{"id":1056,"date":"2011-04-07T13:26:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T13:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2011-04-07T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T13:26:12","slug":"materials-continued-rural-housing-book-please-no-brickwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/materials-continued-rural-housing-book-please-no-brickwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials continued ~ Rural Housing Book, please no brickwork…"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chapter 6a ~ Materials – Please no brickwork…<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the materials picked out as unacceptable by Mayo County Council is brickwork, a completely common material throughout the UK but a rarity in traditional rural dwellings (brick is a more common wall material in urban areas such as Georgian Dublin). Again, we return to the concept of a buildings legibility where meanings (whether we want them to or not) are attached to buildings when viewed by different people. <\/p>\n The example below shows a small brick house for sale nearby; the intention I am sure was to transport a little bit of the UK to the west of Ireland, and many would say why not ? Again, I agree with the planners in that surely any new houses in Ireland should effectively ‘look Irish’ and that if you want to live in an English brick built house then perhaps you should move to Ireland. <\/p>\n