All Brick articles
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FeaturesNot just another brick in the wall: How earth bricks helped reduce the carbon footprint on a Bennetts life sciences scheme
London’s life sciences boom is driving innovative construction at Tribeca, featuring cutting-edge earth bricks that reduce carbon emissions and set a new standard for sustainable development. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesCreating new homes in London with off-site construction and Vandersanden
One of the first residential developments created and offered for sale by Westminster City Council, Cosway Street, in Marylebone, London is a collection of 49 contemporary homes set around an attractive communal garden.
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OpinionThe Net Zero Future of Bricks
Brick is not only one of the most attractive of building materials, it is also one of the most sustainable. It is a natural, quality and maintenance-friendly product which is durable during all phases of its life cycle – from its construction phase with the use of raw materials through ...
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FeaturesClare College Cambridge regenerates St Regis accommodation with Vandersanden
Designed by Freeland Rees Roberts Architects, the project saw the specification of Vandersanden brick as the principal element of the new facades
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NewsBrick meets nature in east Germany’s new urban district
Alfons & alfreda designs sustainable neighbourhood at Berlin Brandenburg Airport
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NewsIn pictures: Jestico + Whiles unveils The Island Quarter
The first phase of a £1.4bn mixed-use development, the canalside building draws on the site’s heritage and context
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FeaturesIconic student housing complex, The Cube, defined by Vandersanden’s Freya brick slips
The multi-use complex in the Netherlands specified a pre-fabricated solution
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FeaturesFocus on brick: Tree House, West London
Situated on a former garage site, the West London home utilised Vandersanden’s 65mm Antro facing brick for interiors and exteriors
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FeaturesFrom gas plant to office space: Foster + Partners’ latest reuse project
Foster + Partners designs a demountable timber structure for a disused gas plant in Madrid, Spain, creating a natural, flexible workspace
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TechnicalParkstad Rotterdam by Geurst & Schulze
Varying brick facades come together to create a coherent residential development
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TechnicalZeeuws Housing by Pasel-Künzel Architects
This new housing development in Zeeland by Dutch firm Pasel-Künzel Architects uses distinctive roofwork.
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TechnicalKolenkit housing, Amsterdam by Wingender Hovenier and Korth Tielens
A technical look at the expressive potential of brick construction
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TechnicalDay centre, Noordwijk
Onix Architects has built a care centre in the Netherlands out of bricks that were rejected for their irregular form
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TechnicalDe Korhoenders sheltered housing
Wingender Hovenier Architecten’s brick residential building for disabled youth in the Netherlands provides a careful balance between communal and private space
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TechnicalBermondsey Island housing by Urban Salon
By adopting two contrasting facade treatments, Urban Salon’s Bermondsey Island housing deftly negotiates the conflicting demands of noisy roads, sustainability requirements and a sensitive historic site.
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TechnicalLSE New Students’ Centre by O’Donnell & Tuomey
O’Donnell & Tuomey’s competition-winning proposal for the London School of Economics’ new Students’ Centre is striking not only for its crumpled form, but its unusual perforated brick facing.
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TechnicalMaccreanor Lavington’s Ceres apartments
The brown brick of these Netherlands canalside apartment blocks provides a continuity with the industrial buildings they have replaced
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TechnicalConstantijn Huygensstraat by Tony Fretton Architects
The robust brick facade of Tony Fretton’s Amsterdam block is designed to last the building’s planned 200-year lifespan
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TechnicalAllies & Morrison’s St Andrew’s masterplan
Bricks take centre stage at the £130 million St Andrew’s scheme in east London