2009 Innovative Use of Brick and Clay Products

Bath House - Barking Central II, Essex

Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Brickwork contractor: Excel Brickwork
Brick: Ibstock: Cheddar Brown

A large brick clad residential building in Barking is a good example of designers and brick manufacturers working together to achieve something new.  The designers wished to incorporate pattern and texture to provide relief and interest on the brick facades.  After discussion this was achieved introducing a cant brick every fourth brick in the horizontal coursing with the cant stepping over one and a half bricks each vertical course.  Special bricks were produced to form the base of the openings.  The result is a dappled pattern across the facade that provides the effect the designers sought to achieve.