Released on: June 23, 2008, 3:29 am

Press Release Author: Katharine Egerton

Industry: Real Estate

Press Release Summary: OVER 100 representatives from the UK\'s top architectural,
housebuilding and design communities gathered at RIBA headquarters this month to
attend Ibstock\'s guest lecture seminar by the widely respected designer and
architect Wayne Hemingway of Hemingway Design.

Press Release Body: OVER 100 representatives from the UK\'s top architectural,
housebuilding and design communities gathered at RIBA headquarters this month to
attend Ibstock\'s guest lecture seminar by the widely respected designer and
architect Wayne Hemingway of Hemingway Design.

The RIBA seminar \'An Alternative View of Sustainable Living\' introduced the topic of
sustainable living for communities and discussed the ever popular and eco-friendly
use of brick a 21st Century building material.

Hemingway contends that many of today\'s social problems of inner city and urban life
are caused by poor planning, coupled with the lack of care and concern for how
people live in communities. He argues that community based dwellings which are
sympathetic to the sense of place and belonging will have a self-sustaining
longevity, in direct contrast to the anonymity of the current city and town centres.


Ibstock fully supports Hemingway\'s philosophy and is committed to sustainable
building design. Lex Harrison, Ibstock\'s Innovation and Design Manager comments
\"There is a strong feeling of safety and assurance connected with brick in the built
environment. People feel very comfortable living and operating in brick clad
communities; as such brick is the undisputed building fabric of choice for UK
housing. For hundreds of years, its warmth, versatility, availability and charm has
lasted the test of time. Today, in addition to its excellent thermal and whole life
properties brick continues to reinvent itself to meet the needs of modern methods of
construction, planning and building design, providing specifiers and developers with
innovative and sustainable solutions for changing communities and environments.\"


Web Site: http://www.ibstock.com

Contact Details: Leicester Road
Ibstock Leicestershire
LE67 6HS
Tel: 01530 261999
Fax: 01530 257457
www.ibstock.com