Bricks Decoded: Typography with Bricks.On our journey of Bricks Decoded we’ve done a deep-dive into the vast and almost endless capability of bricks. Today we’re on the path less travelled as we discover how bricks are being used as a form of typography. Our experience with...
Phoenix Central Park by John Wardle Architects + Durbach Block Jaggers.Two of Australia’s finest, most celebrated architectural practices, John Wardle Architects and Durbach Block Jaggers, have come together to collaboratively design an arresting, high profile undulating brick building for Phoenix Central...
Room in the City in Leuven, Belgium by 51N4E.Our city's public spaces hold immeasurable social value and play a vital role in shaping our communities. Whether it is a market, piazza, playground or park, these spaces have the potential to elicit a sense of belonging and encourage...
The Parchment Works House by Will Gamble Architects.A former parchment factory in Northamptonshire in the UK has been transformed by Will Gamble Architects into an exquisite home that cleverly knits together a modern intervention with a distinctive ruinous structure. The existing property...
House V in Slovakia by Martin Skoček.Martin Skoček’s House V in Slovakia mirrors the form of traditional rural housing found in the outskirts of Bratislava, standing as a contemporary interpretation of the past. The house replaces a dilapidated building that once stood...
Maison Gauthier in Mont-Tremblant, Canada by Atelier Barda.Atelier Barda’s beautifully restrained home, Maison Gauthier, in Mont-Tremblant, Canada, exudes a tranquil atmosphere that is simply irresistible. Designed as a sequence of spaces, the house is moulded around the topography of the site....
Jolson Converts Red-brick Mechanics Workshop into the House of Bricks.Designed by Jolson Architecture and Interiors, House of Bricks is a warehouse transformed into a robustly styled industrial aesthetic. Integrated neatly into the streetscape like its companions, the interior unveils a sleek and generous...
1960s Industrial Sugar Mill in Guilin, China, Transformed into Yangshuo Sugar House Luxury Hotel by Vector Architects.Can we please take a moment to appreciate just how breathtaking this project is? I mean the sheer scale of it alone is extraordinary but paired with a dramatic landscape and historically thoughtful architecture, and we are in for a treat!...
Poodle Bar and Bistro in Melbourne by Bergman & Co.Nestled in a row of Victorian terraces in Melbourne’s South Fitzroy, Poodle Bar and Bistro places patrons at the centre of a modern interpretation of ‘chiaroscuro’. Bergman & Co have created a scheme that melds together the essence...
