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 | | NEW LOOK FOR BRICK BULLETIN | | | Brick Development Association (BDA) | | 07/07/2008 | | | The Brick Bulletin has been relaunched with a great new look, to show off the very best of brick.
The publication, produced quarterly by the Brick Development Association, is widely and rightly regarded as the industry bible. It’s been around since 1947.
Now it’s been transformed. The new bulletin features a crisper contemporary design, news you can use, case studies, profiles on movers and shakers in contemporary building design – and dramatic images of brick projects worldwide.
Katherina Lewis of the BDA is executive editor of Brick Bulletin. “We want to encourage the industry to Think Brick – and that campaign is really starting to take off,” she says.
“The new-look Brick Bulletin is the next big step. We’ll highlight projects from around the world, past and present that form part of the continuous tradition of brick construction. We’ll showcase the creativity, diversity and sustainability that have made brick such a firm favourite.”
Brick has long been favoured by architects, developers and the public. Its warm and humanising character brings buildings to life. An external brick wall adds scale, depth, colour and texture. Then there’s the choice – 1200 varieties of brick are produced in the UK alone – and it blends so naturally and easily with its surroundings.
The new Brick Bulletin provides picture-perfect evidence of these qualities.
Among the projects featured in the latest issue:-
• A development centre in south London, designed by AHMM.
• A disused power station in Berlin, transformed into family homes by Kahlfeldt.
• The parliament building in Liechtenstein, by Hansjörg Göritz.
• Painted brickwork in Brixton and Denmark, by Tony Fretton.
• A well-known poet’s holiday home in China, by Atelier Zhang Lei.
Then there’s a profile of Maccreanor Lavington, the Anglo-Dutch practice representing the UK at the Venice Biennale. The bulletin also undertakes a fascinating exploration through the streets of Prague, examining the early 20th Century work of master architect Josef Plecnik.
On top of that there’s the technical guidance on the Code for Sustainable Homes and how it offers great potential for brick.
The new Brick Bulletin is available through the BDA’s stylish new website. The site is packed with information, and provides a showcase for brick, recent case studies and a resource for the successful design and specification of brickwork. Brick Bulletin can be downloaded or you can register to receive a regular hard copy.
Alongside the relaunch of Brick Bulletin, the BDA has also announced it has a new chairman, Alan Baxter.
Until recently Alan was CEO of Wienerberger and Baggeridge (prior to its acquisition) as well as a Board member of the BDA. Well known in the industry, he started as an engineering apprentice at Butterley brick. At just 28, Baxter was running six factories for Hanson and led Baggeridge Brick for 25 years.
“This is a great business to be in and there are exciting times ahead,” Baxter says. “On all the issues clients are focused on – whether it’s price, aesthetics or sustainability – brick has a convincing case to make. And we at the BDA plan to make it.”
Among the new chairman’s first priorities is to step up the BDA’s lobbying, particularly on spiralling energy costs, which have hit manufacturing. | |
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