When we published Peter Barber Architects' brick Hafer Road housing scheme in the AJ in July, Russell Curtis of RCKa responded by tweeting: 'With this detail by Peter Barber I believe that we have reached "peak brick". Now for something new...' With the use of brick booming and the quality of what architects are producing from the material reaching new heights (two of the six buildings on this year's Stirling Prize shortlist were clad in brick) have we really reached what Curtis dubs 'peak brick'?
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