In this video, we look at 10 brick houses that have achieved a good balance of modern and old. We’ve included traditional and renovated houses as well as completely new constructions of brick houses.

In 1971 Louis Kahn, an American architect, was giving a masterclass at the University of Pennsylvania. In the course of a passage about how architects are always informed by their materials, he ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An extremely swift zip through the history of brick architecture follows (in short: the form is ...

Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...

Brick balconies provide a strong profile of the Parkway House. Round bays form verticle columns on the front of the building. The Parkway House has a late Art Deco façade. Parkway House (file) The ...

What was formerly a conventional brick home in Australia now boasts wide-open views of a tranquil backyard thanks to a modern addition by Sydney-based architect Christopher Polly. The original shell ...