Tabriz Brick Apartments
A 24-unit housing block whose richly patterned brick façade carries Tabriz’s bricklaying tradition into contemporary collective housing.
Tabriz is a city of brick, from its covered bazaar to the Qajar houses of the Maqsudiyeh quarter. Our aim was a building that would bring that material language back to a street dominated by composite panels and glass.
A façade that changes with the light
Bricks are laid at three different angles, forming a pattern that throws new shadows as the sun moves across the day. Behind this skin sit mineral-wool insulation and a lightweight block wall, keeping the building efficient through Tabriz’s cold winters.
Every apartment has at least two aspects, and the shared central courtyard, planted with mulberry trees and lined with brick benches, has become a place where neighbours actually meet.
