constance_chlore
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Don't want to knock Beljan too much, but I find it kind of tacky how much black they use. The first thing any potential buyer should be thinking about is stripping off the black paint.
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archited
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^ I am more than certain that that is a design choice of the Architect not Beljan (good clients stay out of our way when it comes to design choices 
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)constance_chlore
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Yeah, quite possibly, but this isn't the only project of Beljan that's turned out to have a lot of black (see Station Park and the forthcoming Ritchie Hub if it's anything like the renders) and I figure they might be inclined to hire architects that go for that look.^ I am more than certain that that is a design choice of the Architect not Beljan (good clients stay out of our way when it comes to design choices
archited
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^ That they are (HSEA Architects -- https://www.hsea.ca/ -- the one Edmonton firm that has a (partial) grip on retail design -- their mantra is "black is back, baby!")
constance_chlore
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Ah, didn't know it was them. I think the black looks great on the Mercury Blocks! But I wish we could have a moratorium on painting brick black.
archited
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^ Amen to that! In my world black is a shadow detail color -- as to brick, if it has a strong mortar reveal, I would look to staining the grout black to accent the brick, especially if the brick is a lighter shade.of red or yellow.
IanO
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Brick works very, very well in a variety of tones and 'colours', including black or grey.
archited
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Yes there are "natural" black clay oxide bricks and those that have been over-fired (e.g. clinker bricks) -- @constance_chlore however was referring to the inartful practice of painting bricks black known as "masons sin".