Tag Archives: Bricks

Ibstock Brick has joined forces with the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) to look at the important role that brick plays in helping to create buildings and spaces that can transform communities and inspire people to work and live better. The partnership between Ibstock and the AA will see …

Imperial Bricks has launched a second brick with its new ‘dual-faced’ finish: the Weathered Burwell Gault. A hard-textured, handmade brick with some golden buff shades and some greys, it’s traditionally seen in Cambridge, Suffolk, and other Southern counties. Imperial’s new brick is already in high demand. “While every face of …

Over 3,500 bricks have been collected over a decade by former police sergeant Mark Cranston, who is storing them in is garden shed. Mark Cranston from Jedburgh on the Scottish Borders was looking for a doorstop for the shed and  found a white painted brick from a former Ayrshire colliery …

Wienerberger is expanding its brick product offering by launching two new clay facing bricks. Both the Lingmoor Heather and Capelwick Multi Stock bricks are vibrant red multi, sanded products, featuring flashing in buff, blue and black tones to add character and create an attractive blend of colours. Made at Wienerberger’s …

Facing bricks from Wienerberger, leading supplier of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, were used to create beautiful façades on the award-winning Storey’s Field Community Centre and Nursery project in Cambridge’s new Eddington development. A joint venture by the University of Cambridge and Cambridge City Council, Storey’s Field offers Eddington residents …

Jewson is helping builders of Wokingham get their hands on more everyday building products like bricks and timber with a brand new, bigger branch. Increased customer demand means the builders’ merchant has moved from Barkham Road to a 2936 square metre site on Molly Millars Lane. The new branch also …

Reclaimed bricks supplier London Reclaimed Brick Merchants has announced that thousands of its Plain Gault Bricks were used to renovate a new space belonging to the South London Gallery at Peckham Road Fire Station. The Victorian Gothic-style building, reopened over the weekend of 22nd-23rd September as a new area for …

bricks from London Reclaimed Brick Merchants’ appeared this week in a promotional video ahead of the prestigious Ryder Cup international golfing tournament. LRBM supplied the official Ryder Cup video producers with 160 Plain Gault bricks which were used to support four canvases that revealed portraits of each of Team Europe’s …

Ibstock Brick has invested £7.6 million at the home of its Stafford Slate Blue brick – a move which will boost production by up to 8 million bricks a year. Lodge Lane in Cannock opened in 1991. The investment project, which included a new kiln, started in January 2017 with …

Imperial Bricks has introduced a new, handmade brick: the York Clamp. Previously only available from reclamation, the York Clamp is available from stock and mirrors the features of original bricks found throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It’s the first time a new handmade version – created using the traditional manufacturing methods …