Week 6

Week5

This building is located in Harris St, which is very near to Star City. The reason I chose this building is that I am interested in the decoration of the building.
The cream coloured bricks under the windows are tiled in a way that is similar to what you would usually see on footpaths, which are not supporting each other and have no structural significance. As there is no support for this type of decoration, there is a concrete slab right under the bricks to hold them in place. Moreover, because traditional bricks are 110x76x230, this type of brick is not able to produce the above type of decoration. Jumbo brick, which has a longer length, are more capable to arrange in this type of wall.

Week4

This building is located just opposite to my apartment. It is an old warehouse, but now it has been refurnished and acts as an office, with a cafe on the ground floor.

The building is divided into several parts, first is that there are two types of bricks used. The lower part is using a lighter brown coloured brick, in English bond, where the upper part is a large arch using a darker coloured brick, which is also using English bond. The most interesting part of the building is that there is a layer of bricks right under the arch; therefore there is no need for major keystones to support, which also concludes that the arch was purely ornamentation and is not structural.