Press Release Summary: OVER 100 representatives from the UK\'s top
architectural,
housebuilding and design communities gathered at RIBA headquarters
this month to
attend Ibstock\'s guest lecture seminar by the widely respected
designer and
architect Wayne Hemingway of Hemingway Design.
Press Release Body: OVER 100 representatives from the UK\'s top
architectural,
housebuilding and design communities gathered at RIBA headquarters
this month to
attend Ibstock\'s guest lecture seminar by the widely respected
designer and
architect Wayne Hemingway of Hemingway Design.
The RIBA seminar \'An Alternative View of Sustainable Living\' introduced
the topic of
sustainable living for communities and discussed the ever popular
and eco-friendly
use of brick a 21st Century building material.
Hemingway contends that many of today\'s social problems of inner
city and urban life
are caused by poor planning, coupled with the lack of care and concern
for how
people live in communities. He argues that community based dwellings
which are
sympathetic to the sense of place and belonging will have a self-sustaining
longevity, in direct contrast to the anonymity of the current city
and town centres.
Ibstock fully supports Hemingway\'s philosophy and is committed
to sustainable
building design. Lex Harrison, Ibstock\'s Innovation and Design
Manager comments
\"There is a strong feeling of safety and assurance connected with
brick in the built
environment. People feel very comfortable living and operating in
brick clad
communities; as such brick is the undisputed building fabric of
choice for UK
housing. For hundreds of years, its warmth, versatility, availability
and charm has
lasted the test of time. Today, in addition to its excellent thermal
and whole life
properties brick continues to reinvent itself to meet the needs
of modern methods of
construction, planning and building design, providing specifiers
and developers with
innovative and sustainable solutions for changing communities and
environments.\"
2012
