FROM IBSTOCK BRICK
Brickwork Bonds
Recessed & Projecting
Brickwork
Underslung™ Soffits
ADDING STYLE TO BRICKWORK
VISUAL EFFECTS
NOVEMBER 2015
IN THIS ISSUE
T H E B AT H H O U S E , B A R K I N G C E N T R A L
By introducing a single cant to every fourth brick in each course, architects,
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, have created a dynamic façade that constantly
changes with the light and the angle of view.
NOVEMBER 2015
BRINGING
BRICKWORK
TO L I F E
BRINGING BRICKWORK TO LIFE
For centuries, brick has provided the
traditional cladding for the UK’s buildings.
Economical, enduring and available with an almost
limitless range of colours, textures and sizes, it has
inspired generations of architects, adding unique style
that characterises buildings, and sits them comfortably
within a range of different environments.
As style has changed, so brick has always been there
leading the way, whether it be with eye-catching glazed
finishes, linear styles or new formats.
Today, our technical and design experts are working
closely with architects across the UK to experiment
with textures and bonds, using exciting new brickwork
techniques to add style to a diverse range of buildings,
from individual homes to hospitals and large public and
statement buildings.
In this issue, we take you behind the scenes of just
some of these buildings, to show you how these
new modern visuals are being created.
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PROJECTS
Stoke-on-Trent
City Bus Station
The Keyes
Building
04
06
Shireland
Collegiate
Academy
Brentwood
School
Sacred Heart
RC School
Ebbw Fawr 3-16
School
10
14
Loughborough
College
18
Reading Station
King Edward
College
22
24
Nano
Bioanalytical
Research Building
London Designer
Outlet
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CONTENTS
25
Stanmore Place
16
20
Myatt’s Field
North
08
11
15
Hollymount
Primary School
Hargood Close
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F E AT U R E S
Brick Awards
2015
S H O RT L I S T E D P RO J E C T S
30
Front Cover Image: Brentwood School, Essex
Back Cover Image: Housing, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
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BRICKWORK BONDS
Architects are continually experimenting with different bonding patterns, and combinations of bonds, to create
distinctive designs in brickwork. These projects demonstrate how bonding patterns old and new can add style
and individuality to modern building design.
Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Bus Station, Hanley
STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY CENTRE BUS STATION
A range of bonding techniques are employed to reinforce the unique
style of this ultra-modern design.
BRICK
Ibstock Staffordshire
Slate Blue Smooth;
Dark Grey
Glazed
Dark Grey Glazed bricks are laid stack bonded for a modern visual effect.
The defining detail of this unique structure is a dramatic curved aluminium-clad roof that wraps around
its perimeter, enclosing the glazed pedestrian concourse, and providing a total of 22 bus stands – the
maximum possible on the site. Sweeping around the site’s edge to create a wave-like form, the roof is
lifted on a steel frame above a brick-clad plinth, rising and falling to reflect the internal use.
Architect
Grimshaw (SBS Architects), London
Telephone
+44(0)207 291 4141
www.grimshaw-architects.com
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To represent the former coal seams and indigenous materials which are central to Hanley’s recent
history, the architects chose to contrast limestone flooring with Staffordshire Slate Blue and Dark Grey
Glazed bricks, laying them in a variety of bonding patterns, including large areas of stack bonding to give
the brickwork a modern visual, and then breaking up the mass with a relief pattern of protruding and
recessed courses.
T E C H N I C A L N OT E :
STACK BONDING
As there is no overlap between adjacent bricks, stack
bonding reduces the brickwork’s resistance to lateral
loads. It is therefore normal to include some form of
reinforcement to increase integrity and loading strength.
Bed-joint reinforcement, using welded stainless steel ladder-form
provides reinforcement towards the surface of the brickwork leaf,
where it is most effective.
Consideration should be given to the colour and texture of the
brick chosen. Distinctive textures can affect the appearance of the
bond pattern, and are generally avoided for this type of bond. It is
also generally recommended to use a contrasting mortar (which
may be recessed, depending on exposure rating) to maximise the
aesthetic appearance of the bond.
It is important when stack bonding to select bricks of consistent
size and form - it is therefore recommended that this is discussed
with the manufacturer in advance.
This bond requires extra care by bricklayers, who will need to
take care when setting out and checking joint and vertical face
alignment, particularly if soldier courses are used.
STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY CENTRE BUS STATION
In cavity walls, the reinforcement is typically laid in the mortar
joints at 225mm vertical centres. Oval or flat section wire is
preferred to accommodate the cavity wall ties which are usually
at the same spacing/locations as for normal brickwork.
Walls are inclined to create continuity with the
curved roof line. To guarantee that the complex
effects were achieved, the brickwork element was
contract managed by Ibstock.
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The Keyes Building, King’s School, Worcester
A modern twist on historic brickwork design.
BRICK
Leicester Multi
Yellow Stock
THE KEYES BUILDING, KING’S SCHOOL
In the shadow of Worcester’s medieval Cathedral, King’s new sports and performing
arts building links together a number of the school’s existing historic buildings, taking
its key design features from the adjacent Royal Worcester Porcelain Works.
To reinforce the classic nature of this building, John Christophers of Associated
Architects developed a completely new bond pattern. Referred to as ‘Saxon Bond’,
it comprises a regular pattern of soldier and stretcher bricks repeated at alternate
courses throughout the building. To achieve a continuous bond pattern above
window and door openings Ibstock Kevington precast lintels, faced with matching
Leicester Multi Yellow bricks, were used throughout – helping to reinforce the
building’s unique historical aesthetic.
‘Saxon’ bond - typical elevation
Architect
Associated Architects
Telephone
+44(0)121 233 6600
www.associated-architects.co.uk
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‘Corner Soldier’ bricks
faced on two sides
(shown hatched) NBS: F10/11
For reference, Boathouse mortar
was 3 parts red building sand 2 part Severn
ball mill grit sand supplied by Radbournes
in Hereford and 1 part hydraulic lime from
Traditional Lime Company in Cheltenham.
Achieving the new bond required exceptional skill from bricklayers,
who had to attain perfect vertical and horizontal alignment of each
brick whilst constantly adapting scaffolding to the changing levels.
THE KEYES BUILDING, KING’S SCHOOL
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Hargood Close, Essex
Textured brickwork panels give rhythm, scale and expression.
Architects, Proctor and Matthews, have used panels of highly textured brickwork to
reinforce a domestic, non-institutional feel to this mainstream housing development.
Providing rhythm, scale and expression to reduce the mass of the terraces, the panels are
formed by use of a projecting bond on some elevations, whilst on the upper level framed,
half-brick thick recessed panels in modified honeycomb bond have been adopted to provide
the required levels of ventilation and allow natural dappled light into the cloisters.
HARGOOD CLOSE
Architect
Proctor & Matthews
Telephone
+44(0)20 7378 6695
www.proctorandmatthews.com
As both sides of the wall panel are
exposed to view, solid bricks were
chosen and specially hand selected by
Ibstock to provide a fair-faced finish to
both the corridor wall and external face.
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T E C H N I C A L N OT E :
FINISH ING
H O NE YCO M B BO ND
Ideally, bricks should be faced and
finished on central exposed areas
of top and bottom beds.
Projecting headers have been used imaginatively to
create a distinctive ‘frame’ to upper floor windows.
HARGOOD CLOSE
BRICK
Parham Red Stock,
Special Black
TYPICAL SECTION - PERFORATED PANEL - ROOF LEVEL
TYPICAL ELEVATION - PERFORATED PANEL - ROOF LEVEL
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Shireland Collegiate Academy, Smethwick
The new performing arts and sports centre at the historic Smethwick-based
Academy is conceived as a simple rectilinear box design, finished in red
brick to unify and complete the red brick campus.
To break up the mass of the building and introduce a modern twist to the traditional
design, recessed texture panels have been created below window areas using alternate
recessed and projecting courses.
Panels give regularity and form, visually adding height and creating brick columns to each
side of the windows, giving the building a more robust and solid feel.
SHIRELAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
T E C H N I C A L N OT E : E XT E N T OF P ROJ E C T I ON
Any deviation from a full 102mm width outer skin fully bedded on mortar places more
emphasis on the building’s weather resisting architectural features. Local exposure to wind
driven rain, orientation and local topography should also be assessed.
Architect
ADP Architects
Telephone
+44(0)121 2346440
www.adp-architecture.com
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BRICK
Priory Red
Multi
Minimal recesses or projections up to 10mm may be acceptable depending on the brick type
and exposure of the site. Mortar fillets protecting projecting features should be formed at the
time of laying. Allowing normal bricks with frogs or perforations to project may compromise
the durability of surfaces not normally intended for exposure.
Please consult your local Design Advisor for specific guidance.
RECESSED AND PROJECTING BRICKWORK
There is nothing new about recessing and projecting brickwork to create interesting design effects. However,
unique modern effects are now being achieved using these techniques, often in conjunction with cut and turned
bricks to create unique patterns and textures that break up the brickwork mass.
Brentwood School, Essex
Two new buildings were combined with an existing remodelled
Victorian Vicarage to create this sixth form centre and school hall,
in a style sympathetic to the original school design.
To the upper classroom walls, red bricks have been used in relief on a diagonal
grid, to create a ‘lacey’ diaper pattern without recourse to the traditional blues,
whilst to the assembly hall, contrasting headers in English bond also induce
a diaper-type pattern on the contrasting plinth of Bevern Dark Multi brickwork.
Below, a more traditional execution of the diaper pattern has been formed using
a combination of red headers and stretchers over 3 courses. To complete this
unique canvas, the pattern has also been incorporated into areas of honeycomb
brickwork which ventilate the lower corridors.
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
The architect has used a combination of recessed and contrasting brickwork to
recreate the diaper pattern of the original building in a modern idiom, going to
exceptional lengths to enrich the design with contrasting detail at different levels
and in different forms.
Architect
Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture
Telephone
+44(0)20 7708 2567
www.cv-arch.co.uk
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BRICK
Heritage Red
Blend, Bevern
Dark Multi Stock
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
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Brentwood School, Essex
T E C H N I C A L N OT E :
PROJECTING & RECESSED
BRICKWORK
When planning projecting or recessed
brickwork, it is important to take into
account any impact this may have on rain
penetration performance of the brickwork.
The type of mortar joint used will also
have an impact on rain penetration, and it
may be advisable to adopt a joint style with
a projecting fillet to shed water away from
the brickwork surface.
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
Issues such as the exposure zone and the
location and orientation of the building
must be considered, as well as the degree
of projection planned and the type of
brick used.
Perforations are not intended to be
exposed. Where significant projection
is planned, it will be advisable to speak
to your local Ibstock design advisor, who
may suggest the use of solid bricks for this
application. British Standard BS 8104:1992
- Code of practice for assessing exposure
of walls to wind-driven rain, is a useful
reference when considering the use of
projecting or recessed brickwork.
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Stanmore Place, Harrow
This landmark development of private tenure flats
by St Edward Homes, part of the Berkeley Group,
is characterised throughout by modern and
striking architecture.
For this prominent corner plot, Architects, GRID, created
a unique look using a pattern of projecting brickwork at
the upper level.
Using a regular pattern of projecting stretchers on the radius,
GRID has created an unusual texture to enhance the already
exciting visual created by the rich contrasting tones of the
Millhouse Blend brickwork.
STANMORE PLACE
A waterstruck brick, Millhouse Blend is manufactured
in solid form without frogs, and is thus an ideal choice
for use in projecting applications.
Architect
GRID Architects
Telephone
+44(0)20 7593 3260
www.gridarchitects.co.uk
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BRICK
Millhouse
Blend
BRICK
Heritage Red Blend,
Bevern Dark Multi
Stock, Smooth
Buff
Sacred Heart RC School, Camberwell
Vertical zip-like features break the façade into bays, similar in scale and
proportion to the adjacent Georgian terrace.
Architects, Cottrell and Vermeulen, have coupled different colours of brick with a recessed
pattern to differentiate elements of the building and create a series of bays which help to
sit the building alongside an adjacent terrace.
To create the bays, the street façade is articulated by a series of vertical zip-like features,
achieved by recessing alternate vertical bands of single and two brick units on each course
- a detail inspired by the ragged-edged terminations used on 19th century board schools
as a key for any future expansion.
SACRED HEART RC SCHOOL
© Anthony Coleman
The theme has been continued in perimeter walls to rear of main building.
T E C H N I C A L N OT E : B R I C K C H OI C E
Where bricks project, as in the zip-like feature, solid faced on bed special bricks
– BD 1.3, should be specified to resist the UK climatic conditions.
Allowing normal bricks with frogs or perforations to project may compromise the
durability of surfaces not normally intended for exposure.
Architect
Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture
Telephone
+44(0)20 7708 2567
www.cv-arch.co.uk
Please consult your local Design Advisor for specific guidance.
© Anthony Coleman
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Ebbw Fawr 3-16 School, Ebbw Vale
With brick making up 75% of the overall façade for this modern
school building at the heart of the former Ebbw Vale steelworks
redevelopment scheme, architects BDP worked with Ibstock to
explore different methods of adding texture and relief to the
large brickwork expanses.
The solution was to create panels and details of shadow-forming Ibstock
Umbra Sawtooth that not only contrast the plain brickwork, but alter the
appearance of the building throughout the day, as the light changes.
Umbra Sawtooth bricks were used individually and in panels to create
a range of different detailing.
EBBW FAWR
BRICK
Staffordshire Slate
Blue Smooth;
Cheddar Golden,
matching Umbra
Sawtooth
BRICK FEATURE PANEL
Architect
BDP, Bristol
Telephone
+44(0)117 929 9861
www.bdp.com
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Shadow-forming Umbra bricks, whilst simple in concept,
can be used in a random or continuous pattern to
transform a building – all it takes is architectural imagination.
BLUE AND BUFF BRICK JUNCTION
EBBW FAWR
T E C H N I C A L N OT E :
ACCO M M O DAT I N G DI F F E R E N T I A L M OV E M E N T
Where two different buff and blue bricks meet, it is normal practice to include a movement joint
to accommodate differential movement between the two brick types.
Because a vertical movement joint here would have to be continued into the blue bricks above, thus
creating a distracting vertical line, the architects skilfully chose to bond the two differing brick types
together using ties at 225mm vertical centres.
Stainless steel bed joint reinforcement 1200mm long set centrally on the joint could equally have be used
at 225mm vertical centres to tie the two differing brick types together and avoid differential movement at
the vertical interface.
PANEL ELEVATION
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LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE HUB & ARTS ACADEMY
Architect
IBI Group
Telephone
+44(0)121 600 7450
www.ibigroup.com
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BRICK
Loughborough College Hub
& Arts Academy, Loughborough
Himley
Worcestershire
Mixture
Providing a new frontage and entrance for the College, this new building also
provides an Arts Academy, complete with studios and a 200-seat theatre.
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE HUB & ARTS ACADEMY
In keeping with the creative theme, architects
IBI Group have designed a uniquely visual and
colourful building that leads into the wider
campus via a landscaped courtyard.
To relieve the mass, the lower section of
the imposing brick façade is formed as
a highly patterned ‘plinth’, which utilises
rustication (recessed alternate courses)
to ground the building.
To the courtyard elevation, recessed panels
of brickwork between continuous projecting
soldier courses frame the windows, and create
feature panels to emphasize the horizontal
focus. These have been manufactured offsite as
Fastwall™ panels, helping to speed construction
and minimise construction waste.
Alternate recessed courses create a distinct
texture to ‘ground’ the brick façade.
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Hollymount Primary School, Wimbledon
The new 2-storey extension to existing teaching accommodation responds to
the red brick of the original building whilst incorporating a range of imaginative
brickwork details that enliven the façade, portraying a young, modern look in
keeping with the school’s forward looking image.
HOLLYMOUNT PRIMARY SCHOOL
To the upper level, a bank of projecting stretcher courses suggests linearity, while
a contrasting panel of vertical bond immediately adjacent to a double height panel
of honeycomb bond gives presence to the gallery space connecting the two buildings.
Projecting cills combine with a horizontal panel of vertical bond brickwork to
accentuate and elongate a feature horizontal window, helping to ease the transition
from traditional stretcher brickwork to vertical timber cladding on the upper storey.
BRICK
Architect
Haverstock Associates
Telephone
+44(0)20 7267 7676
www.haverstock.com
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West Hoathly
Medium Multi
Stock
© Hufton+Crow Photography
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14
1.01
1.08
1.34
10
1.42
5.06
3.10
locally rebate
actuator motor
into plywood
3.05
3.06
EXTERNAL WALLS
1.01 102.5mm facing brick - F10 / 110
1.04 100mm rigid insulation - F30 / 155
150mm rigid insulation - P10/210
1.07 50 mm rigid insulation - P10/212
1.08 140mm blockwork leaf - F10 / 255
1.10 structural lintel to s.e. requirements
1.11 wall tie (teplo) - F30 / 210
1.13 stainless steel frame cramp - F30 / 216
1.22 structural steel to s. e. requirements fireproofing to M61 / 160,161
1.25 DPC - F30 / 330
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150- F30 / 130 100
80
103
1.26 raked perpend
weephole
3.08
1.05
3.01
3.13
3.09
1.04
1.05
320
5.17
3.07
+32.810
top of parapet
1.27 cavity tray - F30 / 345
1.34 insulated cavity closer - F30 / 180
1.36 15mm plasterboard - K10 / 205
1.37 10mm dabs - K10 / 620
1.40 10mm compressible expansion joint
1.41 sealant to movement joint - F30 / 610 / 611
1.42 acoustic sealant
ROOF
3.01 rounded pebbles 16-32mm - J31 / 365
3.05 protection sheet - J31 / 130-131
3.06 monolithic membrane waterproofing system - J31 / 130-131
3.07 22mm ply substrate - J31 / 320
3.08 18mm ply substrate - J31 / 320
3.09 150 x 50mm sw timber - G20 / 210
3.10 150 x 50mm timber joist to s.e. requirements G20 / 210
3.12 sw fillet - J35 / 315
3.13 zinc coping H74 / 111
3.17 steel beam to s. engineers details & spec
FLOORS
4.21 liquid dpm J30 /115a
WINDOWS
5.03 compressible seal5.09
- Z22 /
5.04 air seal - Z22 /
5.05- L10
5.05 galvanised fixing lug
203
5.06 18mm birch ply window surround (screw fixed and plugged) with mitred corners
5.07 expanding foam 1.42
5.09 internal flexible foil air seal L10
5.13panel P10/230
5.10 mineral wool behind
5.13 louvred vent H11/140
5.17 drive motor
5.03
5.13
hit and miss
brickwork
204
5.03
5.04
1.26
3.17
1.10
+32.172
head level
10
1.42
1.40
1.34
1.41
1.08
1.01
1.11
15
10
140
195
103
+29.850
F.F.L.
1.37
FIXED PANEL
BRIDGE
D
109
TOP OF STEEL
+29.730
FIXED PANEL
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PART PLAN OF HONEYCOMB BRICKWORK AND WINDOW
NOTE:
LOUVRE SPACING TO ACCOMMODATE
CEILING AND FLOORING JUNCTIONS
WITHIN FRAMING AS SHOWN
s.o. 5860
1.36
4 50
PART PLAN OF HONEYCOMB
BRICKWORK & WINDOW
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FIXED PANEL
NOTE:
LOUVRE SPACING TO ACCOMMODATE
CEILING AND FLOORING JUNCTIONS
WITHIN FRAMING AS SHOWN
5.06 1.42
1.22
FIXED PANEL
type A
1.01
5.13
140
100
95
103
20
5.04
5.07
4.21 1.25
5.06 WALLS
EXTERNAL
+26.350
1.01 102.5mm facing brick - F10 / 110
F.F.L
12
1.02
1.04
1.01
mortar mix group 2
F10 / 460
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mortar struck at
angle to displace
water
projecting brick
coursing F10 / 111
SECTION
DETAIL SECTION THROUGH PROJECTING BRICKWORK
The application of details adds a greater
level of visual interest to the building.
DETAIL SECTION THROUGH
PROJECTING BRICKWORK
Drawings © Haverstock (architects)
+26.312
1.04 100mm rigid insulation - F30 / 155
203
1.05 150mm rigid insulation - P10/210
cill level
1.07 50 mm rigid insulation - P10/212
1.08 140mm blockwork leaf - F10 / 255
1.34
1.10 structural lintel to s.e. requirements
1.11 wall tie (teplo) - F30 / 210
1.13 stainless steel frame cramp - F30 / 216
1.22 structural steel to s. e. requirements fireproofing to M61 / 160,161
1.26
1.25 DPC - F30 / 330
1.26 raked perpend weephole - F30 / 130
1.27 cavity tray - F30 / 345
1.34 insulated cavity closer - F30 / 180
1.36 15mm plasterboard - K10 / 205
1.07
1.37 10mm dabs - K10 / 620
1.25
1.40 10mm compressible expansion joint
1.41 sealant to movement joint - F30 / 610 / 611
1.01
1.42 acoustic sealant
ROOF
1.13
3.01 rounded pebbles 16-32mm - J31 / 365
3.05 protection sheet - J31 / 130-131
3.06 monolithic
membrane waterproofing
system - &
J31WINDOW
/ 130-131
THROUGH
HONEYCOMB
BRICKWORK
3.07 22mm ply substrate - J31 / 320
3.08 18mm ply substrate - J31 / 320
3.09 150 x 50mm sw timber - G20 / 210
3.10 150 x 50mm timber joist to s.e. requirements G20 / 210
3.12 sw fillet - J35 / 315
3.13 zinc coping H74 / 111
3.17 steel beam to s. engineers details & spec
FLOORS
4.21 liquid dpm J30 /115a
WINDOWS
5.03 compressible seal - Z22 /
5.04 air seal - Z22 /
5.05 galvanised fixing lug - L10
5.06 18mm birch ply window surround (screw fixed and plugged) with mitred corners
5.07 expanding foam
5.09 internal flexible foil air seal L10
5.10 mineral wool behind panel P10/230
5.13 louvred vent H11/140
5.17 drive motor
ROOF
3.01 rounded pebbles 16-32mm J31 / 365
3.05 protection sheet - J31 / 130-131
3.06 monolithic membrane
waterproofing system J31 / 130-131
3.07 22mm ply substrate - J31 / 320
3.08 18mm ply substrate - J31 / 320
3.09 150 x 50mm sw timber G20 / 210
3.10 150 x 50mm timber joist to s.e.
requirements G20 / 210
3.12 sw fillet - J35 / 315
3.13 zinc coping H74 / 111
3.17 steel beam to s. engineers details
& spec
HOLLYMOUNT PRIMARY SCHOOL
5.06
+32.420
T.O.S
1.27
10
18
8 50
50
685
203
665
48
3.12
EXTERNAL WALLS
1.01 102.5mm facing brick - F10
/ 110
1.04 100mm rigid insulation
- F30
EXTERNAL WALLS
1.01 102.5mm facing brick - F10 / 110
1.04 100mm rigid insulation - F30 / 155
/ 155
1.05 150mm rigid insulation - P10/210
1.07 50 mm rigid
1.05 150mm rigid insulation
- insulation - P10/212
1.08 140mm blockwork leaf - F10 / 255
1.10 structural lintel to s.e. requirements
P10/210
1.11 wall tie (teplo) - F30 / 210
1.13 stainless steel frame cramp - F30 / 216
1.07 50 mm rigid insulation
- steel
P10/212
1.22 structural
to s. e. requirements fireproofing to M61 / 160,161
1.25 DPC - F30 / 330
1.26 raked
1.08 140mm blockwork
leafperpend
- weephole - F30 / 130
1.27 cavity tray - F30 / 345
1.34 insulated cavity closer - F30 / 180
F10 / 255
1.36 15mm plasterboard - K10 / 205
10mm dabs - K10 / 620
1.10 structural lintel 1.37
to s.e.
1.40
10mm compressible expansion joint
1.41 sealant to movement joint - F30 / 610 / 611
requirements 1.42 acoustic sealant
ROOF
rounded
pebbles 16-32mm - J31 / 365
1.11 wall tie (teplo) -3.01
F30
/ 210
3.05 protection sheet - J31 / 130-131
3.06 monolithic membrane waterproofing system - J31 / 130-131
1.13 stainless steel frame
cramp 3.07 22mm ply substrate - J31 / 320
3.08 18mm ply substrate - J31 / 320
F30 / 216
3.09 150 x 50mm sw timber - G20 / 210
3.10 150 x 50mm timber joist to s.e. requirements G20 / 210
3.12 s.
swe.
fillet - J35 / 315
1.22 structural steel to
3.13 zinc coping H74 / 111
3.17 steel beam to s. engineers details & spec
requirements fireproofing
FLOORS
4.21 liquid dpm J30 /115a
to M61 / 160,161
WINDOWS
5.03 compressible seal - Z22 /
1.25 DPC - F30 / 330
5.04 air seal - Z22 /
5.05 galvanised fixing lug - L10
18mm birch ply-window surround (screw fixed and plugged) with mit
1.26 raked perpend 5.06
weephole
5.07 expanding foam
5.09 internal flexible foil air seal L10
F30 / 130
5.10 mineral wool behind panel P10/230
5.13 louvred vent H11/140
1.27 cavity tray - F305.17/ 345
drive motor
1.34 insulated cavity closer - F30 / 180
1.36 15mm plasterboard - K10 / 205
1.37 10mm dabs - K10 / 620
1.40 10mm compressible expansion
joint
1.41 sealant to movement joint F30 / 610 / 611
1.42 acoustic sealant
SECTION THROUGH HONEYCOMB BRICKWORK & WINDOW
FLOORS
4.21 liquid dpm J30 /115a
WINDOWS
5.03 compressible seal - Z22 /
5.04 air seal - Z22 /
5.05 galvanised fixing lug - L10
5.06 18mm birch ply window
surround (screw fixed and
plugged) with mitred corners
5.07 expanding foam
5.09 internal flexible foil air seal L10
5.10 mineral wool behind panel
P10/230
5.13 louvred vent H11/140
5.17 drive motor
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PAT T E R N S & L E T T E R I N G
State-of-the-art waterjet cutting technology means that brickwork can now be cut very precisely before
delivery to site, enabling a range of different details, from recessed lettering and images, to precision-cut
ventilation and other holes to be provided without interruption to the style and colour of the brickwork.
Reading Station
Reading’s new ultra-modern southern entrance is part of a major upgrade of the station
and associated facilities, which has seen services expanded to include 5 new platforms.
BRICK
Grey Bespoke
Blend
READING STATION
In keeping with the simple, clean lines of the new structure, state-of-theart waterjet cutting techniques have been used to create a new sculptural
sign, recessed into the brickwork on the main façade.
Working closely with Ibstock Kevington, bricks were specially selected
and then individually waterjet cut using computer aided design techniques.
The pattern was then precisely re-constructed on site using a combination
of cut bricks and slips.
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Architect
Grimshaw Architects
Telephone
+44(0)207 291 4141
www.grimshaw-architects.com
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Underslung™ brick faced soffits are increasingly used to add extra depth and dimension to masonry façades.
They can now be simply achieved using either precast, lightweight Fastwall™ or steel framed panels faced with brick
slips to exactly match the main brickwork specification, depending on the size and location of the installation.
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To sit this new two-storey maths teaching block harmoniously beside its historic neighbours, the architects
have brought together elements from a 15th century façade and other 19th and 20th century buildings.
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chamfered at the ground floor by notionally ‘carving away’ the
brickwork to reveal a brick clad ‘Underslung’ soffit, created offsite
using matching brick slips permanently cast in a concrete backing
and suspended from the underside of the structural soffit using
a specially designed stainless steel support system.
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Architect
Bryant Priest Newman Architects
Telephone
+44(0)121 233 1818
www.bryantpriestnewman.com
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Myatt’s Field North, Lambeth
To add interest to the elevation design the architects of this major London estate
PFI rebuild and regeneration project have given individual identities to different
parts of the estate. Multi storey blocks of varying heights and different building
styles have been largely finished in brickwork, in a variety of hues and textures.
MYATT’S FIELD NORTH
In this five-storey block, textured panels of brickwork have been created in Flemish bond with
alternate snap headers and whole brick projecting stretchers. The panels partly frame the storeyheight windows, giving otherwise simple brickwork façades a distinctive modern visual.
Because of the unusual construction of the block, which comprised a four storey concrete frame
topped by an additional 5th timber frame storey, brickwork to the top storey could not be
supported in the traditional manner, and the decision was taken very early in the project to
use lightweight Fastwall™ panels, manufactured off site using brick slips cut from bricks taken
from the same batch as the bricks used in the lower storeys.
Architect
PRP Architects
Telephone
+44(0)207 653 1200
www.prparchitects.co.uk
BRICK
Smooth Buff,
Slate Blue Smooth,
Alpine White
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UNDERSLUNG™ SOFFITS
Deep reveals and soffits are an increasingly popular design feature, allowing
brickwork to be carried over openings without the need for unsightly exposed
supporting brickwork - adding an extra depth and dimension to masonry façades.
NANO BIOANALYTICAL RESEARCH BUILDING
Architect
MOLA Architecture
Telephone
+353 1 218 3900
www.molaarchitecture.com
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BRICK
West Hoathly
Medium
Multi
T E C H N I C A L N OT E :
Nano Bioanalytical Research Building, DCU, Dublin
The latest and most technologically complex of the University’s range of teaching and research
laboratories required very high levels of vibration and acoustic isolation, dictating the use of a high
mass concrete and masonry structure.
With brick as the predominant external wall finish throughout, the architects sought to use it in the most innovative
and visually striking manner. All of the deep window recesses and overhangs, some internal soffits and the underside
of a sloping three-metre cantilever are all clad in brick using different Underslung™ techniques.
Adding a real brick facing to deep reveals and soffits adds an
extra depth and dimension to masonry façades. With the range
of techniques and systems now developed by Ibstock Kevington,
it is possible to carry the brickwork bond over openings, whist
still maintaining an exposed brick soffit without visible supporting
steelwork - allowing architects greater freedom in design.
Precast units
The standard method involves creating soffit units, typically 890mm, or 4 bricks,
long (longer of shorter to suit requirements) by casting reinforced concrete on
the back of keyed bricks, specially prepared from standard bricks cut back to
create a positive ‘butterfly-shaped’ key for permanent bonding. A steel channel
with T-bolts, set into the top of the casting, allows connection with shelf angles
fixed to the face of the concrete structure, whilst lifting sockets set alongside
facilitate lifting and positioning of the casting. After locating and aligning the
casting, pistol bricks are laid to the top of the shelf angle to obscure supports
and provide continuity with the facia brickwork.
Fastwall™ units
For deeper brickwork soffit areas, it is often more convenient to use
a Fastwall™ unit, comprising of real brick slips bonded to a lightweight GRP
Fastwall™ panel. The low weight and flexibility of this technique allows large
areas of soffit to be clad quickly and efficiently while achieving the same
beautiful brick finish.
PRECAST CONCRETE
PRECAST & FASTWALL™
Precast and Fastwall™ combination
Some architects prefer to use Fastwall™ units for the main soffit area and
couple these with small precast upstand units to achieve a continuous
wrap-around effect.
NANO BIOANALYTICAL RESEARCH BUILDING
Whilst originally conceived as precast units throughout, for loading reasons, the final specification was achieved using
a combination of precast to the fore edges and underslung Fastwall™ panels to the cantilever soffit on the main entrance
elevation, and precast units to all window soffits. In total, more than 100 linear metres of Fastwall™ and precast units were
required to complete the project.
AC H I E V I N G B R I C K FAC E D S OF F I TS
Nexus® lightweight stainless steel units
This new range of underslung units utilise the same concept as cast units,
but are manufactured from real brick slips permanently bonded to a stainless
steel tray using high performance two-part epoxy adhesive. This system offers
all of the benefits of the existing precast underslung™ but adds lighter weight,
thus improving site handling while maintaining the same high quality
and performance.
It is common for different techniques to be used on the same project, to
meet individual requirements. The three formats of Precast, Fastwall™
and the combination of Precast & Fastwall™ were all considered for this
project with the combined finally being chosen. The stainless steel is
illustrated to show how this new variant could be used.
FASTWALL™
STAINLESS STEEL
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London Designer Outlet, Wembley Park
Offering 350,000 sq. ft. of designer shopping and leisure facilities in the centre
of Wembley Park, London’s first designer outlet village incorporates, at its heart,
a brickwork plinth that frames and characterises the contemporary glazed
frontages, open walkways and balconied terraces of the double height retail mall.
To optimise the visual effect, the brickwork has been continued to the underside of the soffits using
Ibstock Kevington pre-cast underslung units, cast in toothed sections to accommodate continuous
structural openings of 8 metres and over.
LONDON DESIGNER OUTLET, WEMBLEY PARK
The interlocking units, typically 4 bricks in length, utilised cut and keyed brick slips from the same brick
batch to ensure uniformity of appearance, and were cast in a minimum depth of reinforced concrete
to reduce the structural loading. To the façade edges, a three-brick upstand provides continuity to the
fascia brickwork.
Architect
Leslie Jones Architecture
Telephone
+44(0)20 7255 1150
www.lesliejones.co.uk
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Panels of recessed brickwork
have been used to give definition
to the glazed frontages and break
up the mass.
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Brick Awards 2015, a selection of shortlisted projects
GALLERY
The Haven Hostel, Killarney
Architect: Gottstein Architects
Products: Birtley Olde English, Birtley Olde English Linear
BEST COMMERCIAL BUILDING
Kidbrooke Village - Phase 1 and 2A, London
Architect: Design Architects - Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands;
Delivery Architects – Carey Jones (Phase 1) / Acanthus (Phase 2a)
Products: Surrey Light Multi, Brunswick Wilton Yellow, Slate Blue Smooth
BEST URBAN REGENERATION PROJECT
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REUSSIR - Student Accommodation Bath University, Bath
Architect: Stride Treglown
Product: Linear Natural Cream
SPECIALIST BRICKWORK CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
Trafalgar Place, London
Photo © Daniel Romero
Architect: De Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects
Products: Staffordshire Slate Blue Smooth, Laybrook Multi Orange Stock and others
BEST HOUSING DESIGN AWARD
The Lawns, Essex
© Peter Cook
Architect: Patel Taylor Architects
Product: West Hoathly Medium Multi
BEST HOUSING DESIGN AWARD
The Barn, Leicestershire
© Martine Hamilton Knight Photography
Architect: Make Architects
Product: Leicester Multi Cream Stock
BEST PUBLIC AND EDUC ATION BUILDING
SHORTLISTED PROJECTS using Ibstock Products
Architect: Mae Architects
Product: Nutley Brown Multi Stock
BEST REFURBISHMENT PROJECT
Best Commercial Building
IGMM Project
Seven Pancras Square
Housing Design Award
Warren Apartments
Blyth Workspace
Milner Court & Crawford Gardens
The Haven Hostel
Camley Street
Moat Lane
Trafalgar Place
The Keyes Building
Laurieston Phase 1
Best Public & Education
Building
The Lawns, Barking
Hollymount School
Volume Housebuilding
Award
Taylor Wimpey North Thames:
City of London Freemans School
Carrington Grange
Millbrook Park
Beauchamp Mill
Lyndhurst Primary School
Taylor Wimpey East London:
Fitzjames Teaching & Learning Centre
City Mills
The Quarters
Lyttelton & Elliott Schools, Eton College
Praecedo Phase 2
Taylor Wimpey East Anglia:
Best Urban Regeneration
Kidbrooke Phase 1 & 2A
Seven Pancras Square
Knights Park
Blyth Workspace
Trafalgar Place
Laurieston Phase 1
Maltings
REDROW - Amberley Road, London
Architect: Pollard Thomas Edwards
Products: Oak and Staffordshire Slate Blue Smooth
VOLUME HOUSEBUILDING AWARD
TAYLOR WIMPEY EAST ANGLIA Knights Park, Cambridgeshire
Architect: Taylor Wimpey East Anglia Products: Leicester Multi
Cream, Leicester Multi Red, Leicester Red, Kevington Specials & Chimneys
The Barn
The Lantern Community Crafts Workshop
Purdis Grange
Redrow:
Sutton Woods Phase 5
Best Refurbishment Project
Clonbrock Road
Stretton Green
Amberley Road
St John Fisher Roman Catholic Church
Hillington Square
Linden Homes:
Northfields
Millbury Reach
Nightingale Park
Innovative Use of Brick & Clay Products
King Edwards College VI
Bovis Homes:
Ravenscroft House
Carlett Glade
The Keyes Building
Kilnwood Vale
The Barn
Saxon Cross
Craftsmanship Award
The Whittle Building
IGMM Project
The Keyes Building
St John Fisher Roman Catholic Church
Specialist Brickwork Contractor of the Year
Lee Marley
Brickwork
Reussier
GALLERY
Hillington Square, Norfolk
Best Housing DevelopmentWestmorland
1-5 Units
Seven Pancras Square
Best Outdoor Space
Southill Older Persons Accommodation
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