The BDA Brick Awards 2015 open to architects, designers, building owners, developers and housebuilders to contractors and brick manufacturers designed to showcase projects that demonstrate the best use of brick in the UK construction sector For more details on how to be included in this year’s competition and to enter online click here, – or[…]

Northcot Brick factory in Brockley Blockley in Gloucestershire, the home of the Northcot Brick, one of the UK’s last remaining independent brick manufacturers, originally established by the Spencer-Churchill family in 1925. Northcot still takes clay from the same quarry used over the centuries. The outstanding blue lias clay consists of a sequence of limestone and[…]

THE REFURBISHMENT OF MARSTON’S HISTORIC CHIMNEY Marston’s brewery in Burton-on-Trent, is very much the spiritual home of British beer.   Still brewing in the traditional way, this historic brewery was established in 1834, using the unique spring water from the Trent Valley that gives its ales the famous sulphurous aroma known as the ‘Burton snatch’. The[…]

Rockbourne Mews sustainable community development 2014 Brick Awards – Rockbourne Mews ©TimCrocker Winner of the Architect’s Choice Award at the 2014 Brick Awards Designed by Robert and Jessica Barker Constructed by Phase Brickworks Designed by Robert and Jessica Barker, Rockbourne Mews is a small development of three properties constructed by Brickwork Contractor Phase Brickworks, using[…]

LSE Saw Swee Hock Three awards were presented to the London School of Economics (LSE) at the 2014 Brick Awards held at the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel in London. Best Education Category Innovative Use of Brick and Clay Products, Supreme Winner – the project considered to be the best overall LSE Saw Swee Hock Student[…]

Jim Matthews, third generation owner of family run brick works H.G. Matthews, offers insight into how choosing bricks which have been wood-fired, a process which dates back to the 18th century, can offer massive sustainability benefits. Sustainable brick manufacture Brick making is estimated to be between 6,000 and 10,000 years old but a booming global[…]

Jim Matthews, third generation owner of family run brick works H.G. Matthews, offers insight into how choosing bricks which have been wood-fired, a process which dates back to the 18th century, can offer massive sustainability benefits. Sustainable brick manufacture Brick making is estimated to be between 6,000 and 10,000 years old but a booming global[…]