La Mama Theatre is an iconic theatre located in Carlton, Victoria which tragically was gutted by fire in 2018.......but this beauty is rising from the ashes. Originally built in 1883 as a print works, the building is typical of simple industrial buildings of the Victorian period. The brickwork itself is characterised handmade utilitarian waterstruck (slop-moulded) bricks often characterised by crease marks caused by the wet stacking of the wet bricks before transport to the k

Working closely with the client and design team anything is possible. This is a great example of combining traditional bricks with glazed bricks. Here we have combined our handmade Hawthorn brick along with a selected number of glazed Hawthorn bricks to produce a brick facade that is a one of a kind creation. #glazedbricks #designideas #bricks #designers #architecture

A really innovative use of our Roman Heritage Reds. These bricks are a faithful recreation of original Roman bricks, are handmade and have a face size of 320mm x 50mm. Here they have been cut down to create a Roman style brick slip and used to create an amazing terracotta coloured roof......simply amazing! #Romanbricks #linearbricks #bricks #architecture #redbricks

Just a great photo showing the dramatic difference black mortar can make to a brick facade. Here black mortar has been used in conjunction with our Hawthorn Blend bricks. The black really makes the textures pop and the colours more vibrant. #Sandstockbricks #Hawthornbricks #Architecture #Handmadebricks

A recently completed entrance to a cellar, this feature wall was done with our Reclamation Turkish Red brick tiles. These are cut from a handmade full sized brick, thats why it looks entirely authentic and due to this, this look can be achieved with either a full sized brick or brick tiles/facing. #bricktiles #brickfacings #oldreds #oldredbricks #heritagebricks #interiordeisgn #architecture #featurewalls

A great example of a traditional brick paired with a more contemporary colours. Multi-toned pale greys coupled with the unmistakable texture of a genuine sandstock brick. Notice the hint of warm colours, this is done to ensure a grey facade is not just cold and soulless. If you ever wondered why we are called Elephant Brick Co this picture says it all, this is elephant skin texture at its finest. #Greybricks #bricks #architecture #sandstocks #design

Here we have combined some traditional techniques to produce something really different. Firstly we made this brick using the waterstruck technique, essentially this involves using a really wet clay and lining the mould with water to produce a smooth(ish) textured brick. Then we used some special techniques to weather the brick to produce variegated grey colourings. Finally we used used the age old technique of white washing.......the result is this snowy grey waterstruck bri