City Carpark

Bond: The front façade and columns demonstrate the use of a stretcher bond, as does the curved stair section. The stair section however, is arranged so that the brick stretchers are alongside one another and the headers are visible externally.

Jointing: The jointing is mainly flush. The exception to this is where a dark brown course meets either a honey or off-white course. At these junctions the jointing is raked, further accentuating the aesthetic detail.

Surface Texture: The surface texture of the bricks is very smooth.

Structural: In this case, the bricks are structural.

Colours: 3 distinct colours – honey, dark brown and off-white – were used to create an aesthetic pattern. The dominant colour is honey, while the other colours are used to visually ‘break up’ and pattern the vast, solid wall. 

Health Care Centre

Bond: The building utilises a stretcher bond for all brick sections, except for where the brick meets the concrete façade on ground level.

Jointing: At ground level, the brick joints appear to be quite messy - varying between raked and flush depending on whether the joints have been repaired or not. At higher levels however, all joints appear to be raked mortar joints.

Structural: All brick sections displayed are structural

Surface Texture:  There are two main type of brick used in the construction of the building. The main brick type consists of relatively smooth/slightly-pitted texture, while the minor brick type is very rough and textured.

Colours: There are two main colours used in the construction of this building – firstly, a flecked mid-dark brown and secondly, a light honey colour used for the corner sections

Defects: The mortar joints clearly visible from ground level were messy – the mortar varied in colour, thickness and joint type, indicating that reasonably unsuccessful repairs have been made over time.

Apartment Block

Bond: The building demonstrates the use of a stretcher bond.

Jointing: The mortar joints are flush with the brick courses

Structural: The walls visible in the pictures are structural

Surface Texture: The surface of the bricks is smooth, with only minor pitting

Colours: Bricks are very similar in colour, with only minor aesthetic variances

Detail: Various different brick shapes and widths have been used to cerate arch detailing and window borders.  Plinth header bricks have been used for the entrance arch, while boot bricks have been used for windowsill detail. 

                          

Office Building and Restaurant

Bond: The bricks have been laid according to a stretcher bond. A soldier course has been laid in order to provide a border for the tapered courses, creating a diagonal along the front of the building.

Jointing: The mortar joints are raked, ensuring that the brick pattern is still clearly visibly under the paint

Structural: The walls depicted by the images are mostly structural, except for the tapered balcony part, which is supporting no weight. Also, the internal concrete floors are actually expressed on the external façade of the building. Subsequently the bricks courses are laid in sections, separated by windows/doors and the concrete flooring above.

Surface Texture: The surface texture is very smooth, as the bricks have been coated by white paint

Colours: The original colour of the bricks has been masked by white paint.

Defects: Weep holes in the bricks have caused some discolouring of the bricks. Very slight bending of the bottom concrete layers and, subsequently, the above bricks courses.

St Matthew's Church

Manly Council Chamber