德州皮肤科诊所丨美国丨美国工作室An.onymous

Promotion: the slender Fusion thin bricks by brick manufacturer Acme Brick lend a pearlescent quality to the facades of this office building in Texas, designed by US studio An.onymous.

Located in North Richland Hills, the 836-square-metre building was created for dermatologist Northstar Dermatology and is intended as a contemporary take on healthcare architecture.

Acme Brick's Fusion thin bricks envelop this dermatologist's office

The building's defining feature is its facades, which are enveloped in thin, glazed bricks from Acme Brick's Fusion range, placed at unexpected angles.

The specific product used by An.onymous is the modular Panama City Glossy brick, which has a pearlescent quality that changes with the movements of the sun.

The bricks have a pearlescent quality

To enhance their iridescent, ever-changing look, the bricks are mounted to the elevations at various angles and with a mix of stacked and running bonds.

This is magnified further with irregularly placed movement joints and window cutouts that break the brick facades into deliberately asymmetrical sections.

Acme Brick said it is a "visual playground" that "challenges traditional notions of brick construction".

Due to their reflectivity, the glazed thin bricks appear to change with the movements of the sun

"Acme Brick Fusion plays a crucial role in achieving this unique design," said the brand. "Thin brick enables creative applications impossible with traditional brick construction. In designing a facade that is both visually striking and symbolically rich, An.onymous challenges our understanding of what brick can do."

An.onymous described the facades as "oblique drawings of the buildings themselves".

"The thin brick system, used with varied stacked and running bond patterns in horizontal and diagonal arrangements, conforms to the drawn projections on the facades, while exposing the symbolic quality of the material as a non-brick – a tiling system that only signifies brick," said the studio.

The bricks are laid at various angles with different bonds

The facades also nod to the building's asymmetrical floor plan, which was developed from a computer-generated study on circulation.

Acme Brick said these details collectively give rise to a building that "presents a bold, contemporary take on healthcare design".

Asymmetrical windows puncture the brickwork

Founded in 1891, Acme Brick claims to be the world's largest US-owned brick manufacturer. Today, it operates from 15 brick plants across four US states.

To find out more about the manufacturer and its slender Fusion Thin Bricks, visit its website.

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