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22 SOUTH GARDENS, ELEPHANT & CASTLE, LONDON


Only a handful of different brick types were used, but Maccreanor Lavington used mixes in different ways to provide decora- tive variation on each building. “It’s not just changing the colour of the brick,” Maccreanor explains. “Some buildings have much more decorative elements than others. That was important.”


One brick in particular that has been used across almost all the buildings is a pale glazed product. Of course its use is partly as a decorative element – on the majority of buildings it’s used laid vertically on the lintels. However, there is also a more practi- cal reason. “We also used it down the side of windows, which is about reflecting light into the rooms and inset balconies,” Maccreanor explains.


The pale and buff brick combination has worked particularly well on the affordable housing blocks with their bay windows and balconies. “We are particularly proud of these,” says Maccreanor. “The brick combi- nation is really successful.”


This combination was also used on the mansion block HO6E/F (see right), but to different effect. The ground and first floor layer them alternately in a horizontal striped pattern. Similarly the tower and adjoining block utilise a black glazed brick up to door height, where the white glazed brick then takes over to the top of the first floor. “There’s more attention on the lower levels because that’s what you walk past and are close to, that’s what you really see,” says Maccreanor.


The practice has been working with glazed brick in many of its recent projects. “It’s a traditional way of decorating build- ings in London – historically many pubs used glazed bricks to elaborately design their ground floor,” Maccreanor explains. “It’s something that people are familiar with in the city, and provides a high quality street elevation in a relatively cost effective manner.”


Maccreanor that says that an important design goal for the practice is that when finding inspiration in traditional London buildings, they get the balance right between respect and pastiche. “We’re not aping anything historical but we’re also not averse to doing things that have a historical reference,” he explains. Referring to the mansion blocks he says: “Particularly with these two we were really looking at that typology of mansion blocks that was very common over large parts of London.” Despite brick’s resurgent popularity, alter- native cladding materials are still widely seen. Maccreanor insists that while they


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