DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
Made from bricks Leading this year’ s festival is a major new public artwork by British artist Alex Chinneck, set in Charterhouse Square. This special commission marks Chinneck’ s return to sculpting with brick and playing with architectural elevations. The piece incorporates repurposed steel salvaged from the demolition of another London building, thanks to the sponsorship of Cleveland Steel. It is developed with the support of Crittall Windows, FabSpeed and Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC.
Meanwhile, Albion Stone and Hutton Stone return to Clerkenwell Green with a new pavilion designed by Hawkins \ Brown and engineered by Webb Yates. Brick from a Stone: Arch Revival features a striking pair of nearly four-metre-high freestanding vaulted arches. One is constructed from sandstone bricks in various hues from Hutton Stone’ s quarries, while the other is crafted from Heritage Portland Stone bricks from Albion Stone’ s Dorset mine. Each arch is composed of a single layer of 102mm-thick stone bricks, demonstrating the material’ s versatility as a load-bearing architectural product.
British talent shines in lighting design Expect a diverse mix of British lighting design talent, celebrating materials, craftsmanship and creativity.
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