A+Awards: this community centre and mosque in Tehran by Kalout Architecture Studio, which won a 2016 Architizer A+Award, is designed to look like linking hands. More about Cultural and religious complex in Iran features roof shaped like interlocking fingers
A skylit stairwell ascends through the split levels of this tall and narrow house in Seoul to a roof terrace with separate entrances for people and cats. More about FHHH Friends arranges flexible rooms over split levels in slender Seoul house
Dutch architects Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman designed this skinny house in Rotterdam for themselves, incorporating hidden windows into the black brick walls and adding a large indoor hammock. More about Skinny Rotterdam house for two architects features black brickwork and concealed windows
Designer Giles Miller has worked with visualiser Forbes Massie to draw up designs for a huge monument with a cross-shaped plan and textured brick walls. More about Giles Miller and Forbes Massie imagine towering monument with walls of offset bricks
Meeting rooms cantilever from one side of this wedge-shaped office block in Oslo by Norwegian firm A-Lab – the final building in the city's waterfront Barcode Project regeneration scheme. More about Red-brick boxes pop out of A-Lab's narrow office block on Oslo waterfront
The faceted roofline and brick surfaces of these apartment blocks by Danish firms COBE and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects take their cues from the 300-year-old warehouses on Copenhagen's harbour. More about COBE and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects complete warehouse-inspired housing for Copenhagen harbour
A darkened brick tower and a glass volume form this extension by Gundry & Ducker, added to the rear of a north London residence to create a kitchen and living room with garden views. More about Gundry & Ducker adds sooty brick and glass extension to London house
Architecture for London has created a pair of contrasting extensions for adjoining houses in east London, using pale brick for one and dark slate for the other. More about Architecture for London builds one house extension in slate and another in brick
Studio 1 Architects has added a brick extension with a large window to the rear of this Victorian house in London, creating a light-filled seating area lined in white-washed ash slats. More about Brick house extension by Studio 1 features garden-facing window seat
James Jeffries of 31/44 Architects has designed a spacious and light-filled Amsterdam townhouse for his family, faced in grey brickwork and illuminated inside by a large skylight. More about Grey brick Amsterdam townhouse by 31/44 Architects features large rooflight and sunken living room
Architecture firm Hermansson Hiller Lundberg has completed a brick house for a sloped site in Sundsvall, Sweden, featuring staggered interiors based on Adolf Loos' Raumplan concept. More about Hermansson Hiller Lundberg adapts Adolf Loos concept for brick House Juniskär in Sweden
Arched openings punctuate the brick facade of this apartment building in Amsterdam, which is co-owned by its occupants and tailored to accommodate their varying lifestyles. More about Arches puncture brick facade of Amsterdam apartment block by WE Architecten
Koen van Velsen Architects used custom green-tinted brickwork, mirrored panels and glazed courtyards to help this sports centre on the outskirts of Rotterdam blend in with the greenery surrounding it. More about Koen van Velsen Architects uses green-grey brickwork for sports centre near Rotterdam
Danish studio EFFEKT has completed a brick-clad apartment block in Copenhagen with a tapered profile that reflects the roof shape of an adjacent church. More about EFFEKT's Thurøhus apartments feature textured brick facades and a staggered roof
Light filters gently through the perforated terracotta facade of this showroom for electronics company Panasonic, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects for the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. More about Vo Trong Nghia uses perforated blocks to create decorative facade for Panasonic showroom
Protruding bricks texture the walls of this extension to an early 20th-century house in north London, which was designed by Pamphilon Architects for a fashion designer client. More about Pamphilon Architects adds textured brick extension to Edwardian house in London
Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects has renovated and extended a former fort in West Flanders to create a home for an estate agent and his family. More about Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects transforms Belgian fort into home and guesthouse
Bloco Arquitetos has created an extra storey for a family home in Brasília by adding a stilted concrete structure that incorporates panels of perforated brickwork. More about Brick screens are set into framework of concrete columns and beams at Casa Grid
Foster + Partners has used custom-made bricks to build a campus near Shenzhen, encompassing a university, a hotel and housing that all take in views of the South China Sea. More about Foster + Partners uses extra-long bricks for Chinese university campus
Chinese studio Archi-Union Architects programmed robots to construct the undulating brick facade of this art gallery in Shanghai's West Bund district. More about Bricklaying robots create bulging brick facade for Shanghai arts centre