Brick architecture



World Heritage Sites connected to 'Brick architecture':

  • Albi Cathedral
  • Amsterdam Canal Ring Several buildings, including the Beurs van Berlage
  • Angkor Angkor's Pre Rup and Roluos complex are brick buildings.
  • Anuradhapura Brick dagobas
  • Aranjuez The palace is made out of brick
  • Australian Convict Sites Hyde Park Barracks; link
  • Ayutthaya
  • Belfries belfru of Calais,Loos, Lille, Comines, Gravellines, Herentals, tielt, Binche
  • Brugge
  • Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  • Bukhara
  • Cracow Wawel Castle, Saint Florian's Gate, Trinity Church, Saint Mary's Basilica
  • Defence Line of Amsterdam Fort near Abcoude, Muiden Fortress
  • Dengfeng Songyue Pagoda - "the earliest known Chinese brick pagoda" (wiki)
  • Fagus Factory
  • Flemish Béguinages
  • Gamzigrad-Romuliana Opus latericium; link
  • Gonbad-e Qâbus baked-brick
  • Gyeongju Bunhwangsa (ºÐȲ»ç) Temple was built in honor of Queen Seondeok (27th ruler of Silla, 632-647), who was the first female ruler of the Silla kingdom. Here you will find Mojeonseoktap, the oldest surviving stone pagoda from the Silla kingdom. A structure unlike any other, Mojeonseoktap is made of roughly-hewn stone bricks.
  • Hwaseong Fortress "Use of brick as a building material for the fortress and employment of efficient pulleys and cranes were also due to the influence of Silhak (practical learning)." - wiki
  • Independence Hall
  • Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
  • Itchan Kala
  • Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba Estancia of Caroya
  • Kathmandu Valley
  • Kinderdijk Walls of the windmills are made of brick
  • Kunya-Urgench Gutluk-Temir Minaret
  • Lübeck
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex "The site has had significant influence in the development of brick architecture over the centuries"
  • Malbork Castle
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta Most of its architecture (Sant'Andrea, Pallazo di Tè) is made out of brick, sometimes covered with stucco, as there is no natural stone in this region
  • Masjed-e Jâme' masterpiece of Seljuq brick architecture (AB ev)
  • Minaret of Jam
  • Mining Sites of Wallonia Le Grand Hornu
  • Mir Castle
  • Moenjodaro Unbaked brick
  • Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha "Also here is the Wuliang Zhuandian (Beamless Brick Hall), an exceptional 16th century domed brick building that has survived many earthquakes without Collapse and is important for the study of ancient Chinese building design and construction." (AB evaluation)
  • Mount Wutai Manjusri Hall of Xiantong Temple, early brick buiding in China Ping Yao - most of the City were built in brick
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon The use of brick is one of the characteristics of Mudéjar, for example in its towers
  • Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
  • Plantin-Moretus Museum
  • Polonnaruva Rangkot Vihara and Quadrangle
  • Qutb Minar The world's tallest brick minaret
  • Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans Constructed in red brick
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Palazzo Carignano, Castello del Valentino and courtyard of Palazzo Reale
  • Riga St Mary's Dome, Saint Peter's Church, Saint Jacob's Church, Saint John's Church, House of the Blackheads
  • Roskilde Cathedral
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse
  • Schokland Church of Middelbuurt
  • Stralsund and Wismar
  • Thang Long Flag tower
  • Torun
  • Tower of London The 13th-century Beauchamp Tower marks the first large scale use of brick as a building material in Britain, since the 5th-century departure of the Romans (wiki)
  • Town Hall and Roland, Bremen Town Hall
  • Verla Groundwood and Board Mill Replaced the wood after fires in 1876 and 1892
  • Vilnius Church of St. Anne, Saint Francis' Church, Saint Nicholas' Church, Upper Castle
  • West Lake Liuhe Pagoda is one of the best-preserved brick andwood pagodas extant in China. Originally built in 970 AD, the inner brick core is the result of a reconstruction in 1165.
  • Zollverein several main buildings are made in dark brown bricks