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17 May 2024
An eco-friendly development targeting the Passivhaus Low Energy Building Standard, Castle Hill House provides undergraduate accommodation for students of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford – Vandersanden bricks feature there.
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14 Mar 2024
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden, recognised for its innovation, sustainability and craftsmanship, now offers a 25-year guarantee against gypsum efflorescence on its facing bricks and brick slips, ensuring long-lasting, sustainably attractive facades.
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16 Nov 2023
Vandersanden’s Perla bricks have helped to create a striking educational superblock in the heart of the regeneration of London’s Royal Docks.
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23 Oct 2023
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden presents an enhanced series of seven engaging and informative CPD webinars.
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6 Oct 2023
Vandersanden’s Cayenne, Woodland Mixture and Lima bricks feature in a collection of contemporary homes in Marylebone, London.
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2 Oct 2023
Johan Deburchgrave takes over from Rudi Peeters as CEO of Vandersanden, Europe’s largest brick-producing family-owned company.
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11 Aug 2023
The specification of Vandersanden’s Majestic and Luna Taranis bricks responds to the setting of the development at Wembley Park and helps visually separate the buildings.
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22 Jun 2023
Marmalade Lane is one of the largest examples of group custom build in the UK – Vandersanden bricks feature there…
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11 May 2023
The new Huntingdon Crematorium is a collection of buildings equipped with ceremonial spaces and the appropriate crematory functions – Vandersanden bricks feature.
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20 Feb 2023
Clare College’s St Regis site has provided accommodation for postgraduate students of the University of Cambridge – Vandersanden bricks feature there.
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11 Jan 2023
Vandersanden has announced its new RIBA certified CPD #7 ‘Brick: Circularity, Sustainability & Innovation’ is now available to architects and all construction professionals.
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8 Dec 2022
The award-winning Chapter House is a later living community of 38 homes for people over 60. Vandersanden worked closely with Procter & Matthews Architects throughout the development.
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7 Dec 2022
An imposing boutique scheme of nine luxury apartments in Hackney, Bastion House features Lima Bricks from Vandersanden.
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14 Oct 2022
The Quarters is a development of 85 homes by Burrington Estates on the outskirts of Plymouth, in Devon. It features Vandersanden’s Roxton and Corum multi-coloured bricks.
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4 Oct 2022
Vandersanden welcomed architects and specifiers to EH Smith Architectural Solutions in London for an evening of collaboration and networking.
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29 Sep 2022
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden is expanding its Texture Generator with paver textures for garden and landscape projects.
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21 Sep 2022
The Cube is a striking new student housing development in the centre of Utrecht, Netherlands, designed by Amsterdam-based architectural practice, Team V, and featuring Freya multi-coloured brick slips from Vandersanden.
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6 Sep 2022
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden has launched a new digital brochure: ‘Sustainably Attractive Facades: The Specifiers Compendium’.
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2 Aug 2022
A two-part recreation of a head made from over 800 bricks now adorns the entrance to the headquarters of brick manufacturer Vandersanden in Spouwen-Bilzen, Belgium.
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28 Jul 2022
Cocoa Studios is a new commercial building at the heart of The Biscuit Factory, London. Vandersanden’s Herning facing brick was chosen for the building’s design.
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17 Jun 2022
Brick played a crucial role in creating the campus in this case study and, to find the perfect products to fulfil their aesthetic vision, the architects turned to Vandersanden.
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7 Jun 2022
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden is introducing BrickDrive in its factory in Spouwen, Belgium. BrickDrive is in line with its digital ambition – to make life easier for its customers.
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24 May 2022
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden has installed their first wind turbine at their Lanklaar site in Belgium – it will supply 10,000 MWh of green energy annually.
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23 May 2022
Fletcher Crane Architects has specified Vandersanden’s 65mm Antro facing brick for Tree House, an impressive, new, contemporary home in Ealing, West London.
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5 May 2022
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden is launching a newly enhanced series of six engaging and informative CPD webinars.
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21 Mar 2022
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden will showcase their latest innovation, Coated Bricks, on Stand 61 at the ARCHITECT@WORK event in London.
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16 Mar 2022
This piece is written by Rudi Peeters, CEO at Vandersanden, a family-run company and one of Europe’s largest producers of bricks.
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1 Mar 2022
Scandia-Hus and Vandersanden have reached another significant landmark in their decade long partnership with the completion of The Mulberry, a new show home.
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10 Feb 2022
Vandersanden’s Anicius hand-formed facing brick wrap all sides of Student Castle, located in a prominent location in the heart of Brighton’s student district.
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12 Jan 2022
Vandersanden, Europe’s largest brick-producing family business, has been awarded the internationally recognised Great Place to Work certificate for the first time.
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16 Nov 2021
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden is launching a texture generator for facing bricks and brick slips that allows professionals and consumers to design a facade online.
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26 Oct 2021
For its architecturally striking Orwell House scheme in Bethnal Green, London, Bell Phillips Architects (BPA) has specified hand-formed, multi-coloured Antro bricks from Vandersanden.
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22 Oct 2021
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden, renowned for its innovation, sustainability and craftsmanship, has been awarded a prestigious 2-star certification under the Brickmakers Quality Charter.
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22 Oct 2021
Vandersanden’s Cayenne bricks feature at the Sutton cum Lound Neighbourhood Plan states that residential development. Read on to find out more…
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23 Jul 2021
Vandersanden bricks are a key ingredient in the success of the new home of the City, University of London’s Law School, designed by WilkinsonEyre.
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23 Jul 2021
Hand-formed Crème bricks from high quality manufacturer, Vandersanden, are core to the design vision behind Westbourne Park Baptist Church.
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28 May 2021
Innovative brick design and manufacturing techniques are continuing to transform the creative building design possibilities available to architects. Brick manufacturer, Vandersanden, is at the forefront of this drive, unveiling a series of innovations.
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10 May 2021
Vandersanden recently won the prestigious golden accolade of Deloitte Best Managed Companies. This marks the fourth consecutive year the family business has won the Best Managed Companies award.
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29 Apr 2021
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden launches its first sustainability report: The Corporate Well-Being 2020 report. This contains an overview of the company’s most striking achievements and objectives.
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11 Feb 2021
Brick manufacturer Vandersanden, has announced its new RIBA approved CPD, ‘How to Avoid Brick Stains and Efflorescence’, is now available to architects and all construction professionals.
Posted in Articles, Bricks & Blocks, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Continuing Professional Development (CPD's), Facades, Seminars, Walls
12 Jan 2021
Brick manufacturer, Vandersanden, is growing its dedicated UK team with the appointment of Sarah Jefferson as the brand’s new UK Technical Advisor.
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16 Nov 2020
The attributes of brick as a material that can transform and enhance building design are the central theme of a hugely popular webinar series from Vandersanden, now returning for a second season, beginning on 25th November.
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30 Oct 2020
WilkinsonEyre has specified bricks and brick slips from innovation-led manufacturer, Vandersanden, to emphasise the horizontal volumes and architectural context of the contemporary, new Graduate Centre at Queen Mary University in London.
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28 Oct 2020
Vandersanden offers a unique coated solution to ensure its bricks retain their natural colour and beauty throughout the lifetime of a building.
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4 Aug 2020
Vandersanden UK, the brick manufacturer renowned for its innovation, sustainability and craftmanship, has introduced a new range of ECO brick slips into the UK market.
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3 Aug 2020
Discover how brick innovation can take architecture to a new level, courtesy of a new webinar from Vandersanden.
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