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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...

brickwork patterns on Woof Shadow

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...

hit and miss brickwork detail

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...