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art gallery with adjoining offices in the heart of London’s Mayfair.
New architectural motifs
Peabody St John's Hill ©Jack Hobhouse
becoming ever more popular in the design of modern structures. Bespoke irregular sized handmade bricks were laid in lime mortar to produce a unique facade incorpo- rating feature lintels and louvered design. The bricks were also laid in ‘random’
bond, with the architectural vision being that no two adjacent course be laid in the same way as the course immediately above or below, thus completing the transformation of this 1960s building into a contemporary new
The St John’s Hill development near Clapham, South London, was met with high praise at the 2016 Brick Awards, receiving the Best Large Housing Development Award for the project’s first completed phase. The development, instructed by London housing association, Peabody, was conceived by architectural practice Hawkins\Brown. Works have seen 300 sub- standard homes demolished to make way for almost twice as many, new community- centred homes. Working with local artist Rodney Harris, the development showcases the ability of brick to provide an artistic means of expres- sion alongside its obvious merits as a highly-functional facade material. Harris, who produced four brick reliefs, referenced elements of the local community based on the site’s heritage. This beautiful design was brought to life through a diverse palette of Wienerberger brick and the craft of Lee Marley Brickwork.
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