Brick Gothic - Wikipedia
As the use of baked red brick arrived in Northwestern and Central Europe in the 12th century, the oldest such buildings are classified as the Brick Romanesque. In the 16th century, Brick Gothic was superseded by Brick Renaissance architecture.
The History of Bricks and Brickmaking - brickarchitecture.com
In medieval times, the clay for making bricks often was kneaded by workers with their bare feet. They clay was shaped into brick by pushing it into a wooden frame placed on a table, which was covered with sand or straw to prevent the clay from sticking.
List of Brick Gothic buildings - Wikipedia
Quite late began the medieval use of brick in England, with the Tudor Style. The true extent of northern Brick Gothic and other Gothic brick architecture is shown by this almost complete list.
William Morris and Philip Webb, Red House - Smarthistory
A medieval ideal. The use of exposed red brick for the exterior both gave the house its name and reveals the innate beauty of the construction materials. Morris and Webb valued the specific beauty of natural materials, which they saw as far superior to and healthier than industrially produced materials.
Brick Gothic – A fascinating building material that tells history
Their church towers and town gates, their town houses and monastery walls are all glowing red. The towns and landscapes around the Baltic Sea are characterised by medieval brick buildings, their unique architecture and their aura of warmth.
Malbork Castle - Wikipedia
It is one of two World Heritage Sites in the region (north-central Poland), together with the "Medieval Town of Toruń", which was founded in 1231. Malbork Castle is also one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated on 8 September 1994. [1]
Medieval Bricks and Roofing Materials: Solid as a Rock? - Medieval …
Nov 6, 2023 · Medieval builders often used decorative bricks to add ornamental features to their structures. These bricks were carefully crafted and sometimes featured intricate designs, including patterns and symbols.
AD Classics: Red House / William Morris and Philip Webb
Jun 16, 2017 · In the heart of a suburb just east of London stands an incongruous red brick villa. With its pointed arched window frames and towering chimneys, the house was designed to appear like a relic of...
Brick Gothic in Lithuania · Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages ...
Brick Gothic in Lithuania. Type: Churches, Secular architecture. Date: church of St. Anne, Vilnius, 1495–1500, House of Perkūnas, Kaunas, 1441. Location or Findspot (Modern-Day Country): Lithuania. Description: The red-brick church dedicated to St. Anne in Vilnius at the end of the fifteenth century replaced an earlier church in wood with ...
Follow the Red Brick Road: Baltic Gothic Architecture
From Lübeck and Stralsund to Malbork and Tartu, the distinctive decorative red-brick architecture is regarded as an iconic feature of the Baltic region. We take a look at the architectural tradition often known by its German name Backsteingotik.