Commonalities in London Architecture – Traditional Brick Components

Taylor Maxwell have been providing facade and timber solutions since 1959. They have a 60-strong external sales team based across the UK who support construction projects from concept to completion.This involves working with clients, architects, merchants, manufacturers and contractors to source brick, timber, cladding, masonry and offsite componenets which meet your expectations both in terms of aesthetics, technical performance and budget.

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An interactive CPD exploring intricate brickwork details and the process of manufacturing.

This event is part of the <a href="https://www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">2023 London Festival of Architecture</a>.Traditional brick components such as arches can be traced back in London architecture as far as the middle ages where between 1176 and 1209 records show a stone bridge with 19 arches was built. In more recent times, bespoke architectural details such as projecting cornices, decorative mouldings, columns, balustrades and in particular arches became commonplace in the Georgian era and continued to be present in several architectural styles such as gothic revival and Edwardian.As part of our series of events exploring the commonalties in London architecture, join us at our London Bridge showroom alongside handmade brick manufacturer, <a href="https://www.lambsbricks.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lambs Bricks &amp; Stone</a>. With a vibrant history dating back to 1901, Lambs were at the forefront of supplying the Victorian buildings of London and the surrounding areas. A long-established traditional brick maker and hands-on arch cutter, Lambs will deliver a detailed CPD seminar that aims to explore the process of manufacturing and firing oversized red rubber material and the advantages and disadvantages of traditional versus preformed arches. There will also be a practical demonstration to show how to lay a fully gauged red rubber arch to a 2mm joint by experienced heritage bricklayer Charles Reilly from <a href="https://georgianbrickwork.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Georgian Brickwork</a>.F﻿or more information on the other events we are running as part of the festival, <a href="https://www.taylormaxwell.co.uk/london-festival-of-architecture/events" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.

Commonalities in London Architecture – Traditional Brick Components

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