Contemporary brickwork

From stunning self builds to amazing extensions, these brick-clad homes could be the perfect inspiration for your next project

For contact details, see page 61 Designed and built for a textile designer with a love of texture and colour, Pamphilon Architects brief for this scheme was to add space with something fun, while preserving the character of the Edwardian house. The result is a timber frame extension clad in red brick, laid in a Flemish bond, with protruding headers to add interest

31/44 Architects added a red-brick facade to this £465,000 new build, which sits on an infill plot at the end of a row of south London terraced houses. Wienerberger’s Terre Rouge bricks are laid in a stretcher bond to coincide with the motif of the concrete panel, designed by 31/44 and supplied by Cambridge Precast, above the entrance This timber frame kitchen extension by Paul Archer Design is clad in Ibstock’s Chelsea Funton bricks. The units were chosen because they look like aged London stocks (rather than bright yellow new units). They’ve been laid primarily in a stack bond, providing a striking modern look while complementing the 150-year-old original building The owners of this home in Cheshire, chose to finish their self build in a mix of timber cladding, glass and masonry units from Furness Bricks. The 65mm Chapel Blend bricks, from £42 per m2, are laid in a Flemish bond This waterfront new build home by Trevor Horne Architects is made up of two slightly offset rectangular volumes, both clad in ash-grey Petersen Tegl bricks and covered with a zinc pitched roof that references nearby farm structures