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Spain | ZARAGOZA

In 2005 the Navarra-based architect Francisco Mangado won a competition to design the Spanish pavilion at the International...

Brick, Metal

Croatia | RIJEKA

Exposed strata

With ribbon-like linear stripes arranged on a north-south axis, this sports hall by 3LHD Architects traverses a site in...

Brick, Facade

Netherlands | THE HAGUE

Brick facade art

The brickwork patterns in the elevations of the Podium housing project in The Hague, a design by SeARCH, are not a direct...

Brick, Facade

Germany | COLOGNE

Knitted masonry

With the construction of Kolumba, the art museum of the Archbishopric of Cologne, Peter Zumthor has filled the final hole...

Brick, Conversion

Poland | CRACOW

Ceramic beads

In 2000 Cracow was one of nine European Capitals of Culture. Film director Andrzej Wajda and architect Krzysztof Ingarden...

Brick, Glass

Liechtenstein | VADUZ

Ochre uniform

No fewer than 680,000 bricks were used in Liechtenstein's new parliament. They were specially made for this project and appear...

Brick, Facade

Netherlands | AMSTERDAM

Prefab patterns

Amsterdam's Westelijke Tuinsteden (western garden suburbs), a 1950s and '60s urban expansion scheme, have been undergoing a...

Brick, Facade

Italy | CHIERI

Customized cladding

This project by Elastico SPA is located in the city of Chieri, in the province of Turin. The context is a heterogeneous blend...

Brick, Conversion, Facade

United Kingdom | LONDON

Heavy to light

Making architecture for one-off events like the Olympic Games can often lead to a shallow showiness, particularly when the...

Brick

Netherlands | DELFT

Meditation labyrinth

The first realized work by the young Rocha Tombal practice was a real interior architecture job. Because the building they...

Brick, Conversion, Interior

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