It was at this time in London, that bright red brick was chosen for construction to make the buildings more visible in the heavy fog and to prevent traffic accidents.
V Lübecku na primer, je "opečna renesansa" jasno prepoznavna v zgradbah, opremljenih z terakota reliefi umetnika Statius von Dürena, ki je bil dejaven tudi na gradu Schwerin in v Wismarju (Fürstenhof).