SHoP designs schools for earthquake-ravaged areas of Nepal
SHoP Architects has partnered with two nonprofit organisations to rebuild 50 public schools in areas of Nepal that were devastated by the April 2015 earthquake (+ slideshow). More
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Nash Baker Architects combines brick base and gabled timber top for Broad Street House
A timber box with a pitched roof sits atop the handmade-brick ground floor of this house in the English village of Orford by London studio Nash Baker Architects (+ slideshow). More
Wandel Lorch completes chapel with bulging brickwork in Hamburg docklands
A crucifix and bell are set into two hollows in the swollen brick facade of this chapel, which was designed by Wandel Lorch Architekten for a site in Hamburg's docklands (+ slideshow). More
Jamie Fobert pairs handmade bricks with bronze panelling for London townhouse
This London townhouse by Jamie Fobert Architects features handmade bricks, bronze panelling and Georgian-inspired window shutters. More
Perforated brick elevator by Carles Enrich connects medieval Spanish town to riverside
Spanish architect Carles Enrich has built a 20-metre-high elevator next to a Catalan cliffside to connect the old and new parts of a town (+ slideshow). More
MAPA updates Chilean housing block with textured brick facade
Chilean studio MAPA has converted a vacant building in Santiago into an apartment block covered in zigzagging brickwork (+ slideshow). More
Coconut groves surround brick retirement home on a Thai beach by NPDA Studio
This stripy brick home stands among coconut trees on the shoreline of Ko Pha Ngan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand (+ slideshow). More
Estudio ALA completes terracotta chapel at a Mexican tequila factory
Estudio ALA created this open-air chapel with a tall brick tower for staff at a tequila factory in the Mexican countryside (+ slideshow). More
Layers of brick, concrete and glass define private spaces in a Thai home
A pair of red brick walls screen the back of this house on the Gulf of Thailand, which faces away from a seaside resort and towards a cemetery where the client's father is buried (+ slideshow). More
Anne Sophie Goneau exposes brickwork within Montreal apartment renovation
Materials uncovered during the renovation of this early-20th-century apartment in Montreal have been used to add texture to the space and create visual boundaries between each room. More
NOJI Architects uses reclaimed bricks for angular extension to historic Dublin house
Irish studio NOJI Architects built this angular extension to a heritage-protected Dublin house with reclaimed bricks to create a seamless transition between old and new. More
Earthquake-damaged storehouse in Japan transformed into living space by Ryo Matsui
Squares of light shine through the perforated brick facade of this former storehouse, which architect Ryo Matsui has converted into an entertaining space after it was partially destroyed in Japan's 2011 earthquake. More
Tompkins Rygole's Woodridge house evokes Arts and Crafts architecture with brick facades
The facades and walled garden of this house in the English town of Newbury are entirely faced in Flemish-bonded handmade bricks that reference the neighbouring Arts and Crafts buildings (+ slideshow). More
First official images of Damien Hirst's south London gallery released
Images have emerged of Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery – designed by London architecture studio Caruso St John in a row of converted and extended theatre warehouses. More
Delvendahl Martin Architects knocks through a pair of Victorian properties in Oxford
London office Delvendahl Martin Architects has merged and extended a pair of Victorian semi-detached houses in Oxford to create a new double-fronted home for one family (+ slideshow). More
Yoda Architecture pairs perforated brick with corrugated iron for a rural French home
Half brick, half corrugated iron, this house in the northern French countryside by Yoda Architecture aims to meld together the local urban and agricultural typologies (+ slideshow). More
Rafael Freyre uses natural and local materials to connect House in Azpitia with its setting
Stones from surrounding mountains and bricks from a local kiln were used to build this house bordering a desert in Peru, so it appears "like a new layer on the landscape" (+ slideshow). More
Brackenbury House by Neil Dusheiko features a curved brick extension and pop-up cinema room
This refurbished and extended London house by local studio Neil Dusheiko Architects includes a pop-up screening room for the owner, who works for film company Universal Pictures (+ slideshow). More
ODOS Architects creates introverted house on "undevelopable" site in Dublin
Designed to look like a garden wall, this seemingly windowless brick house in Dublin was created by ODOS Architects to reference an orchard that once occupied the site (+ slideshow). More
Kennedy & Violich adds copper-clad volume to the top of a Harvard building
Kennedy & Violich Architecture has enlarged a 1970s brick building at Harvard University by creating two new levels topped with a pitched roof. More