← Morrow HouseMORROW HOUSEISSUE 06

Objects / 01

Material Notes

Six materials, considered not as a palette but as a set of negotiations with time, touch, labour and light.

01 / Material

Concrete

Aggregate memory

Aggregate memory

A quiet, load-bearing grey that catches the weather and lets a room keep its temperature.

Architecture uses
Foundations, stairs, civic rooms
Finish / texture notes
Board-marked, polished, bush-hammered
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02 / Material

Timber

The measure of a hand

The measure of a hand

Its grain makes scale readable before a drawing does.

Architecture uses
Joinery, roofs, warm interiors
Finish / texture notes
Oiled oak, charred larch, brushed ash
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03 / Material

Glass

A borrowed horizon

A borrowed horizon

Glass rearranges light without pretending the boundary has gone.

Architecture uses
Winter gardens, screens, facades
Finish / texture notes
Reeded, cast, wired, low-iron
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04 / Material

Brick

A patient unit

A patient unit

Brick gives repetition enough variation to feel human.

Architecture uses
Walls, chimneys, thresholds
Finish / texture notes
Handmade, limewashed, glazed
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05 / Material

Steel

The precise line

The precise line

Steel is most generous when its structural clarity remains visible.

Architecture uses
Frames, stairs, bridges
Finish / texture notes
Galvanised, blackened, weathered
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06 / Material

Stone

Deep time

Deep time

Stone turns a touch into an encounter with duration.

Architecture uses
Floors, plinths, landscape
Finish / texture notes
Honed, split-face, sandblasted
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