In Lübeck, for example, Brick Renaissance is clearly recognisable in buildings equipped with terracotta reliefs by the artist Statius von Düren, who was also active at Schwerin (Schwerin Castle) and Wismar (Fürstenhof).
V zgodnjem srednjem veku je uporaba opeke v gradbeništvu postala priljubljena v severni Evropi, potem ko so jo tja prinesli iz severozahodne Italije.