The best brick buildings in the world?

[buho]

The Alhambra (Spain) was made in brick, too...

[l'eau]

i like dutch brick building.

[World 2 World]

Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur

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[buho]

Samarra minaret (Irak)

[damian89]

St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk - biggest brick church in the world



Malborl Castle - biggest brick gothic castle in the world

[buho]

In Spain most castles are made with bricks...

Castillo de Coca



Castillo de la Mota

[william of waco]

The 15th century Holstentor in Lubeck, Germany with it's famous double "witch hats".
Most of the old town of Lubeck is a miracle of gothic brick preservation.6

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[KWT]

I think some of the most beautiful brick architecture is in Iran:















brick structure covered in crystal tiles



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[Paper Ninja]

Blue Brick!

Elizabetes Iela 10b, Riga, Latvia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...ulltext=Search




Strelnieku Iela 4 Riga, Latvia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Eisenstein

[HOLABETO]

If you love Bricks, you Will Love Medellin, Colombia!





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[Vladivostok53]

Originally Posted by Gamma-Hamster

St Basil's Cathedral (1560) in Moscow is also made of bricks:








So is Kremlin's towers and walls:





Church of the Savior on Blood(1907) in St. Petersburg

The Kremlin is the most important brick building in the world

[Liwwadden]

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[Snowy]

London


Butler's Wharf

Butler's Wharf was built between 1871 and 1873 as a shipping wharf and warehouse. Since the 1980s, it has been transformed from a decaying, derelict site into luxury apartments with shops and restaurants on the ground floor.


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Old warehouse buildings, by Butler's Wharf, which have also been converted into luxury apartments or upmarket shops and restaurants


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The Natural History Museum

Built in 1881, The Natural History Museum is often decribed as "a cathedral of nature". Note the use of animals as gargoyles, some extremely prominent, others hidden away. The level of detail is astonishing.


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[cardiff]

Natural history museum is stunning!

[1878EFC]

Stanley Dock, Liverpool. The Disused Tobacco Warehouse is the largest brick building in the world with 27 million bricks and today is still the worlds largest warehouse.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4737carlin/1286570883/

[1878EFC]

So much potential in this building, sad to see it in such a state

[Snowy]

Originally Posted by 1878EFC

So much potential in this building, sad to see it in such a state

Are there any plans to restore this great building, or has the credit crunch put paid to that?

[1878EFC]

i think the credit crunch mate, havent heard a tap for god knows how long.

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0...name_page.html

"The development, due to start in late 2008 or early 2009, will take seven years to complete."

[william of waco]

St. Anne's Church and Bernardine Monastery in Vilnius, Lithuania
The brick facade has remained unchanged since 1500.

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[cardiff]

First photo in this thread will show you why London has some of the best brick buildings, the other pics demonstrate this as well

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=867128