IG MASONRY SUPPORT
KING’S COLLEGE SCHOOL, WIMBLEDON WHEN A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART MUSIC BUILDING CALLED FOR STUNNING BRICK FEATURES TO COMPLEMENT ITS WARM TIMBER AESTHETIC, IG MASONRY SUPPORT WAS ABLE TO CREATE A SOLUTION TO MEET THE CLIENT’S EXACTING BRIEF King’s College School, Wimbledon is an independent day school which is one of the most academically successful educational institutions in the world. Designed by Hopkins Architects, overseen by contractor Interserve and brickwork by subcontractor Lee Marley Brickwork, the school’s new music building comprises sound-proofed practice rooms, large group rehearsal venues, specialist classrooms and a stunning concert hall which accommodates a 70-piece orchestra as well as a capacity for an audience of 200. The external walls are made from hand-made brick in order to heighten the campus’s architecture and the school’s historic nature. Such is its modern beauty, the building won a series of awards, including the RIBA National Architecture Award 2019, after it opened in 2018.
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IG Masonry Support was selected for this project due to its expertise and successful completion of previous work programmes for Interserve in cooperation with Lee Marley, including the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC).
THE CHALLENGE For the King’s College School’s new music building, the client desired a series of load bearing arches with mechanically fixed bricks. One of these arches had to incorporate the school’s coat of arms, which would greet visitors and students to the building, and proudly symbolise the site’s heritage. To meet this demand, IG Masonry Support manufactured and supplied a range of brick slip flat skewed arches all mechanically fixed and built seamlessly into the brickwork. Customisable to
