French architect Emmanuelle Weiss has added a contrasting dark brick extension to a red brick house outside Lille (+ slideshow). Weiss wanted to create a contemporary extension, but also respect ...

Located on the Scarborough Bluffs, the Opposite House is split into two halves with different features. The northern street-facing half is clad in dark brick and houses the foyer, bathrooms ...

The architects modernized the existing brick house, created better relationships with the surroundings, and replaced the unflattering rough dark brown brick facade with a more elegant design.

But the potential was clear for Hybschmann and his wife, Anita Freeman, who soon set about turning the dark brick terraced house into a spacious, light-filled home swathed in greenery. The nondescript ...