Petersen Tegl
K56

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Formats

Measures 20.8 x 4.3 x 1.5 in
Faces 4
Bricks required App. 38 pcs/m2
Mortar required App. 3 kg/brick

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Features about K56

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In the Eye of the Storm

12/24/2022

Hectic hustle and bustle, noisy announcements, a babble of voices – airports are places of transit. A place of silence in the midst of all the commotion has been provided by gmp Architekten and Petersen Tegl at the Berlin Brandenburg Airport.

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From large to small

12/1/2021

The extension for the Ås campus in Norway skilfully mediates between the existing buildings and the adjacent nature. Its facade with bricks from Petersen Tegl convinces with finely tuned details.

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Elegant journey back in time

6/25/2021

Petersen Tegl provided the cladding for a new skyscraper in Manhattan with hand-crafted bricks that lend the concrete building an unusual elegance.

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The Anatomy of a Hotel

9/6/2024

A university building from 1908 was carefully refurbished and transformed into a boutique hotel with a special charm: Thanks to custom-made bricks by Petersen Tegl, a relief-like façade was created for an extension that forges a link between the historic building and its new function.

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Tiles for Cambridge

4/2/2024

Three in One: Tiles by Petersen Tegl have been used for a new building on the banks of the River Cam. By using different colors from the company’s "Cover" collection, the architects have succeeded in making the "Mill House" appear like three smaller structures that blend in with their surroundings.

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Fabric of brick

3/1/2023

With the extension of the De Lakenhal Museum in the Dutch city of Leiden, Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven has succeeded in creating a multi-layered architectural link. The individual elements of the overall ensemble are connected with bricks delivered by Petersen Tegl.

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Modern church vault

3/15/2022

For the extension of Drayton Green Chapel in London, Piercy&Company added a brick structure to an old chapel that skillfully interlocks with the existing building. Bricks from Petersen Tegl were used for this project.

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A Symphony in Brick

3/30/2021

With diamond-shaped bricks in a hue specially designed for the project, Petersen Tegl is outfitting the extension to the Z33 House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, Belgium with a façade that is exceptional in every respect.

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New Stylepark building receives the German Brick Award 2021

2/16/2021

NKBAK's new Stylepark building in Frankfurt am Main has been awarded the renowned German Brick Award.

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As far as the eye can see

5/13/2020

Long Island offers a quiet oasis near the center of New York City along the Atlantic coast. Toshihiro Oki has built a holiday home in this natural setting with bricks by Petersen Tegl, which softens the transitions.

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Crowned with bricks

3/23/2020

With the redevelopment of the Stadthöfe in Hamburg, David Chipperfield Architects Berlin have created a new, atmospheric district. Bricks by Petersen Tegl play a crucial role in the transformation of the roof structure.

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House on the hillside

4/17/2019

A house on the isle of Rennesøy in Norway’s island fringe has been fitted out with bricks by Petersen Tegl that blend visually with the rock face.

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Close-knit

9/19/2018

With bricks by Petersen Tegl, Praksis Arkitekter have gently slotted a new building into the historic district of Carlsberg in Copenhagen.

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Villa Incognito

10/30/2017

Architecture studio Joep Mollink has clad a building in Haarlem in the Netherlands with Petersen Tegl’s new brick product – the “Petersen Cover”.

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Dorm with a view

7/24/2017

C.F. Møller Architects chose Petersen Tegl bricks for the façade of a student dorm.

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The brick-makers at Nybøl Nor

2/24/2017

Christian Petersen is not just any old brick-maker. He loves a good joke, has a sharp mind and a big heart. And today anyone wanting something special will invariably contact Petersen Tegl. Peter Zumthor knows this full well, as do architect the world over.

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Striking interaction

1/30/2017

Petersen Tegl has clad the new Kunstmuseum Basel building in a brick façade with fine reliefs – and it corresponds with the main building.

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Contemporary, with a historical twist

12/6/2016

With a handcrafted clinker silhouette the long-standing Petersen Tegl company has succeeded in integrating a new parish hall into Denmark’s oldest town.

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The right tone

6/20/2016

Kjaer og Richter opted for underground exhibition zones and a new build boasting oscillating Petersen Tegl bricks as the annex to the CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark.

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Water-struck bricks

4/28/2016

For the new museum building of the European Hansemuseum in Lübeck the architects selected a double-skin façade featuring bricks by Petersen Tegl.

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Bricks from top to bottom

11/4/2014

For the extension of a museum in Sorø, Denmark, the architects chose bricks by Petersen Tegl and even used them to clad the roof.

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Organic brickwork

9/1/2012

When designing Hebsgaards Have, Lendager Arkitekter + Arcgency opted for red and grayish-black bricks by Petersen Tegl.

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Ideas need to mature – “Kolumba” tiles as design elements

3/28/2012

There are two residential buildings in Denmark made of the same bricks: "Kolumba", which Peter Zumthor developed in 2007 for the eponymous art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne.