Eight corners, twelve edges. Stacked on top of each other over and over again, they form a building. Brick by brick, brick by brick. What used to be standard is now being celebrated by architects like a new John Grisham novel: the red clay block is becoming the it-piece of modern architecture and is celebrating its comeback as the showpiece of numerous buildings that gestalten drags onto the stage in “Brick by Brick”.
Kornets Hus in Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark
designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
What looks like a building from the future is the Danish Information Center for Agriculture – with this knowledge, its name (Kornet Hus means granary) is only logical.
Casa Altinho in Lisbon, Portugal
designed by António Costa Lima
Not much remains of the former warehouse that was once at home here on the Lisbon promenade. However, the bricks used trace the outline of the historic building and thus pay tribute to it.
Fjordenhus in Vejle, Denmark
designed by Olafur Eliasson & Sebastian Behmann
900,000 bricks in 15 different colors unite the Fjordenhus on the Danish harbor basin,
which serves as the headquarters of Kirk Kapital A/S.
Gallery House in Bansberia, India
designed by Abin Design Studio (ADS)
48 kilometers from Calcutta, India, is this marvel of brick construction, whose arrangement of bricks has not only an aesthetic but also a practical purpose: to transport light into the center of the building.
Fundamental Approach Architect Saadat Abad Residential Building in Tehran, Iran
designed by Mohsen Kazemianfart
When solid bricks seem to start flowing, great skill is at work. The clever façade not only brings light into the interior, but also ensures an optimum climate.
Residential building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
designed by CTA Creative Architects, 2Hien
Resembling the skin of a fish, the façade of this Vietnamese residential building has a scaly look. The unagitated green space leaves the grand entrance to the eccentricity of the building.
Brick by brick
You can’t miss them, the red-orange clay blocks that turn walls into houses. Long loved by architecture and later banished from it, brick is currently becoming the hip all-rounder of new buildings. This roughness, this feel: all this fascinates observers, installers and architects. In gestalten’s work “Brick by Brick”, you can see what happens when brick is stacked on top of brick and the clay soars upwards.
“Brick by Brick”, design, approx. 50 (gestalten.com)
Do you like special buildings? Then you’ll find houses right on the edge here.
Teaser photo & photos: © Brick by Brick, design
