week2 and week 3 images

This is the Medina Hotel I did for the Bricks Regulated project. I chose this building because it has a historical significance and also because it has a lot of ornaments that catches my eyes when I walked pass it.
The exterior of the wall is made out of bright red bricks, and has a Colonial bond with a raked finish. It also has a rough surface, therefore the bricks are supposed to be cut by wires. The most interesting feature was that there are bricks that are protruding out in every sixth rows. I assume it was made to be ornamental, which is to suit with the heavily ornamented building.
























































These two images are taken from a local hostel which is near my home in Pyrmont. The most interesting part of the building is that the corner of the building is built in a smooth curve, and also decorations on the side of it.
I assume that the curve is made out of bevelled closer bricks, which is a normal brick cut from one corner to the midpoint of the opposite side. Only this type of brick could be lined together to form a curved line. The decoration on the other side is made out of four bricks, which are placed to form a rhombus shape.

Random Images

Today I went to Railway Square and took some images of some old classical buildings.
I realized most of those buildings are already resued for other purposes!

Here's the photos(I'm using another host to upload the photos so it may take a while to view):







































This building is the Wake Up hotel, which is located in Railway Square. In fact, just opposite of the Medina hotel I did for the brick regulation project. These two buildings have a lot of similarities, such as the bricks are both red in colour, and they both have rows of bricks protruding out, which make me feel that they are built in a similar period of time when I first saw it. However, this building is not so heavily decorated, which shows great difference that separates the two buildings apart.

Moreover, when I investigate the building more closely, I recognised that the bricks use by this hotel are pressed bricks, which has a more smooth texture. The bond that was used is Flemish bond with a flushed finish, which again makes the two building different from each other.