100 Contemporary Brick Buildings, a new tome from Taschen, is pervasive, transcending both geography and distinct historical periods of brick architecture
Image 1 of 19 from gallery of Saadat Abad Residential Building / Mohsen Kazemianfard - fundamental approach architects. Photograph by Parham Taghioff
Five finalists are selected for the 2015 Mies van der Rohe prize
This is a project that appears on the seashore, near a preexistence of a protected smokestack from the beginning of the 20th century, that informs us of the...
Move over limestone, granite, and steel—brick buildings are pretty amazing too.
Casa Muley Afid 1914 Architect: Josep Puig i Cadafalch
House sitting opportunities lure us to a lot of places we’d never heard of before; remote mountain communities, small villages, suburbs on the outskirts of big cities. This has helped us discover hidden gems off the beaten tourist trail. Places that the locals, the hotel owners, and restaurateurs choose to live. Sometimes our assignments are close enough for us to visit nearby cities more popular for tourism. One house sit lead us to a small town in South Western France close to Toulouse, the capital of France’s southern Languedoc-Roussillon/Midi-Pyrénées region. Toulouse is at the center of the aeronautics industry in Europe.
Taragaon Hostel (now Museum), Boudha Carl Pruscha, 1970
A staircase leads up from the central space to an upstairs study and bedroom.
Driving through Taos, we stopped off to tour Earthship Biotecture and immediately fell in love with the earthships' elegance in self-sufficiency.
Die Architektur beeinflusst maßgeblich das Wohlbefinden von Menschen, die sich in Gebäuden aufhalten. Das Quantum Building in Gent ist ein Paradebeispiel dafür, wie es gelingen kann, nicht nur einen hochqualitativen Arbeitsplatz für Mitarbeiter mit bester Aussicht und viel Licht zu entwickeln, sondern dabei auch die Nachhaltigkeit beim Einsatz der Materialien und dem Energiekonzept zu berücksichtigen.
A new book explores the infinite architectural possibilities of an age-old material: brick
Image 18 of 18 from gallery of Brick Passive Designed University / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers. Brick Diagram
I have only been to Germany once, but I fell absolutely in love. There are so many small, hidden towns in Germany that are so incredibly beautiful, they look like they belong in a Disney Fairy-Tale book.
Completed in 2018 in Kopargaon, India. Images by Edmund Sumner. The site chosen for this small addition of a children’s library within a school in rural Maharashtra, was a sliver between existing buildings and the...
Image 27 of 46 from gallery of Participatory Student Building Project Spinelli Mannheim / Atelier U20. Photograph by Yannick Wegner
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, some incredible images are so astounding that a thousand questions bubble to the surface of our thoughts the moment we see them. In the 21st century, one of the first questions usually is: “Was this photoshopped?”
Penda has released images of its proposed high-rise residential tower in Tel Aviv, featuring brick arches and cascading terraces influenced by the Bauhaus.
Completed in 2014 in Thanh Khê District, Vietnam. Images by Hiroyuki Oki. The Termitary House was built in Da Nang, a central coastal city of Viet Nam. The climate in this area is rather extreme in the way it varies...
Image 5 of 21 from gallery of Paasitorni Hotel / K2S Architects. Photograph by K2S Architects
Image 6 of 24 from gallery of Red Brick Country Auditorium / Huazhong University of Science and Technology + ADAP Architects. Photograph by Gangyi Tan, Jinghao Feng
Check out this project by London based firm, Haworth Tompkins. The firm renovated a dilapidated old building situated on the Dovecote Studio campus...
Completed in 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. Images by John Gollings. Rising from under the eaves of a suburban bungalow in Surrey hills is a new ’nugget-like’ pavilion. Fused onto part of the house’s triple-fronted...
Explore a gallery of traditional homes where rustic red brick merges seamlessly with sage green accents, offering a unique and charming aesthetic. From cozy countryside residences to elegant heritage manors, these images showcase the timeless appeal and warmth of this color combination, perfect for those who appreciate classic architecture with a touch of nature-inspired elegance.
