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Operating across Sheffield, Belfast, and Cardiff, HLM Architects shapes academic, healthcare, and civic environments through rhythmic facade reveals, integrated landscape edges, and strategic color interventions that bridge heavy masonry with modern glazing. This portfolio serves as a strong reference when inserting contemporary glazed openings into historic envelopes, designing built-in seating within expansive interior circulation hubs, or specifying exterior lighting to accentuate prominent architectural volumes.

Rendering of mid-rise red brick apartment blocks with cantilevered balconies and generous ground-level landscaping by HLM Architects.

Rendering of mid-rise red brick apartment blocks with cantilevered

A residential masterplan precedent showcasing red brick mid-rise blocks, integrated balconies, and active pedestrian landscapes.

What we like about this project
Flowering purple trees punctuate the foreground green space, contrasting against the monochromatic red brick.

Materials

  • red-brick
  • metal
  • glass
  • planting

Visual identifiers

  • red-brick
  • cantilevered-balconies
  • punched-windows
  • landscaped-courtyard

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • contextual
  • residential

Visual tags

  • residential
  • mid-rise
  • urban-housing
  • brick-architecture
  • landscaped
Geometry
Multi-block mid-rise massing with articulated setbacks and rhythmically spaced punched windows and cantilevered balconies.
Facade system
Load-bearing or rainscreen brick masonry with recessed fenestration and metal balconies.
Structural guess
Concrete frame with masonry facade cladding
Spatial scale
Five-to-six story residential blocks scaled for pedestrian and human interaction at street level.
Lighting
Bright daylight with soft shadows, casting a warm tone across the brick facades.
Atmosphere
Inviting, community-oriented, and verdant neighborhood atmosphere.
Environmental context
Urban residential development with extensive ground-level planting and pedestrianized pathways.
Spatial experience
Pedestrian path opens into a generous planted courtyard framed by red brick residential volumes.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window alignments combined with staggered horizontal balcony projections.
Style reading
Contemporary urban residential architecture
Program
Multi-family residential housing block
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
red-brick, metal, glass, planting
Visual identifiers
red-brick, cantilevered-balconies, punched-windows, landscaped-courtyard
Style tags
contemporary, contextual, residential
Visual tags
residential, mid-rise, urban-housing, brick-architecture, landscaped
Geometry
Multi-block mid-rise massing with articulated setbacks and rhythmically spaced punched windows and cantilevered balconies.
Facade system
Load-bearing or rainscreen brick masonry with recessed fenestration and metal balconies.
Structural guess
Concrete frame with masonry facade cladding
Spatial scale
Five-to-six story residential blocks scaled for pedestrian and human interaction at street level.
Lighting
Bright daylight with soft shadows, casting a warm tone across the brick facades.
Atmosphere
Inviting, community-oriented, and verdant neighborhood atmosphere.
Environmental context
Urban residential development with extensive ground-level planting and pedestrianized pathways.
Spatial experience
Pedestrian path opens into a generous planted courtyard framed by red brick residential volumes.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window alignments combined with staggered horizontal balcony projections.
Style reading
Contemporary urban residential architecture
Program
Multi-family residential housing block
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Rendering of mid-rise red brick apartment blocks with cantilevered balconies and generous ground-level landscaping by HLM Architects.

Rendering of mid-rise red brick apartment blocks with cantilevered

A residential masterplan precedent showcasing red brick mid-rise blocks, integrated balconies, and active pedestrian landscapes.

What we like about this project
Flowering purple trees punctuate the foreground green space, contrasting against the monochromatic red brick.

Materials

  • red-brick
  • metal
  • glass
  • planting

Visual identifiers

  • red-brick
  • cantilevered-balconies
  • punched-windows
  • landscaped-courtyard

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • contextual
  • residential

Visual tags

  • residential
  • mid-rise
  • urban-housing
  • brick-architecture
  • landscaped
Geometry
Multi-block mid-rise massing with articulated setbacks and rhythmically spaced punched windows and cantilevered balconies.
Facade system
Load-bearing or rainscreen brick masonry with recessed fenestration and metal balconies.
Structural guess
Concrete frame with masonry facade cladding
Spatial scale
Five-to-six story residential blocks scaled for pedestrian and human interaction at street level.
Lighting
Bright daylight with soft shadows, casting a warm tone across the brick facades.
Atmosphere
Inviting, community-oriented, and verdant neighborhood atmosphere.
Environmental context
Urban residential development with extensive ground-level planting and pedestrianized pathways.
Spatial experience
Pedestrian path opens into a generous planted courtyard framed by red brick residential volumes.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window alignments combined with staggered horizontal balcony projections.
Style reading
Contemporary urban residential architecture
Program
Multi-family residential housing block
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
red-brick, metal, glass, planting
Visual identifiers
red-brick, cantilevered-balconies, punched-windows, landscaped-courtyard
Style tags
contemporary, contextual, residential
Visual tags
residential, mid-rise, urban-housing, brick-architecture, landscaped
Geometry
Multi-block mid-rise massing with articulated setbacks and rhythmically spaced punched windows and cantilevered balconies.
Facade system
Load-bearing or rainscreen brick masonry with recessed fenestration and metal balconies.
Structural guess
Concrete frame with masonry facade cladding
Spatial scale
Five-to-six story residential blocks scaled for pedestrian and human interaction at street level.
Lighting
Bright daylight with soft shadows, casting a warm tone across the brick facades.
Atmosphere
Inviting, community-oriented, and verdant neighborhood atmosphere.
Environmental context
Urban residential development with extensive ground-level planting and pedestrianized pathways.
Spatial experience
Pedestrian path opens into a generous planted courtyard framed by red brick residential volumes.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window alignments combined with staggered horizontal balcony projections.
Style reading
Contemporary urban residential architecture
Program
Multi-family residential housing block
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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