May 6th, 2010
Part of the long term Master-plan for the Selwyn College site, Phase 2 was recently completed during 2009. Utilising 150,000 Saxon Multi handmade bricks, the new accommodation block is linked to the 2005 phase 1 administration block.
Designed by Porphyrios Associates the new Ann’s Court building forms part of a 5 phase vision for Selwyn [...]
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May 6th, 2010
The Gillespie Centre, Clare College’s newest addition to the memorial site, has been awarded an RIBA award by the Royal Institute of British Architects as one of the best 100 buildings produced in 2009.
Designed by north London based Van Heyningen and Haward Architects, the new 6.3 million courtyard completed in early 2009 has fought [...]
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May 6th, 2010
A stunning new build situated in a sensitive conservation area in South London, combining traditional craftsmanship with contemporary detailing.
Designed by Knox Bhavan Architects and constructed by R. Durtnell & Sons the building uses Cotswold Buff handmade bricks and several bespoke specials. The curved surfaces of the building were created using a header bond [...]
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May 6th, 2010
The transformation of the existing 1932 Royal Shakespeare Theatre started for Coleford Brick & Tile in 2007. Many samples later the first new bricks and specials were being thrown in August 2008 with the first deliveries to site in January 2009. Over 168,000 bricks and 14,000 specials were hand thrown for the theatre, which is [...]
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May 6th, 2010
A new £6 million residential and commercial mix development in the heart of the West End. Completed in January 2010, the Squire and Partner designed scheme replaces several houses built on the typically narrow Soho plot.
The scheme uses a series of brick party walls to suggest a similar series of narrow plots but here ordered [...]
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November 20th, 2009
Work continues at Stratford’s RSC theatre with the latest additions to the multi million transformation arriving on specialist haulage with the assistance of three individual County Highways Authorities.
The two massive Precast panels produced by Thorpe Precast, each weighing 17 tonnes were finally craned into position on North & South face of the viewing towers ‘lantern’ on [...]
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October 2nd, 2009
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre transformation reached an important milestone this week when the 20 tonne viewing platform was lowered into position using a 300 tonne crane. Click below to visit the RSC main site and view a short film showing the historic event.
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August 14th, 2009
Coleford has begun the huge task of delivering bespoke handmade bricks and specials for the grade II listed Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon.
English Heritage have praised the architects Bennetts Associates for creating a modern design without ruining the existing historic features. Originally designed by Elisabeth Scott and opened in 1932 the new £100 [...]
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August 1st, 2009
61million redevelopment to lift the already inspiring Ashmolean Museum to a world-class building.
Designed by world renowned architect Rick Mather the new building will totally replace all but the original 1845 grade II listed Cockerell building. The new development will provide a further 39 galleries doubling the display space of the former buildings. Also included in [...]
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June 10th, 2009
To strengthen Coleford’s commitment to environmental management and to enure our compliance with ever changing environmental legislation we are entering into the first steps of joining the Green Dragon Scheme.
Green Dragon is a manageable way of achieving a recognised UKAS Accredited and Independently inspected Environmental Management System (EMS).
The scheme incorporates the following key principles of [...]
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