The Cooper is a 92-unit multifamily residential project located in Downtown Wilmington on the lower side of Market Street and extends through to King Street. This masonry building was previously known as the Cooper Furniture Store.

DIGSAU salvaged the historic cast-iron façade of the original furniture store (built in 1874) and incorporated it within their design using Aspen White brick in two textures from Glen-Gery. The cast-iron section serves as the gateway into the building’s courtyard.

Drawing on the eclectic variety of the neighboring brick and limestone buildings, the standout features of the Cooper are the integrated range of brick bond patterns and textures, as well as the large arched windows on the ground level.

The five-story Cooper Apartments building is the perfect balance of style and comfort with impressive amenities and walkable convenience.

Ten at Clarendon is a five-story, 143-unit luxury apartment community offering one, two, three, and four-bedroom units in the highly-coveted Arlington County neighborhood. The design of the project aimed to create a seamless transition, both in scale and use, between the small-scale residential neighborhood to the south and the dense, high-rise neighborhood to the north.

Stretching longer than a football field, the main façade of Ten at Clarendon incorporates vertical glass bays and metal fins to break down the apparent length of the overall building on this unique site. Glen-Gery brick was selected to wrap the building’s lower two floors. Smoky Quartz Ironspot, a cream brick with dark ironspots, provides the scale and durable clay-based material as the building ‘grows from the earth.’ The brick colors of Benson (deep brown) and Black Pearl (black) used as banding, wrap the base of the building, while four-story sections of a blend of Rome Grey and Golden Dawn (both cream tone brick) bays the façade composition and relates directly to the brick of the adjacent urban context.

Glen-Gery brick is a sustainable, durable, and low-maintenance material, making it perfect for inclusion in this LEED for Homes Platinum-rated building. The base condition is consistently durable by bringing Glen-Gery brick down to the grade around the entire structure: a stray snow shovel or car door won’t cause damage. At the commercial level specifications, the thin brick veneer wall allowed them to easily meet the building code mandated with insulating the wall cavities without complicating the weather sealing of the exterior wall system.

The 881 Lexington Avenue building is located in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn. The building was designed with a modern facade featuring Glen-Gery’s Roman Maximus size brick in the color “Columbia”, expansive windows and a metal enclosure panel system.

A stand out feature of the 881 Lexington Ave building is the Roman Maximus size brick and the Sicilian bond pattern (also known as Random Bond) as it was laid. Roman Maximus brick was chosen for its horizontality proportions and varied length (4”, 6”, 8”, 16”, 18” and 20”) that break up a typical brick pattern. The vertical pattern adds to the modern feel.

This multi-use building consists of commercial spaces on the first floor and residential spaces from floors two through six. The building has a height of 70 feet above grade and was designed with a concrete frame. The building includes many amenities including several exercise facilities, gated access, a rooftop terrace and high end appliances in each unit.

Flint Hills Residence makes a bold statement on the Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The home was designed to add a sleek, modern mid-century style design among a traditional Chicago-neighborhood. Glen-Gery’s Roman Maximus size brick was the perfect fit to achieve this objective.

This two-story home features a single large off-set window on the second floor which adds to the minimalistic design and clean lines. The innovative-look of the structure of the home adds an intriguing curbside appeal to the neighborhood and will blend well with future homes within the community. The homeowners stated, “there was no other sustainable, natural material that could protect our family and create this beautiful look.”

This home sure stands out on the block and has already begun influencing future neighbors to select a similar home-style and long-linear brick like the Roman Maximus size offers. The brown to beige/cream color scheme of Flint Hills is timeless, and suits the neighboring properties and environment perfectly.

Elmhurst Memorial Hospital’s massive 866,000-square-foot medical building sits on a 50-acre campus, located in Illinois. The medical facility has been recognized as one of the most beautiful hospitals in the United States for five consecutive years and has won numerous awards. The buildings on campus date back to 1920’s, using traditional red molded brick. When the time came for expansion over the years, the task of matching new brick to the original building was no challenge for the Illinois Brick Company team, now a part of Brickworks. Brick manufacturer, Glen-Gery, is known for its renowned molded brick manufacturing which provides a vintage appearance and hand craftsmanship and was a perfect style to match the historic building.

The collaboration between the architect, distributor and mason throughout all phases of the design and build of this project were seamless. As a result, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital has transformed its campus into a state-of-the-art facility while preserving historical integrity and charm with beautiful red brick, a Glen-Gery Shenandoah molded. More than one and a half million brick were used on this campus to create an inviting, home-like appeal to incoming patients. The atmosphere of the entire campus cultivates healing of the mind, body and spirit.

There are several key unique features of this building, including the unmistakable red molded brick mixed with precast concrete and the beautiful, full-length windows, both of which showcase the building beyond the typical medical facility design.