterloo St, listed building, brick facade, cross ventilation, metal facade, natural light, floating architecture, floating building

A black metal box hovers over a heritage brick building in Melbourne

[gallery_extend] The new addition contrasts the original house to some extent. It is placed 1.3 meters...

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