Architects are beginning to rediscover the potential of handmade bricks, which offer wider variations of colour and texture than their industrially produced cousins. Recent examples include an asymmetric house in Belgium, a canal-side development in London and a housing complex in Rwanda. Explore more handmade brick architecture »
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Stone from a local quarry was used for the cladding, paving and retaining walls of this cluster of buildings by DVA Arhitekta, built on a sprawling site in Bosnia and Herzegovina (+ slideshow). More about Holiday "village" for an ex-footballer comprises seven cuboids with stone walls
Brazilian studios BCMF and MACh have added a cantilevered bar and sunken gallery to a private residential complex on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which perches on a hillside overlooking the surrounding valleys (+ slideshow). More about Cantilevered concrete box houses poolside bar at weekend retreat in Belo Horizonte
Israeli illustrator Noma Bar has created a wooden pavilion shaped like a bird with a leafy back among the trees of a wood in central Japan (+ slideshow). More about Noma Bar's bird-shaped treehouse provides a vantage point over a Japanese woodland
Canadian studio YH2 has completed a series of cabin-inspired homes for a woodland development between the shores of Lac Supérieur and the Mont-Tremblant ski resort in Quebec (+ slideshow). More about YH2 reinterprets the Canadian log cabin for lakeside housing development in Quebec
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has released new images of its design for a six-storey building that will house the International Spy Museum in Washington DC. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners unveils design for International Spy Museum
Broad white piers create a rhythm of regular openings around the facade of this small residence near Stockholm by architecture firm Hermansson Hiller Lundberg (+ slideshow). More about Hermansson Hiller Lundberg references Classical architecture with monochrome House Skuru
OMA has unveiled its design for a new sports and science facility at Brighton College, England – a historic school campus made up of buildings by George Gilbert Scott and Thomas Graham Jackson. More about OMA to create new sports and science facility at historic English college
This glass-fronted living room and surrounding garden have been added by New South Wales firm CO-AP on the rooftop of a house in Sydney's Darlinghurst (+ slideshow). More about CO-AP creates rooftop oasis for residents of a Sydney penthouse
Architect Joris Verhoeven chose hand-moulded bricks for the walls of this asymmetric gabled house in the Dutch village of Riel (+ slideshow). More about House by Joris Verhoeven features handmade bricks and a lopsided roof
Graduate shows 2015: traditional machiya houses in the Japanese city of Kyoto are under threat from modern development, so Royal College of Art graduate Adam Roberts proposes stacking them up to make them more cost and space efficient (+ slideshow). More about Adam Roberts proposes stacking traditional Kyoto dwellings to create "machiya towers"
Chybik+Kristof Associated Architects stacked prefabricated construction modules horizontally and vertically to create this staff cafeteria at the factory where they are produced (+ slideshow). More about Prefab blocks used to build cafe at a modular construction factory in the Czech Republic
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Anodised aluminium panels surround windows and doors set into the angular concrete facades of this house in Tübingen, Germany, by Steimle Architekten (+ slideshow). More about S3 House is a concrete and aluminium villa by Steimle Architekten
Graduate shows 2015: Larisa Bulibasa has developed a vision for the City of London in which a complex network of alleyways, dead ends and enclosed spaces evoke the bewildering financial practices conducted within. More about Larisa Bulibasa reimagines London's financial district as a disorientating labyrinth
A fitted kitchen, a seating nook and a desk space are all contained in oak-lined recesses in the otherwise black walls of this apartment in Ljubljana, Slovenia by local studio Arhitektura d.o.o. (+ slideshow). More about Wooden niches contain work surfaces and storage inside Black Line Apartment by Arhitektura d.o.o.
The walls of this extension to a house in Melbourne feature a mismatched pattern of bricks and roof slates, sourced when part of the original building was demolished (+ slideshow). More about Bricks, doors and roof tiles recycled by Phooey Architects for Melbourne house extension
New York architect Sharon Davis has completed a new housing complex for doctors and nurses in a village in rural Rwanda, which was built by local residents using regional materials (+ slideshow). More about Sharon Davis' housing for Rwandan healthcare workers is wrapped in eucalyptus screens
Mirrored buildings that reflect their surroundings or appear not to be there are popular right now. Recent examples include this eye-deceiving desert shack, a mirror-clad woodland installation and a camouflaged countryside gallery. See all our stories about mirrored buildings »
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Construction work has started on a new concert hall by Mexican firm Rojkind Arquitectos in Boca del Rio, Mexico, featuring a bold geometric form that references the jagged outline of an adjacent jetty. More about Concrete concert hall by Rojkind Arquitectos will overlook the Gulf of Mexico