Adobe Brick Making
Design and construction using unfired earth bricks and adobe as primary building materials.
ASA Studio Stacks Offices and Apartments in a Naturally Ventilated Brick Tower Above Kigali's Rooftops
A five-storey mixed-use building in Kacyiru proves that local materials and passive cooling can replace air conditioning in dense urban Africa.
4Brick Studio Wraps a Bangalore Home in Rescued Sandstone for Two Doctors Seeking Quiet
On the city's edge in Bidadi, a courtyard house built from discarded quarry stone becomes a retreat for art, bonsai, and daily decompression.
Fernanda Marques Stacks Interlocking Volumes into a São Paulo House That Earns Its Nickname
Casa Lego assembles cantilevered blocks, travertine surfaces, and slatted timber screens across 1,390 square meters in urban São Paulo.
VPA Architects Wraps an Ahmedabad Home in a Three-Story Perforated Brick Veil
A west-facing house in a dense Ahmedabad neighborhood uses layered brick screens to turn harsh sunlight into filtered comfort.
LIJO.RENY.architects Wrap a Kerala Home in a Continuous Perforated Brick Veil
In Thrissur, a 383 m² courtyard house uses staggered brickwork to negotiate privacy, ventilation, and tropical light in equal measure.
The Purple Ink Studio Wraps a Mangaluru Home in Triple-Layered Brick and Laterite Walls
A courtyard house in coastal Karnataka channels childhood memories of brick factories through jaali screens and passive cooling strategies.
H&P Architects Wrap a Vietnamese House in Perforated Brick to Fuse Living with Agriculture
A 270 square meter home in Mao Khe, Vietnam, uses layered terracotta screens and rooftop gardens to resist the erasure of farmland by urbanization.
XAUAT Wraps a Rural Chinese Dwelling in Glass Bricks and Passive Climate Strategy
A renovated village house in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, fuses Guanzhong vernacular traditions with zero-carbon heating and rainwater systems.
ODA New York Wraps a 19-Story Upper West Side Tower in Hand-Molded Danish Brick
At the corner of 93rd and Broadway, 2505 Broadway reinterprets Manhattan's masonry tradition with 41 luxury residences and curved brick piers.
State of Kin Builds a House from Its Neighbors' Demolished Bricks in Mount Lawley
A compact inner-city home in Perth reclaims local red brick to channel the suburb's industrial past through exaggerated arches and saw-tooth roofs.
Studio VDGA Wraps a Pune House in Perforated Brick That Breathes, Glows, and Shields
A 4,500-square-foot residence in Pune's dense urban core uses layered brick screens and passive strategies to rethink the Indian courtyard house.
Bez+Kock Architekten Wrap a Regensburg Vocational School Extension in Custom Pentagonal Clinker
Twelve handcrafted brick variants give a new school wing in Regensburg an almost textile facade that extends the language of its 1980s predecessor.
