Give It Up For Theceramic Street Features!

摘要

"What I like most is the texture of the tiles and the way the light interacts with them," says Malcolm Last of Chassay + Last Architects. His firm has just used 264 handmade terracotta panels to create the street frontage of the mixed-use development of 10 live-work units and 14 apartments in Islington, north London, it completed for developer London Newcastle (pictured left).rnThe design of the facade celebrates the site's former use as a factory for wallpaper manufacturer Cole & Son. Last says the original plan was to etch a wallpaper motif into glass mosaic, but the council denied permission for this. "The planners wanted more traditional materials to be used, in keeping with the surrounding buildings," he says. "They also didn't want a flat finish."