The award-winning York
Handmade Brick Company has played a significant role in a prestigious North
Yorkshire office development.
The Easingwold-based
firm, one of the leading independent brick-makers in the country, has supplied
specially-manufactured bricks for a “beautiful” new office HQ for All Steels
Trading on the outskirts of Thirsk.
Altogether York Handmade
provided more than 8,000 Maxima bricks for the 4,000 sq ft office, called
Vulcan House and designed by David Bamford Architects of Otley.
David Armitage, chairman
of York Handmade, explained: “This is one of my very favourite projects that we
have undertaken in Yorkshire recently. All Steels Trading’s new headquarters
really is a statement building, which enhances the entrance to Thirsk from York
Road and the A19.
“Our long, thin Maxima
bricks, which are proving increasingly popular, give the building an elegant, sophisticated
feel that reflect the ethos of All Steels Trading. It has been a privilege to
play a part in creating an attractive development,
“While we have recently
completed some stunning commissions for residential and commercial developments
in London and other UK cities, it is vitally important that we continue to provide
our bricks to more local Yorkshire companies. It is a real pleasure to see our
work being represented locally and tremendously gratifying to see our bricks
being used so close to home.”
Scarlett Reeves, Project
Development and Quality Manager at All Steels Trading, commented: “We are very
pleased and proud of our new offices in Thirsk. The design that David Bamford
produced and the modern sleek finish that we achieved with the use of the
bespoke bricks, along with the windows and doors, has made for a very beautiful
building admired by all our visitors.
“Indeed, we have had local
residents knocking on the door and complimenting us on the building being an
attractive welcome into Thirsk when entering from the A19 and A168 and
a great
improvement to the area.”
David Bamford of David
Bamford Architects explained: “All Steels Trading wanted a modern well-designed
office to make an appropriate statement using traditional materials. Brick, slate
and glass were the obvious choice for this location.
“York Handmade Brick had
been used in the past by ourselves and provide an interesting range of bricks
and were therefore a natural choice for a traditional and local material. I am
pleased with the visual appearance of the brickwork at Vulcan House.”
Vulcan House was built by
Mark Stringer Ltd of Whitby.
For
further information, please contact Robert Beaumont of Robert Beaumont
Associates on 01423 323139 or 07710 127713 or
robert@minskiplodge.co.uk