With its six storeys of curved brick cladding, housing association Peabody Trust's Newington Green scheme in Stoke Newington, north London, is a landmark in its urban crossroads setting. The tower is the centrepiece of the £4m mixed-use scheme, which comprises 42 shared ownership and for-sale homes, a medical centre and commercial space. The cladding of the tower, and the three- and our-storey blocks alongside it, is a combination of timber, render and nearly 200,000 Baggeridge bricks. "The buildings are predominantly brick, which, given the built-up surroundings of the site, seemed the right choice for this kind of development," says Andrew Shorten, architect with Rivington Street Studio, the scheme's designer. "The colour is very soft, works well with the timber elements, and combines effectively with the hard regularity of the bricks themselves."
newington green is a very convincing building, which, with its straightforward detailing, makes a positive contribution to the area
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Credits
Client The Peabody Trust Architect Rivington Street Studio Main contractor llewellyn walter Structural engineer ellis and moore Brick Baggeridge Mellowed Red Sovereign Stock
Brick Awards 2001
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