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123 Social Green Housing is a social housing project that have completed by SOMOS Arquitectos in Madrid, Spain. It has an original facade design with polycarbonate panels in three hues of green. Windows are shaded by 369 shutters in six types, also made of polycarbonate and aluminium. Two entrances lead to one hall with mail boxes arranged on terraces. Dark grey metal surounds the ground floor with apartments elevated two metres above street level, while white penthouses crown the top of the building.

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Andy Martin Associates will be showing the ‘Weinerchaise’ as part of the ‘100% Inspiration’ feature at this year’s 100% Design show in London. This is Andy Martin’s response to the brick as an inspirational object, “it is such an iconic British building material and I thought it worth pursuing for inspiration. Individually a brick seems characterless but with others has the possibility to be poetic,” says Martin. It is constructed entirely of extruded and wire cut bricks using the thin set joint method and resin bonding. The bricks are stacked and bonded accurately in a mould, and once set, carved by hand to the designed shape. The piece was produced with the help of Weinerberger bricks, one of Europe’s largest and most innovative brick manufacturers. For more information visit Andy Martin Associates website’s and if you want to find the others at 100% Design . The image below are some photos of the chaise being made:

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