Reddish-brown bricks made from local stone were used for the construction of SuoiHai Villa, a low-slung home in rural Vietnam designed by local studio APDI Architecture. More
Grey brick chimneys contrast the interlocking white-rendered blocks of Hallen, a home in southern Sweden completed by local studio Åsa Hjort Architects. More
Indian studio Blurring Boundaries has used organic forms and natural materials throughout Asmalay, a curvaceous home that wraps around trees in a forest near Mumbai. More
Australian studio Spaceagency has consolidated three apartments in a heritage-listed cereal factory into a single-family home in North Fremantle, Western Australia. More
Canadian architecture studio Partisans has completed a house with an undulating yellow brick facade designed to look pixelated in Toronto, Ontario. More
A series of freestanding brick walls designed to resemble ruins frame this community centre near Bangalore, India, designed by local architecture studio A Threshold. More
Chinese materials company Yi Design has developed a porous brick made from recycled ceramic waste that could be used to prevent flooding in urban areas. More
Architecture practice M9 Design Studio has designed a circular memorial complex in India to commemorate actor Vishnuvardhan. More
Living rooms with tactile brick, concrete and wood surfaces feature in this lookbook, which shows that opting for industrial materials doesn't have to sacrifice cosiness. More
Designer Emy Bensdorp has found a way to clean PFAS "forever chemicals" from contaminated clay soil by firing it into bricks as part of a project showcased at Dutch Design Week. More
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Polish design studio Projekt Praga has overhauled the taproom of a centuries-old brewery outside Kraków to accommodate a new bar and restaurant, inserting bold contemporary elements into the historic brick-vaulted space. More
Iranian practice KA Architecture Studio has completed the Jahad Metro Plaza in Tehran, creating a new "democratic open space" around the station that is sheltered by a cluster of barrel-vaulted forms. More
A band of limestone separates old and new at Fohlenweg, a house in Berlin that London studio O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects created using the walls of an existing bungalow. More
Promotion: US firm Design Collective has developed a 27-storey mixed-use tower in Silver Spring, Maryland, which is clad in custom-coloured bricks by material manufacturer Glen-Gery. More
Gardeners House is a blue-stained timber and terracotta-brick structure in a park in Geneva, designed by architecture studio Cabinet to provide workshops for gardeners and leisure space for locals. More
Inverted brick arches crown the Central Somers Town children's community centre near King's Cross, London, created by local studio Adam Khan Architects. More
Promotion: US studio Substance Architecture has created a conference centre on a verdant site in Iowa, which is clad in elongated black bricks by material manufacturer Glen-Gery. More
US architecture studio GBBN designed three brick buildings that allow social housing to both "fit in and stand out" in Cincinnati, Ohio. More
A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to Veil House, a home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area's history of brick manufacturing. More