Montreal-based studio ACDF Architecture has rounded select corners of an apartment building in Quebec, Canada, and used a two-tone brick cladding system to create an interesting optical effect. More about Two colours of brick give Quebec apartment building "painterly dimension"
Scale-shaped shingles cover the sweeping, canopy-like roof of Casa Mac, an annexe in Vietnam designed by local architecture studio CTA. More about CTA shelters annexe in Vietnam beneath curved roof to "evoke the sensation of being in a cave"
A timber-framed glazed link and courtyard garden connect old and new parts of this home in Northwood, UK, which architecture studio Will Gamble Architects designed to reference traditional Sri Lankan houses. More about Will Gamble Architects adds "explicitly tropical" extension to Grade-II listed English cottage
Finnish studio Verstas Architects has completed the Malmi Mortuary and Farewell Spaces in Helsinki using a pared-back palette of stone, timber and brick. More about Verstas Architects uses natural materials for "comforting and gentle" mortuary in Helsinki
London architecture studio Wright Office has completed Radnor Road, a compact development of two apartments on an infill site in Peckham finished with a textural palette of rough bricks and lime-washed plaster. More about Wright Office creates "distinctive yet quiet" apartments on triangular infill site in London
A gridded concrete ceiling and perforated brick walls shelter an open, green courtyard at the heart of Twilight House, a home in Andhra Pradesh, India, designed by local practice Spacefiction Studio. More about Perforated brickwork wraps courtyard home in India by Spacefiction Studio
Promotion: a Vietnamese temple and a Mexican tequila factory are among the eclectic winners of this year's Brick Award programme. More about Brick Award 2026 winners create "a sense of wonder and beauty"
Local studio Pliskin Architecture has updated a rowhouse with an interlocking brick entry programme to create a two-family home that fits into the context of a Brooklyn street. More about Pliskin Architecture creates "welcoming threshold" at brick-clad Brooklyn rowhouse
Architect Joe Burke has self-built Leyton House, a home that bookends a 1960s terrace in London, using rough, pale brickwork and a concrete plinth for tactility. More about Joe Burke bookends 1960s London terrace with compact brick home
From a sculptural reading space to a turreted mausoleum, our latest roundup gathers curvy brick buildings where skillfully laid brickwork is shaped into fluid forms. More about Eight imaginative buildings with curving brickwork
Architecture studio House of EM has used a restrained palette of brick, timber, concrete and lime plaster for Skylark, a contemporary F-shaped house in Shropshire, UK. More about House of EM draws on mid-century design principles for brick-clad home
Mexican studio Lanza Atelier drew on contrasting British and Mesoamerican interpretations of the serpent when designing this year's Serpentine Pavilion, said the architects in an exclusive video interview with Dezeen. More about "The serpent is something that provides protection" says Lanza Atelier
Dutch studio Unknown Architects has completed House on a Dune, a holiday cabin on the island of Terschelling with lofty, timber-lined interiors that frame panoramic views of the surrounding sand plains and scrubland. More about Unknown Architects sinks timber cabin into dune-filled Dutch island
Brick garden walls conceal the Walled Courtyard house, which local architecture studio Inglis Badrashi Loddo has completed on a historic square in Kennington, south London. More about Garden walls conceal compact London house by Inglis Badrashi Loddo
A museum in Vietnam built from more than six million reclaimed clay tiles has won the grand prize at Wienerberger's 2026 Brick Awards, which is showcased in this video produced by Dezeen for the awards. More about Temple built from six million reused tiles wins Brick Award 2026
Australian studio MRTN Architects has completed Laneway House in Melbourne, extending a Victorian terrace with a "collage" of forms in red-toned brick, metal and timber. More about MRTN Architects extends Melbourne home with cluster of red-brick volumes
Architecture studio Wadhal has completed Wade House in London, using textured brickwork, pared-back fenestration and concealed guttering to put a subtly contemporary spin on typical suburban architecture. More about Wadhal subverts suburban architecture for home in west London
Artist Theaster Gates and landscape designer Sara Zewde have designed a pavilion from recovered building materials that will be a community centre in a historic Black neighbourhood in Houston, Texas. More about Theaster Gates and Studio Zewde to create performance space for Houston's Freedmen's Town
Brick arches frame views through the interior of this office in Gugarat, India, which also features colourful glass panels informed by one of architect Anuj Kapoor's favourite artists. More about Logic transforms bland commercial office into "humble and collaborative" workspace
US studio Trahan Architects has placed a round chapel with a brick facade and cross-laminated timber structure at a university in New Orleans, Louisiana. More about Trahan Architects integrates "sense of mystery" into circular university chapel in New Orleans