Canadian practice Campos Studio has designed this home in Vancouver for a family with four children, featuring walls of reclaimed brick and an open stairwell filled with nooks, storage spaces and hangout spots.

The property called The Brick House is located in the Canadian city's Point Grey neighbourhood and takes its name from the main facade material ? reclaimed bricks that give the home an aged look.
The Vancouver studio collaborated closely with the young family to design a home that would encourage playful interactions between its occupants.
"Through discussions with the couple, it became clear that they wanted a clean modern brick house, while at the same time it was important that the house encouraged play," said Campos Studio.
While still being playful, the clients wanted their home to feel like a contemporary, useful living space. The architects took cues from the work of Isamu Noguchi, a Japanese-American sculptor that extensively researched playgrounds, and produced many child-oriented sculptures, toys, and spaces.

Noguchi's work developed the concept of "non-committal" play structures. These spaces can be used for varied and open-ended games, as opposed to traditional designs like a see-saw or swing set, which suggest their use.
Campos Studio describes the outcome of this as a three-storey "toy chest" that runs up the centre of the home. This contains the home's main vertical circulation, but also hosts a series of hiding spaces,...