"The materials we selected, brick framed with limestone, echoed the house, yet this architecture also conformed to the surrounding countryside, adopting its long, horizontal lines.
Disputing the military authorities' claim that slums of squatters are being demolished, the diplomats said many of the neighborhoods that were leveled had two-story buildings of brick, framed timber or even steel-reinforced concrete.
But a determined group of opponents see in the half-built concrete and brick frame a provocation.
Periodically, Spindler pointed out details: a place where a door used to be barred, a brick frame that had once held an inscribed tablet.
Angular wood-lined dormer windows jut out from the front facade, while an inverted L-shape fashioned from reclaimed brick frames the edge of the modern extension.
It stands 59.89 m tall, and was constructed from a red brick frame with 13 stages of wooden eaves.
All around, the view was one of entire hillsides charred black and some wineries with nothing but brick frames and melted equipment.
The dining room, to the left of the entrance hall, has an imposing floor-to-ceiling brown brick chimney framing a white ceramic hearth.
In the not-so-distant past, the recently opened SubCulture, an intimate subterranean space with a bar, cinema-style seats with cup holders and a purple-lighted brick wall framing the piano, might have seemed an unlikely site for classical music concerts.
The vibe is serene: a rainforest mural on one wall, and distressed, exposed-brick columns framing a kind of indoor pergola.
