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just a test shot, but the (corner) 'symmetry' is happymaking.
test roll for pentax mx - film advance not the most precise, but no big deal.
pan f+, hc110e, 5.5' (negs a little thin)
The Aston Hall works were situated on the slopes below Buckley Mountain. The works was established c1864 by Messrs Kershaw and taken over by the coal co in 1868 when there were two kilns in use.
This is the face of a Premier brand brick. The company catalogue from the 1890's states:
"The Aston Hall Premier" bricks and terracotta are manufactured from a special clay of exceptional quality and unique character which is recognised by leading architects as producing the first and best Buff Goods in the kingdom. They are particularly noted for retaining their original colour and for not vegetating as is the case with the soft common buff bricks. The electric light has been placed throughout the works, and manufacture now goes on day and night.
The colliery closed in 1909 and, as the clay supplies had come from underground it was just a matter of time before the stockpile of some 10,800 tons was used up. The final dismantlement sale was on 24th July 1913.
February 6, 2013
I just liked the texture. And really wanted to take a photo because it feels like I haven't taken any real photos in a while.
Twin-Bricks, Saitama, 2008
TWIN BRICKS
Twin-Bricks, consists of two wings - A five unit rental dwelling and the owner’s own two-family house. It is located in a quiet residential area, just 20 minutes by train from Tokyo. In order to secure some space for the owner’s car collection, the owner’s wing (RC Wing) stands closer to the road than the rental wing (S Wing). The rental wing is clad in both autoclaved lightweight concrete (ALC) panels as well as glass blocks.
S WING
The S Wing, based on the previously completed “Crystal Brick” House, introduces ALC panels as aseismatic elements in order to improve cost-effectiveness in the face of earthquake safety. The arrangement of glass block and ALC panel was derived from a series of experiments. The results showed that the ALC panel fail leaving the glass blocks intact, providing enhanced safety for the occupants. An intriguing spatial composition materializes due to the seemingly random composition of the glass block and ALC Panels which hide all structure.
RC WING
With the purpose of alleviating noise from the garage and providing a sense of privacy for the owners, Atelier Tekuto Co., Ltd. created the “RC structure + exterior thermal insulation” construction method. Costs were significantly reduced by introducing high-pressure wood wool cement boards and integrating the boards as form works. Original tiles were also developed after careful consideration.
The overall experience of Twin Bricks is heightened by the juxtaposition of the heavy RC wing and light S wing and between the transparency of glass versus the opacity of the ALC panels. Though these materials seem to be in antithesis, they exhibit a material harmony when partnered together.
Atlier Tekuto
Photographer
Makoto Yoshida
敷地は、JR浦和駅・中浦和駅の中間の徒歩15分圏内に位置し、閑
静な住宅街にある、ｵｰﾅｰ2世帯・賃貸5戸の共同住宅である。ｵｰﾅｰ
の趣味である車の所有台数が多いことから、手前にｵｰﾅｰ棟（RC造
)、奥に賃貸棟(S造)を配した。
賃貸棟は、以前に竣工した「クリスタル・ブリック」をベースに
コストパフォーマンスの向上を図る為、GBの一部にALCを配し、
そのALCをもGB同様、耐震要素として構造に効かせている。ALCを
ランダムに配置したことにより、構造の壁・柱・梁といった要素
が明確でなくなり、不思議な空間構成となっている。RC棟は、ガ
レージでの作業音軽減、及びｵｰﾅｰ棟のプライバシー確保・性能向
上の為、天工人にて開発をしたRC造＋外断熱工法を採用した。価
格も\18,000/㎡に抑えることが可能となった。
重厚なRC棟と軽やかなS棟の対比、異素材でありながら物性上ほ
ぼ等価な物性を示したGBとALCの対比。そこから生まれる空間の
対比がより面白い空間を演出している。
アトリエ天工人
写真家
吉田 誠
Frank Candy opened a brick and tile works in 1850 in Newton Abbott, and sold it to J Howard Fox around 1880. The Fox family ran the works until the 1950s, but the name Candy was retained. In 1991 it was bought again, but in 1998 production ceased and the works was demolished.
This example was found in Plymouth several years ago.
uneven, rustic and, in my opinion, beautiful...and even more so with the sun throwing such strong shafts of light through the window...
This well worn "Little Mill Brick Co Pontypool" die was photographed at the Usk Museum of Rural Life, Usk, Monmouthshire. It would appear that brick making at Little Mill dates back to at least 1850. Some Burgoyne bricks are faintly embossed in small lettering with "Estb 1850", and another, probably later commemorative brick, is incised "Little Mill, Estb 1850". The works was alongside the Newport and Hereford line at Little Mill Junction, where a line branched off eastwards through Usk into Gloucestershire. A spur into the works was laid in 1869 when the owner was given as a CH Leigh. The 1882 OS map, and subsequent editions until 1920, give the works as "Bryn Tovey Brick Works" (from the nearby Bryn Tovey Wood); from 1920 to 1988, it is marked the "Little Mill Brick Works".
Between 1910 and 1920, Lougher who took over the works from the Burgoynes, changed the name to "Little Mill Brick Co" and later it became a limited company. Kelly's for 1926, and all directories subsequently, use the name Little Mill Brick Co Ltd". Lougher himself died in 1948. The spur into the works was removed in 1966, doubtless a victim of the infamous Beeching Cuts. The firm continued into the 1980s, the last directory entry being the 1981 Industrial Directory of Wales. Today, the site is the Little Mill Go Kart Track.
A close up view of how the bricks are degrading over the years of constant exposure to sun, rain, winds and freezing winters.