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BLUEPRINT<br />
THE LEADING MAGAZINE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN<br />
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Reprinted July 2009<br />
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DE GREY<br />
COURT<br />
YORK<br />
ST JOHN<br />
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THE LEADING MAGAZINE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN<br />
YORK<br />
Handmade<br />
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INTRODUCTION<br />
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The success of Rivington Street Studios' De<br />
Grey Court building for York St John<br />
University owes a great deal to an<br />
intelligent selection of materials. As the<br />
following article explains, the University's<br />
original brief required a building that<br />
would have a unique identity, but that<br />
would also fit harmoniously with the<br />
carefully maintained historic surroundings<br /> <a title="York Handmade page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/a8be9e6a?page=1">BLUEPRINTTHE LEADING MAGAZINE OF ARCHITECTURE AN</a> BLUEPRINTTHE LEADING MAGAZINE OF ARCHITECTURE AN<a title="York Handmade page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/a8be9e6a?page=2">INTRODUCTIONThe success of Rivington Street</a> INTRODUCTIONThe success of Rivington Street<a title="York Handmade page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/a8be9e6a?page=3">Left: York Handmade's“dogleg” bricks areshown i</a> Left: York Handmade's“dogleg” bricks areshown i<a title="York Handmade page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/a8be9e6a?page=4"> DE GREY COURT YOR</a> DE GREY COURT YOR<a title="York Handmade page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/a8be9e6a?page=5">centrepiece, York Minster, is one of thefinest G</a> centrepiece, York Minster, is one of thefinest G<a title="York Handmade page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/a8be9e6a?page=6">RIVINGTON STREET STUDIOARCHITECTS RESPONDED TO Y</a> RIVINGTON STREET STUDIOARCHITECTS RESPONDED TO Y<a title="York Handmade page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/a8be9e6a?page=7">Above: The building'srelationship with itsmak</a> Above: The building'srelationship with itsmak<a title="York Handmade page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/a8be9e6a?page=8">RICHARD BIRDis both surprisingly flamboyant for</a> RICHARD BIRDis both surprisingly flamboyant for