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50 Shades of Clay, by Jonas Althuis.For centuries, the brick has been a constant; governments have risen and fallen, crises have collapsed the economy, society has changed, but bricks remain.…View →
Bjarke Ingels Portrayed, by Aimee Baars.He explains his passion: "There is nothing more amazing than building buildings, that you try to imagine what kind of city or world it is you want to live in, and then you build it brick by brick.…View →
People are in fields, by Nicole van Roij.Its public gardens are interwoven with the geometrical yellow-brick architecture of the building. The brick sculptures and artworks placed on the two-centimetre-cut grass reflect the language of the museum.…View →
Guess the Building, by Stefan Gzyl.The walls are the same height and built of concrete brick. There are no doors or windows. Instead, each wall is punctured at least once to create an access, exit, and connections across.…View →
Interview Jan Dierckx: 10 minutes with an architect, by Louisa Hollander.The robots won’t be humanoid robots that are carrying bricks like we would carry bricks. A brick has its size, because it is easy to grasp with a human hand. Perhaps when buildings are built by robots bricks will be 5 times as big.…View →
I Feel Out of Place, by Tuyen Le.Thinking further into this, before the brick and mortar phase of this very space you’re sitting in, through the expertise of architects and engineers, we can rely on computer renderings and the scale figures plotted in the scene to be convinced that “…View →
Artefact: The Bric-a-brac cabinet, by Leeke Reinders.Artefact: The Bric-a-brac cabinet. Leeke Reinders. ‘Artefact’ is a recurring two-page spread, which features a beloved object presented by one of the BK City staff members. Every month, the author passes on the ‘Artefact’contributorship to the next.…View →
The Paths That We Must Walk, by Chun Kit "CK" Wong.As our senses are holistically engaged, it reminds us of the reality of making and building, including the imperfections of welding joints, the minuscule differences in the thickness of brick and mortar.…View →
Soviet Dreams, by Jānis Bērziņš.Until the 1950s in Soviet Union apartment buildings were built in “Stalin’s style” – neoclassical, monumental brick buildings with ornaments, spacious apartments and quality materials. However, this process was costly and time-consuming.…View →
Where Earthquakes Come at Night, by Jonas Althuis.At the heart of a city called Kiruna stands an ordinary red brick building, the function of which is conveyed in red capital letters above it's main entrance; Folkets Hus, Swedish for 'community house'.…View →
Incredible Nottingham, by Dorsa Ghaemi, Francien Fons, Jolt Wiersma and Sun Ah Hwang.The traditional brick buildings have successfully outlived their original 60 year life expectancy and the neighborhood continues to be a popular place to live.…View →
Promoting a positive Relation-to-Self through Recognition in Architectural Design, by Jeremy Hill.At the same time, the aesthetics of the building are outspokenly unique: using a zinc façade in contrast to the beige London brick, incorporating a flat roofinstead of a mansard, and breaking up the regularity of the façade cladding by creating the illusion…View →
Interview: The Book and The Building, by Louis Lousberg, Koen Mulder & Christopher Clarkson.Brick. , and Louis Lousberg, affectionately known by many as. Louis Lousberg. appear on my screen.…View →
Blog: May 12, 2021Each article explores a colour in a unique way; from the red and yellow hues that bricks can have, to the light blue tint of architectural photography and the effect that it creates, to the humble domain of the toilet and the design implications thereof…View →
Could You Hold The Door Please?, by Sem Verwey.In return, the river reflects this light back onto the boats and ships that occupy the brisk water that used to be so tranquil. The boats move rapidly, leaving trails of high-pitched rumbling and fast-swelling waves.…View →
Beginnings: Welcome to the Netherlands, by Jan Pruszynski.If not, you must have already noticed that it ‘rains bricks’ here. Rain is as much a part of life here as breathing is. Therefore, Dutch have several expressions about it. In the end, just saying that it rains a lot would get boring after a while.…View →
The Berlage Questionnaire: Francesca Torzo, by Maria Christopoulou and Georgia Katsi.Glue—especially when used to apply bricks to insulation. That’s indecent! #Berlage. #Torzo.…View →
108 Questions, by Jonas Althuis.How many bricks are there in all of the buildings in The Netherlands? How many cubic metres of concrete are poured in the world every second? How many windows are broken in the world every minute?…View →
Abandoned Lounge, by Christopher Clarkson.Autumn leaves that have been collecting create a new upholstery while the traffic rustles past and the bricks come raining down from the construction site overhead.…View →