A sinuous facade clad in thin white brickwork defines this house in Sulaymaniyah in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, designed by local practice Zakaa. More about Flowing brick facade creates shaded alcoves for home in Iraqi Kurdistan by Zakaa
Architecture firm Estudio MMX has spread CAB House in Mexico City over four levels by using a series of towering volumes to integrate the building into a steep site. More about Estudio MMX steps Mexico City home down steep site
Skinny grey bricks cover the angular exterior of this house in Belgium, which local studio DéDal Architectes designed to "rupture" its more traditional surroundings. More about DéDal Architectes creates angular brick home in Belgium
Naturehumaine has completed six new apartments in a historic Montreal neighbourhood, renovating an existing volume and adding a similar building to an adjacent, vacant lot. More about Naturehumaine places sculptural outdoor stairs on Montreal apartment addition
Indian practice Mind Manifestation has set up its studio in a converted apartment in Pune and designed the interior to reflect how the local landscape changes colour from season to season. More about Mind Manifestation lines self-designed studio in Pune with perforated bricks
3me Arquitectura has taken cues from the pyramidal grain silos found locally to create the entryway for the headquarters of the Association of Agricultural Producers in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. More about 3me Arquitectura designs Irrigation Module based on pyramidal grain silos
Tactile brown bricks, flexible teaching spaces and public walkways animate the research and studio building that Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has created for the Royal College of Art in London. More about Herzog & de Meuron creates building with "modesty" for Royal College of Art
American architect Robert Gurney used stucco, wood and brick on the facades of a rectilinear house near the US capital that was designed for a young professional. More about Robert Gurney creates North Adams House for suburban site near Washington DC
Salvaged brick, an expansive skylight and exposed interior utilitarian elements feature in a country house designed by Brazilian firm Estúdio Penha. More about Estúdio Penha uses salvaged brick for rustic CS House in Brazil
Architect Christopher Furminger has completed an extension to a home in Brisbane, Australia, featuring robust walls that frame gardens, courtyards and paths linking the living spaces. More about Brick and concrete walls enclose outdoor spaces at River House extension in Brisbane
Stepped red-brick volumes and garden terraces define this home that Pad Studio has created in the New Forest, an area of protected woodland in the English county of Hampshire. More about Pad Studio designs red-brick Gardener's Cottage in rural Hampshire
Architecture studio Community Design Agency has worked with local Sanjaynagar residents to create vibrant housing blocks for people living in slum conditions in the city of Ahmednagar, India. More about CDA creates community housing for India's Sanjaynagar slum
Oslo studio Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter has completed a brick-clad house in Lillehammer, Norway, featuring a small "tower" that provides expansive views over the roofs of the neighbouring buildings. More about Brickhouse with Tower contains elevated living spaces overlooking Lillehammer
Laurent Troost Architectures has completed an office in Brazil for an archaeological consultancy, adding a garden courtyard and trellises for vines. More about Laurent Troost creates Tropical Shed as archaeologist's office in Brazil
Architecture studio Leth & Gori has modernised a care facility situated on a former farm in Stubberupgård, Denmark, adding brick-clad accommodation buildings that support the needs of vulnerable residents. More about Leth & Gori transforms Danish farm into contemporary supportive housing
Paraguay studio Equipo de Arquitectura has completed a residence with vaulted brick ceilings on a narrow lot in Asunción, which opens to a courtyard with a mango tree. More about Vaulted brick roof spans Intermediate House in Paraguay by Equipo de Arquitectura
Creative platform and foundation To.org has enlisted architecture studios Hassell and LocalWorks to create a music centre that will uncover talent in the Bidi Bidi refugee camp in Uganda. More about Bidi Bidi music centre designed to "change the narrative around refugees" in Uganda
London studio Erbar Mattes has transformed a pair of apartments in a former pub in Hoxton into a duplex flat by adding a "monastic" grey-brown brick extension. More about Erbar Mattes strips back and extends flats in former London pub
Brothers Felipe and Federico Mesa of Plan:b Arquitectos have designed a brick and perforated concrete holiday home for their families in the rural town of La Siria, Colombia. More about Plan:b Arquitectos creates brick vacation home in Colombian tropical forest
Construction has begun on the Senegal headquarters of the non-profit Goethe-Institut designed by Burkina Faso studio Kéré Architecture. More about Work begins on Kéré Architecture's perforated brick Goethe-Institut in Dakar