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### BLENDING IN WHILE STILL STANDING OUT
Because these new homes are located adjacent to some of Philadelphia's most stately brick rowhomes, brick was essential to making the project feel both contextual and contemporary. "We find that many "new" brick homes stand out and can feel flat; the selection of Winter Mist Sanded Rustic brick, with its mottled, soft tones, gave a rich depth to the facade that was unmatched by other options that we considered," Lo Design said "It also felt like a good match to the cast stone detailing used throughout the facade, which helped to achieve the monolithic and stately feel of the facade."

The project intends to blend with the context in its massing and materiality while contrasting with its color and texture to read as two contemporary but stately residences. The vertical divisions used in the facade detailing are intended to represent the rhythm of the neighboring 16' - 18' wide rowhomes and break down the broad faces of the building. Wood was used at entries to bring warmth and additional texture to the thresholds.

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The brick-and-stone selection was critical because of the site's three-sided nature. The home’s material palette is both established and emphasized by the tones within the brickwork. “The Belden brick chosen helped us achieve the monolithic feel and warm, soft tones that we had envisioned throughout the design process with the client.”

Creating these two ultra-high-end single-family homes involved transforming one of the few remaining parcels of vacant land in the highly desirable Philadelphia neighborhood of Fitler Square, which was previously used as a surface parking lot. The site is a rare three-sided endcap to a beautiful block, and Lo Design's primary goal for the design was to take advantage of the "corner" for both houses. "We split the lot down the center to provide two square-shaped corner sites, providing the maximum privacy, daylight, and window walls for both homes," notes Lo Design.

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The home’s material palette is emphasized by the tones within the brickwork, which, using the Belden brick chosen, achieves the monolithic feel and warm, soft tones envisioned by the client.

Lombard Street Homes Project Brief

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Lombard Street Homes

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### WEAVING MAGIC INTO THE CITY FABRIC
The Garden Avenue Laneway House is a 2,300-square-foot four-bedroom home. Whereas most of the laneway suites built in Toronto under the 2018 by-law are small rental units or bonus rooms that add amenities - and area - to the main house, this laneway suite was designed to be a primary residence. The kitchen, dining, and living space are on the top level, with the largest floorplate and the best light. Bedrooms for three teen boys are nested on the ground floor, and an ample basement space contains a primary bedroom lit with a large lightwell. The main house was converted into a legal two-unit principal rental, allowing three families on a single-family lot during construction.

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With its expressive dormer window tower, the new laneway house peeks out like an architectural curiosity from behind an existing house in Roncesvalles that the couple bought four years ago. They had initially intended to demolish and rebuild the primary residence for their forever home and build an auxiliary structure at its rear as an income property. But they felt the laneway home was a beautiful solution for a custom abode – that house, they decided, would become their primary residence. Brick was selected to give the laneway house the robust presence of places on the main street. Unlike the wood and shingle-clad garages typical of the laneways, the house was designed to feel like a primary home.

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### CREATING SOMETHING BOTH MODERN AND HOMEY
The aesthetic goals were to bring beauty to the laneway and create facades animated with light. Brick was essential to this because it is a solid modular material. It can make a pattern that will produce shadows while providing excellent building envelope performance for the long term. The pattern breaks up the solid facade, and the shadows change as the sun moves around the house.

The family uses the laneway as their front door. The entrance is recessed deep under the carport canopy, ensuring privacy from the cars that access the garages surrounding the home. The facades facing the street and the laneway, south, and north, respectively, are primarily solid. The by-law glazing limitations reinforce the desire for privacy from the Principal Rental's laneway and rear windows. Animating the brick facade breaks up this solidity with pattern and shadow. Courses of twisted and nested brick alternate with flat courses. As the bricks are rotated from the plane, they create a triangular shadow pattern on the flat course below. The Garden Avenue home is not a utilitarian building on a laneway but one that has presence and enlivens the laneway as a traditional home does a street.

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Both modern and homey, classic but contemporary. The Garden Avenue Laneway House by Williamson Williamson Inc. is a Toronto laneway house designed to perfectly fit a family of five. The home’s two main facades, which look onto the laneway and the back of the original house, are clad in an alternating pattern of offset Belcrest 500 molded brick.

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Both modern and homey, classic but contemporary. The Garden Avenue Laneway House by Williamson Williamson Inc. is a Toronto laneway house designed to perfectly fit a family of five.

Garden Avenue Laneway House Project Brief

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Garden Avenue Laneway House

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### INTERCONNECTED CAMPUS
The architecture moves from the edge of campus to a new center that interconnects all seven campus colleges and promotes an enhanced ecosystem of cross-campus collaboration bringing people, ideas, and resources together. The key in designing the new business school was its exterior masonry work, including brickwork that embraced historic areas on campus but with a twist in size and color.

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Brick color would become one of the project's challenges, but the design team knew it was essential to get it right. Jeanne Chen, FAIA, principal at Moore Ruble Yudell, worked closely with The Belden Brick Company to make subtle adjustments to the bricks’ shale and clay content to produce more vivid golden custom hues than the standard campus buff. The resulting masonry work marries the historic brickwork on other buildings on campus while offering its unique design. The varying colors of brick on the exterior of the new building are patterned and warm, making the large structure beautiful and inviting.

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The exterior consists of rectilinear volumes clad in a custom color blend of 21" Roman 470-479 Light Range Smooth, 870-874 Velour, and Goldenrod Ironspot, fired in our beehive kilns at Plant 4, counterpointed with glazed "void" elements syncopated and rotated to break up the visual mass. The building's contemporary expression respects the campus's historic buildings, which rely on buff-colored masonry. In response to Pittsburgh's frequently overcast skies, the design team customized a masonry mix that gives the Tepper Quad warmth even on the cloudiest day. Visual interest is achieved through the 3-D play of the brick and the glass areas, which breaks up the solid portions and allows for an “outside-in” feel as well as plenty of natural light.

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### A PLACE FOR PLANNED SPONTANEITY
The Tepper School of Business' modern design emphasizes open spaces and a place for planned spontaneity that energizes innovation and interconnected partnerships across campus. The attention to integrating it as a campus HUB helps connect everyone on campus by offering areas to gather, create, collaborate, and innovate.

The Tepper School of Business is an expansion initiative at Carnegie Mellon University to create a new integration model across the campus's top-ranked academic disciplines. The Tepper Quad spans 315,000 square feet and houses undergraduate and graduate programs alongside the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. Moore Ruble and Yudell architects have sculpted a flexible hub that interacts as an interconnected B-school partner alongside engineering, design, computer science, policy, and the arts. The Tepper Quad's powerful proximity rapidly creates and capitalizes upon innovative partnerships between the Tepper School and the other top-ranked Carnegie Mellon colleges.

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The varying colors of brick on the exterior of the new Tepper School of Business are patterned and warm, making the large structure beautiful and inviting.

Tepper School of Business Project Brief

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Tepper School of Business

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The exterior of the building features Belden modular Belcrest 530 full, thin, and sloped rowlock brick in the upper mass. The façades have multiple panels of intricate brick patterning and corbeling around windows and doors, which creates unique shadow patterns that constantly change throughout the day with the sun's movement. The second-floor arched windows add to the building's impressive height. Each guest room has large, 8-foot windows with traditional mullions, offering great views of downtown Lexington and the new Town Branch Park. 

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### STEEPED IN KENTUCKY SPIRIT AND TRADITION
EOP Architects designed the building's façade to blend with the industrial vibe of the neighborhood while adding extra brick detailing to provide warmth, depth, and pattern. Arches do double duty by reflecting the vernacular architecture of the Bluegrass region and, at the same time, inciting memories of grand old hotels. Jenny Bukovec Design & Creative drew on the best bits of Kentucky history and culture to design the lobby of The Manchester in Lexington. The lobby features rich wood- and brick-lined interiors, with a wall of Belcrest 530 brickwork and corbelled arches leading to a bar with barrel-vaulted ceilings that gesture towards the bourbon rickhouses that once existed in the area. Jenny Bukovec chose a different aesthetic for the Lost Palm rooftop bar and lounge.

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The Lost Palm of Manchester boasts an exquisite Art Deco design with a touch of 1960s nostalgia set against a backdrop of brick. This indoor-outdoor space offers incredible views of downtown Lexington and features sophisticated and artistic interiors. Although connected to the hotel's other areas by elements such as the rickhouse-inspired arched forms – featuring here and in the lobby – Lost Palm has a unique character of its own.

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### REFLECTING THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE BLUEGRASS REGION
Brick was the only material that could reflect the historic nature of the bourbon distillery district and the Bluegrass region. As the first new building in the district for many years and serving as the gateway, it was imperative to stand out on the skyline as something special. The Manchester's exceptional design has been a hit with guests and the community, earning the hotel recognition in three categories at the 2023 Gold Key Awards: Lobby Upscale, Guestroom Upscale, and Hotel Upscale.

The Manchester Hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, is inspired by the area's historic architecture and the extravagant parties of the Derby. It captures the charm of equestrian society and is the first significant new construction in the Distillery District in nearly 100 years. The hotel features a lobby bar, a high-end restaurant on the ground level, and a rooftop bar with an open terrace on the seventh floor. The building embodies the social nature of historic hotels and takes it to a new level.

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The Manchester Hotel is inspired by the area's historic architecture and the extravagant parties of the Derby. It captures the charm of equestrian society and is the first significant new construction in the Distillery District in nearly 100 years.

Project Briefs

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