Bricks from waste
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News • News • 19 Dec 2023
Chancery House transformed into new flexible workspace in Central London
Located on Chancery Lane near Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Chancery House is the site of the Silver Vaults historically used beginning in the nineteenth century for the storage and sale of fine art and silverwork. The original building was constructed in 1885 but bombed during World War II, before being reconstructed in the 1950s with portions of the original basement vaults remaining intact. The building has been sophisticatedly revitalized by local studio dMFK Architects with the interior design by Copenhagen-based Norm Architects, transforming it into a new flexible workspace featuring meeting rooms, a fitness studio, rooftop terrace, courtyards and a cafe.
Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen & Jake Curtis
The 16000 square meter project bo... More
News • Innovations • 24 Oct 2023
Low-carbon recycled brick developed for expansion of Design Museum Gent, Belgium
A low-carbon brick made from recycled municipal waste has been developed for the construction of a new wing for the Design Museum Gent (DING), Belgium, a project currently under construction with a completion date anticipated in 2024.
DING is a regional museum in Flanders dedicated to the Belgian national collection of ‘design culture’. The institution is located in the city’s historic center and adjacent to an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The museum is currently accommodated within a collection of listed buildings dating from 1755. It is undertaking this project for an additional 1980 square meter wing to house galleries and event spaces for expanded cultural programming and visitor outreach. The extension will form a mis... More
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UMAR
Together with Werner Sobek (architect), Dirk E. Hebel and Felix Heisel, StoneCycling developed a brick specially designed for dry stacking and disassembly as part of the UMAR project. The Urban Mining and Recycling (UMAR) Experimental Unit is one of the units at the NEST research building on the campus of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) in Dübendorf, Switzerland.The building design created by Werner Sobek with Dirk E. Hebel and Felix Heisel demonstrates how a responsible approach to dealing with our natural resources can go hand in hand with appealing architectural form. The project is underpinned by the proposition that all the resources required to construct a buildi... More