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BRICK
You might think there’s no way a building material as traditional as brick could possibly surprise you, yet plenty of untraditional buildings have been constructed from this material. Want to learn more about them? Lose yourself in the third issue of INTRO magazine.
Print format 230 × 295 mm, 144 pages
Printed on uncoated, offset paper
Printed in Czech
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EDITORIAL
During the compilation of INTRO’s brick issue, which Honza Hejhálek engaged me to prepare, our team got into a state of surplus. Let me be clear, I'm not speaking of the economic kind! Faced with a wealth of themes, buildings and historical examples that embrace the possibilities of brick construction, we had the task of highlighting shared qualities, while also including enough variety to ensure diversity.
We made a conscious choice to omit buildings where a brick construction has been covered with plaster. We struck a balance between the need to acknowledge iconic, widely publicised buildings and the danger of overdosing on them. Of course, as we well know, the selection of buildings and topics presented here can only reflect our choices. And so…
We made a conscious choice to omit buildings where a brick construction has been covered with plaster. We struck a balance between the need to acknowledge iconic, widely publicised buildings and the danger of overdosing on them. Of course, as we well know, the selection of buildings and topics presented here can only reflect our choices. And so…
As far as the future of the magazine, we want to systematically survey the local Central European scene, alongside Czech architecture. The reasons for this are many. The region shares a cultural and intellectual context, yet it’s often hardest to see what’s right in front of us. If we’re looking for inspiring examples to get us started, we could find plenty of them at the 2016 CE ZA AR prize for architecture awarded in Bratislava. It's up to the organisers of similar Czech prizes to explore how they might feature on digital media and television (preferably in prime time).
And so, I invite you to join us for collaboration and open discussion.
To the journey through the velvet sleeve.
Martin Verner, Editor in Chief
read more4/ Architecture’s Layered Possibilities
6/ The European Hansemuseum
20/ Immortal Brick - An Interview with Josef Pleskot a Zdeněk Fránek
24/ The History of Brick
28/ Brick
34/ Perspectives on Brick
36/ Brick, International Style
40/ Newport Street Gallery
50/ Interview: Adam Caruso
56/ The Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre
72/ The Libčice nad Vltavou Boiler House
84/ Termitary House
92/ House in a Brick Garden
100/ Converting a Ruin
106/ Salon Chillin
108/ “Fair Faced” Masonry in Modern Czech Architecture
112/ The Brick Footprints of Otakar Novotný
116/ Factory Chimneys
122/ A Solid City Block
126/ Publications
128/ Materials and Technology