Clinker brick
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Project • By ACE Architecture • Offices
NODE Ankara
NODE Ankara is designed as a multifunctional complex that brings together diverse functions within the fragmented fabric of the urban structure. The project transforms the dynamics of the city into an architectural rhythm by uniting residential, office, hotel, commercial, and cultural uses under a single roof. Here, architecture is not merely about creating form; it becomes an organism that directs urban mobility, nurtures social interaction, and adds new layers to the urban memory.
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Against the monotony offered by the densely concentrated commercial and office areas in the existing context, NODE Ankara offers a rich programmatic diversity that brings together varied user groups. The integration of an art building strengthens th... More
Project • By ACE Architecture • Offices
Rhythm Ankara
Contemporary cities are not defined solely by physical resilience; they are complex organisms shaped by social transitions, regulated movements, and distinct traces. Rhythm Ankara emerges as a response to this complexity, making it possible to interpret and transform it through architecture. The project frames the fragments of traditional building clusters as a distribution that disrupts regular architecture. Within a permanent space shaped globally by pandemics, migration, and digitalization, evolutions become traceable in Ankara.
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In response to forms of encryption that have become confined to retail environments, shifted into digital realms, or rendered socially fragile, Rhythm Ankara re-establishes the relationship between a... More
News • News • 4 Sep 2024
Key clinker brick facades by Bez + Kock Architekten that blend utilitarian and elegant design
Stuttgart-based bez + kock architekten was established in 2001 by Martin Bez and Thorsten Kock. The studio’s common goal “is to realize unique, functional, and economical buildings.” It strives to create buildings that are heterogeneous and distinguished by a “resource-conscious longevity”. The projects completed by bez + kock architekten offer a sense of architectural clarity — neither ostentatious nor obtrusive, the architecture quietly blends functional and aesthetic qualities. The studio’s building facades, for example, are often utilitarian and elegant: bez + kock architekten makes extensive use of brick in its work, most notably clinker brick, creating facades that are both sober and smart.
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News • Specification • 29 Feb 2024
25 best brick cladding manufacturers
Bricks can produce beautifully textured surfaces with unique qualities of color and grain based on brick dimensions, the nature of the clay mix, and the stacking patterns by which walls are layered. The many brick cladding products on the market offer a wide range of colors and textures that often attempt to achieve a handmade feel. Bricks are produced in a range of rectangular forms, with long bricks delivering a linear aesthetic and shorter bricks producing a more block-like and stacked effect.
Manufacturers worldwide are making brick cladding products that are ever more sustainable, materially efficient, lightweight yet durable. These are 25 of Archello’s most popular and innovative brick cladding manufacturers specified by archit... More
Product • By LA PALOMA CERÁMICA Y GRES, S.L. • Gres Clinker
Gres Clinker
Frost resistance
low water absorption <6%
high comprenssive strength
no efflorescence
external agent resistant
true mass colors
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