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Parkhurst State School
Parkhurst State School
The textural qualities of the brickwork provide a finer grain of detail experienced up close along the verandas, and provide a foil to the bold red polycarbonate screens....
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Carrum Downs Police Station
Carrum Downs Police Station
Internally the variation of the colour, texture, pattern and sheen of the brick expresses each of these zones as a discrete volume and provides a means of orientation and identity, as well as offering durability....
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Maritime Centre Wollongong
Maritime Centre Wollongong
A brick base is used to anchor the building into the headland and provide a visual connection to the exiting signal station....
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Kurnell Substation
Kurnell Substation
The inherently larger scale and formality of a substation development is softened through a composition in which horizontal lines and masonry wall construction at lower levels are contrasted with "hovering" curved roof forms....
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St Vincents Lewisham
St Vincents Lewisham
We were looking for products that responded to the neighbouring brick buildings but with a colour and texture which complemented the sandstone basement plinth of the new building with a hand-made appearance....
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Macquarie University Hospital
Macquarie University Hospital
The bricks are solid colour, smooth face, with ironed joints, supported on shelf angles off the concrete structure....
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Genazzano Madeleine Centre
Genazzano Madeleine Centre
We have achieved a modern look and warm feel by choosing Alloy and Slate from Boral's Nuvo Aspire range of clay bricks without compromising the style or functionality of their design....
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Alexandra Hospital
Alexandra Hospital
The re-development of this hospital is a shining example of an innovative use of bricks.Located approx 100m from the original hospital, this project is a contemporary design with the clever use of bricks as a stand out feature....
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Design Studio
Design Studio
Tumbled dry-pressed bricks in a seemingly random dispersion of colours are laid in a mock Flemish bond and tied back to a reinforced stud wall.Three layers of render and a top coat of plaster were carefully applied, making sure to roughly expose the layer edges....
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Knox Grammar Great Hall
Knox Grammar Great Hall
The built form character of Knox Grammar School is intimately connected with the character of the traditional brickwork that is evident throughout the school campus....
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Women’s Health and Family Services
Women’s Health and Family Services
A condition of development was to incorporate this heritage fabric within the structure of a new building.To achieve this they selected a standard modular brick that was both complimentary to the existing buildings and reflective of the urban environment in which they're situated....
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Leibler Yavneh College Hall
Leibler Yavneh College Hall
The hall continues the brickwork theme but reinterpreted in full-gloss bricks.The bright blue brickwork and broad glazing boldly proclaim the building's western entry point.Pressed red bricks were chosen for the northern elevation which screens a service zone and is adjacent to an active play area....
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Knox Boarding Centre
Knox Boarding Centre
The built form incorporates many architectural elements typical of the school, including steeply-pitched gables, oval highlight windows and intricate brick detailing featuring corbelling, herringbone panelling and soldier coursing, reflecting traditional techniques in a contemporary building....
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The Australian Brewery
The Australian Brewery
The brewery is an example of a era gone by with brilliant internal and external brick works.Bricks were chosen to provide that rustic decor that appears to have been a part of the building fabric from year one.It exudes a natural & timeless appeal....
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Daniella Heights Public School Library
Daniella Heights Public School Library
Face brickwork was also chosen for its economy and durability.The brick colours are expressed as blocks to help express and articulate internal spaces onto the external façade.The sand-coloured bricks reference the salmon bricks of the existing buildings....
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Tyndale
Tyndale
The strong emphasis on equality and community spirit is reflected in the feature brickwork patterns that wrap the three main volumes, picking up on existing brickwork colours and drawing with a pixilation-type technique to create a unique identity for each entry to the centre....
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Enterprise House
Enterprise House
Selecting a tone on tone mix of red bricks, together with the use of both single and 2 course bricks it pays tribute to this traditional building material and, in combination with feature bands, stack bonding and soldier course headers etc....
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Australia Street Infants School Library
Australia Street Infants School Library
The closed but visually activated polychromatic brickwork perimeter walls are a hard shell barrier to the street, while the glazed facades facing the interior of the campus are a porous soft shell encouraging circulation and visual connections within the campus....
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SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre
SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre
Segmental paving, predominantly clay pavers laid in a herringbone pattern, forms a plaza around the Centre's western and southern faces.The dominant ochre-toned 'Toasted Charwood' pavers are laid in a 25 mm bed of quarry sand over 300 mm of cement-stabilised road base....
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Catholic School
Catholic School
The brown brick of the existing building was woven into the glazed yellow bricks of the new façade creating a pattern reminiscent of the schools logo....
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Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School
Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School
This proposal takes just the silhouette of a Federation Home, enhanced by black glazed bricks; it is up-scaled, extruded and sliced....
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SACA Grandstand
SACA Grandstand
The project is modern in appearance and functionality but sympathetic to the existing heritage fabric and wider oval surrounds....
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Mother Teresa Primary School
Mother Teresa Primary School
The Mowbray blue depth of colour with the striking bold colours of the PGH vibrant range brought the " fun" back to the buildings while ensuring the project was low maintenance while bringing the buildings to life....
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The Corner Store
The Corner Store
A large covered external dining terrace makes the most of Brisbane's hospitable climate.The existing building, previously detached from the sloping site, is given a new plinth connecting the interior to the garden....
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St John Vianney School
St John Vianney School
The final outcome resulted in the utilization of brickwork that did not endeavour to match the existing buildings on the campus, instead a brick was chosen that harmonised with the deep blue and purple flashed bricks that were present in the elements of both existing adjacent buildings....
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St Ignatius School
St Ignatius School
The existing campus is a collection of brick buildings accumulated over time, the new field and pavilion continues this legacy of brick construction.By matching as closely as possible the existing brick buildings, the new building contributes to an integrated solution for the site....
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Kurrajong Building
Kurrajong Building
Dry pressed clay face bricks laid in 'Off White' cement mortar have been used for external face brickwork which was designed to blend with the brickwork theme of the existing school buildings with the intricate details repeating the decorative ornamental brickwork of those buildings....
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Auburn South Primary School Library
Auburn South Primary School Library
Aesthetically, a series of projecting brickwork elements provide visual structure to the building, as well as accommodating a number of specialist and supports spaces within.The rhythm of these projections is broken by the major entries, which are expressed as recessed, lightweight elements....
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Nudgee Junior College Stage
Nudgee Junior College Stage
These two architectural bricks complemented the earthy tones of the landscape and other building products used throughout the project.This project was constructed by Stokes Wheeler who have a track record in delivering outstanding results.The excellent craftsmanship on this project....
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Caloundra City School
Caloundra City School
Boral Escura Smooth Face bricks and single cant shapes in Sydney Red are the main building element.There are a number of corner windows in the project framed by the red brick....
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WA State Theatre
WA State Theatre
By day, these exterior volumes rest calmly.Dark and robust materials: black metal and paneled concrete, form a protective shell.As night descends the volumes begin to glitter and glow.The foyers are multi-leveled and veiled in delicate gold screen....
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Cullen Hotel
Cullen Hotel
This prominence demanded a fresh approach to the facade design and material selection.The design architects chose Austral Bricks Elements Zinc, a semi-glazed brick with a metallic finish that shimmers and sparkles in the ever-changing light....
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Mary Mount College
Mary Mount College
The bold curved descending gesture immediately identifies the entry of the new complex from both the north and east as well amalgamating the scales of the single storey canteen with the massive 9m high pre cast concrete walls of the new sports hall....
