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 about Black bricks by Glen-Gery add "timeless feel" to Tree Huis in Iowa
Chinese studio Mix Architecture has turned a disused 1950s factory into an updated office and public park in Nanjing, China. More about Mix Architecture refreshes Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory with red brick extensions
Local architecture studio Lorenzo Botero Arquitectos and interior designer Martín Mendoza used a palette of natural materials to transform a three-storey house into a restaurant in Bogotá. More about Lorenzo Botero and Martín Mendoza convert Bogotá residence into brick-lined restaurant
US architecture studio GBBN designed three brick buildings that allow social housing to both "fit in and stand out" in Cincinnati, Ohio. More about GBBN creates set of housing blocks that reinterpret historic fabric of Cincinnati
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 about Paperfarm conceals home in Taiwan behind perforated "brick veil"
The shapes and colours of local masonry buildings informed this monolithic home near Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by local architecture firm McGonigle McGrath. More about McGonigle McGrath completes "robust" brick home near Belfast
Ecuadorian studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has completed a brick house and riding school in the Andes Mountains, complete with a gabled roof and dogtrot breezeway. More about Gabriel Rivera creates brick house and riding school in Ecuador
Promotion: elongated black bricks by US brand Glen-Gery were chosen as cladding for a New Jersey residence designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Studio PHH, which sits within a forest. More about La Clairiere residence clad in black Glen-Gery bricks defined by "balanced imperfection"
Architecture practice Studio Onu has blended local craft and materials with an agricultural aesthetic to create this home on a working farm in Poland. More about Studio Onu draws on vernacular architecture for home in Polish forest
Rammed-earth walls and earth bricks define 32° East Arts Centre, a community arts space in Uganda by London architecture practice New Makers Bureau in collaboration with Ugandan design firm Localworks. More about New Makers Bureau completes rammed-earth arts centre in Kampala
A shell of perforated brickwork and climbing plants encases this concrete office building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed by local studio Tropical Space. More about Perforated brickwork wraps Premier Office in Vietnam by Tropical Space
Decorative brick-clad buildings fold around courtyards at the Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, a boarding school in Bangladesh designed by British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with architecture studio Shatotto Architecture for Green Living. More about Aga Khan Academy Dhaka wraps around "friendly outdoor learning areas"
Promotion: a Morse code-like pattern of domed brickwork by US brick company Glen-Gery was chosen for a mixed-used building in New York City designed by US architect Morris Adjmi. More about New York's Grand Mulberry clad in Glen-Gery brickwork that "adds energy to the block"
Local studio BHY Arquitectos has completed an all-white infill house with painted brick on a narrow lot in Buenos Aires, Argentina that features multiple courtyards and patios. More about BHY Arquitectos arranges multiple courtyards in white Argentinian house
Local studio Naturehumaine has completed a two-family housing block located in the Côte-des-Neiges borough of Montreal that draws on 1930s architectural styles. More about Naturehumaine draws on Streamline Moderne architecture for Montreal duplex
Since February, searches for brick architecture have skyrocketed on Pinterest. The material is particularly popular in South America. We round up eight projects from the continent featured on our bricks board. More about Dezeen's Pinterest roundup features eight brick buildings in South America
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a red brick cafe in South Korea by Seoul studio Sukchulmok. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "beautifully executed" brick cafe in South Korea
Curved forms and arched openings feature in this cafe, which Seoul studio Sukchulmok has added to an existing building in South Korea's Gyeonggi-do province. More about Sukchulmok adds curved brick forms to rooftop of Parconido Bakery Cafe
An oversized, zinc-clad roof shelters Chestnut Plantation, a brick and timber home alongside a wildflower garden in Hampshire designed by local studio John Pardey Architects. More about John Pardey Architects arranges home around New Forest wildflower garden
Spanish studio Agora Arquitectura has converted a derelict brick building into a base for a raised timber house on the outskirts of Barcelona. More about Agora Arquitectura elevates prefabricated timber home on brick base