Handmade brick
Water Meadow, a collaboration between Kate Jackson Architects and Mathew Ingham Design, is a brick and block house with an integrated steel frame to enable the daring cantilevered glazed elements at the rear. The wall build-up (from outside to inside) is of Northcote handmade bricks, a 50mm cavity, Kingspan Kooltherm insulation and blockwork. The brick was specified in part because the house was in a conservation area, full of older masonry homes – and despite its modern look, the property blends in.