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Considering Cost When Specifying A Glazed Brick Slip Façade
When specifying a project that includes a glazed brick slip façade, it’s important to consider the drivers behind a successful build. Ask yourself, what are the critical points of a build that affect cost? When starting a project, specifiers must consider: ...
Which Façade Systems Are Compatible With Brick Slips?
Too many times, a traditional brick is chosen for a façade system when the project requires a different construction method.
Why Architects Are Using Glazed Brick Slips For New Facades
Glazed brick slips are now a popular way for architects to make their projects come to life. In fact, due to a façade often being referred to as the most important aspect from a design perspective, there is more pressure than ever to create something original.
Brick Slips Design Trends For 2023
With the ever-growing demand to stand out from the crowd, building products such as brick slips can be a solution that enables a successful, yet unique, build.
Why is Natural Stone a Sustainable and Eco-Friendly building material?
In the past few decades, the publics views on sustainability and environmentally friendly business practices have transformed completely. People are now much more interested to find out where building materials come from, and how sustainable and eco-friendly they...
Is brick a sustainable choice?
Brick is a natural product, durable, breathable, and recyclable. But let’s be honest, brick is only sustainable if the building is still around in 500 years and making the space it inhabits better. The embodied energy due to all that gas used to burn bricks in a...
The Spaces We Live In
The Spaces We Live In – how our 2018 family adventure changed my understanding of the effects our built environments have on our lives. As I moved around Europe with my wife and 2 children, these were the questions I kept coming back to. How can we connect with...
6 Innovative Brickwork Patterns
Brick Pattern HouseThe “Brick Pattern House “designed by Alireza Mashhadimirza. The building is located in one of the poorest districts of Tehran in the Jeyhoon area and was designed with a strong social influence in mind. Brick was used as the main construction...
Hit and Miss Brickwork
Over recent years there has been a trend towards hit and miss brickwork in the UK. The effect can be interesting due to the play with light and texture when dividing space both internally and externally. This brickwork detail is also practical providing...
Natural stone as a building material
Stone, the building material that will never go out of fashion People have been using stone as a building material for millennia and it is the most widely used construction material in the world. It was a shelter for the prehistoric men when they lived in...
