Media Information
February 20th2017
Northcot Project is the ‘Supreme Winner' of the Brick Awards
Northcot Brick’s flagship
project, the Newport Street Gallery, has been declared the outright winner of
the ‘Supreme Award’ - the highest accolade given by the Brick Development
Association (BDA) in its annual ‘Brick Awards’.
As one of the longest established and most widely
respected building awards in the UK, the annual BDA Brick Awards recognise
excellence in design and construction using brick.
The Newport Street
Gallery not only claimed the 2016 ‘Supreme Award’ but also topped the ‘Best Public
Building’ category. The judges were
captivated by the ‘quietly spoken, assured confidence’ of the building, stating
that the quality of the brickwork and associated detail was exceptionally high.
For Northcot
Brick, this is the second successive year that it has created a unique blend of
bricks and matching specials for a BDA ‘Supreme Award’ winner, following the
success of Manchester’s Whitworth in 2015.
Designed by architects Caruso St John, the Newport Street Gallery occupies a terrace of new-build and refurbished blocks that line Newport
Street’s eastern sideopposite the elevated railway arches in Vauxhall, south London.
The project involved the conversion of three
listed buildings, which had been purpose-built in 1913 as scenery painting
workshops for the booming Victorian theatre industry in the West End. The gallery runs the length of the street, with the three Victorian
buildings flanked at either side by new buildings.
The new semi-industrial facades were made
with two distinct bespoke blends of brick, which were
specially created by Northcot Brick, a
manufacturer known for its advanced
colour-matching expertise and traditional techniques, to closely match the ‘common’
style brick of
the listed buildings.
The majority was constructed in Newport Light
blend (181,000 bricks) a hard pale brick, and Newport Dark
blend (17,000 bricks), both
of which were laid in a mixture of header and stretcher bonds.
In addition,
6,000 bespoke handmade and standard machine made special shapes were
manufactured to the architect’s specifications to match both blend types.
The
BDA Judging panel stated that the new brickwork
successfully complements the industrial quality of the original building,
maintaining its personality and rawness, perfectly meeting the criteria for
showcasing Damien Hirst’s art: “The choice of brick on the exterior is
absolutely spot on and seamlessly links to context. A beautiful hard brick that
is modern but industrial in character.”
Michael
Brown Managing Director Northcot Brick said:
“It has been a privilege to work with Caruso St John and to be
associated with such as prestigious and iconic building.
“This is the second time that Northcot Brick has created a bespoke blend
of bricks for a BDA ‘supreme winner,’ underlining our commitment to manufacturing
high quality, characterful brickwork that offers architects endless
possibilities in creative design”.
Click onto the 2016BDA award videofor more information about this
award-winning project.
For more information about Northcot Brick, downloadnew
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700551. Fax: 01386 700852. Email:sales@northcotbrick.co.ukor visit:www.northcotbrick.co.uk
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Northcot
Brick Ltd., is one of the
UK’s foremost independent machine and handmade brick manufacturers, based in
the heart of the Cotswolds.
Founded in 1925, the company produces a wide range of wirecut facing bricks, bench-moulded handmade bricks, reclaim bricks and ‘specials’, and has considerable expertise in matching bricks from many areas of the UK.
A thriving modern business, Northcot Brick combines the
latest technology with traditional coal firing techniques to create an exciting
range of naturally coloured high quality products with an enduring finish and much sought after aesthetic qualities.
The range is quality assured to British and European
Standards and is available from leading builders merchants.
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