Zed House
By Canterbury Clay Bricks
ARCHITECT:
RTA Studio
BUILD:
John Creighton Builders
BRICKS:
Custom Red Blend “Z Blend”
BRICKLAYER:
Advanced Brick and Block Ltd
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Patrick Reynolds Photography
In 2011 disaster struck in Canterbury, with many buildings and multi-generational family homes falling to the ground. RTA Studio’s brief was to build a beautiful yet resilient home, with a minimum design life of 200 years, helping to create a new legacy for this historical Christchurch site. In the words of RTA ‘this house is an abstract manifestation of the traditional home that once stood on this land’.
The client, architect, builder and bricklayer all worked in collaboration with Canterbury Clay Bricks to commission a custom made red brick blend. Including multiple shades, textures, sizes and shapes, creating a sustainable and stunning home. The use of permanent materials of bricks, concrete and timber, not only solidify this home to its beautiful historical landscape, but through standing on this land for many years to come, will mitigate its carbon footprint. Utilising bricks and concrete internally with natural sunlight for thermal mass and for future generations to enjoy a low maintenance easy to live in home that will stand the test of time.
The bricklaying is impeccable, with many different laying techniques used. Curved walls, bullseye windows, arched doorways, vertical stack bonding and screening all give beautiful focus points and texture to the oversized, earthy brick walls. Keeping the building materials simple, yet beautifully crafted and utilizing true artisan craftsmen and women, helped to create an extraordinary building and remarkable home.
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Canterbury Clay Bricks is a family run business, supplying clay bricks nationally, for commercial and residential builds, since its inception over 50 years ago. We are the only manufacturer of kiln fired clay bricks in the South Island.
We offer you an impressive collection using rich Canterbury clays, from which we have created a host of enduring finishes and colours that will add style and value to your new home or project.
Canterbury Clay Bricks manufacturing plant is located close to its clay supplies within the surronding hills of Darfield. A number of recycled products are used in the manufacture of the bricks including re-constituted brick and recycled glass. The kilns at the plant run on up to 95% of re-claimed fuels and oil further reducing any impact of manufacturing. We supply nationwide to both residential and commercial projects, new builds and renovations.
Bricks are a blend of clays and water. The bricks are then formed, dried and kilned to produce a strong and durable end product. They are then hand blended and graded by staff to give a consistent finish.
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