Thursday, September 18, 2008
Text for assignment - annotations
Building 1: 102 Alison Rd Randwick
Bricks are used in this multi-unit residential dwelling in a mainly structural way with a lot of decorated brickwork. The majority of the brickwork is red brown mixed colours in a stretcher bond with a raked joint. There are a variety of brick face types ranging from rustic to smooth wire-cut and sand faced. Some of the decorative features to the building are:
The vertical brick protrusions between windows are in stack, stretcher and herringbone bonds.
The triple ring un-bonded Tudor arch around the doorway with curved voussoirs.
The basket/stack bond detail on the wall of the garage.
The header bond on the top of the wall and soldier course above the garage doors.
The curved special brick architraves surrounding the wall features and between the two header bonds on the top.
The contrasting rough texture of the feature and garage wall bricks with the smoother bricks that make up the main structural walls. The colours of the bricks range between black and a light creamy brown.
Some defects are the irregularity in brick firing and mortar thicknesses. There also is lots of mortar on the face of the brick that has not been cleaned off properly. Also there is a noticeable hole in the side of the wall where the internal skin of bricks is exposed. The mortar in this area is weaker and easily flakes away - the mortar mix may have been too wet. This major structural fault shows the poor quality of the bricklaying for both of the skins.
Building 2: The Tea House, Randwick Jockey Club, Randwick Racecourse
The Tea House at Randwick is an example of a rendered brick building. Most of the brickwork serves a structural purpose however there is some simple decorative brickwork. The alls are a slightly irregular English bond either painted or rendered with an unusually textured concrete with a very coarse aggregate. The protruded border separates the two textures nicely.
This image shows the large aggregate particles in the render and the simple brick detailing with protruding vertical bonds. The joints of the bricks appear to be very slightly raked with a trowel.
The rendering on the archways conceal their structure however the smoothness of the curve lead one to believe that is a gauged arch with a bonded face. Since the external bricks have been rendered so significantly one can presume they are a fairly low quality rustic faced brick.
Building 3: 3 Mulwarree Ave Randwick
This multi-unit residential building stands out with its intricate Victorian style brickwork and unique roofline. There a number of different coloured clay bricks with various textures and shapes. The arched details and parapet panels of lighter and rougher bricks and the window finishes are darker more glossy bricks. There are also several courses of protruded bricks and special curved architraves that add horizontal emphasis.
The gauged archways around the windows are emphasised by the heading stack “infill” and the white sculpted Roman style columns that separate the window frames.
The intricate header bond and triple ring arch corbelling of the roofline is shown here.
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The various sill finishes are shown above. The first has two courses of header bond and a course of sill bricks. The header bond continues up the sides for the window to meet with the arches above.
The second shows the panel of lighter bricks and a course of curved narrow dark bricks on the sill. The third shows the corbelling of the header brick under the sill.
The first and second images also clearly show the damp proof course, obviously made of a different type of brick.
The images below show the decorated brickwork above the windows.
The soldier bond lintel above the windows on the western side and the gauged arch and curved bricks on the corner windows.
Building 4: “Monray” 5 Cowpers St Randwick
This residential building has a simple stretcher bond with darker stack detailing around the windows.
This image shows the flat lintel above the window and the flashing and weepholes. It also shows the inconsistency in the brick colour, mortar colour and thickness.
The next image shows the gauged arch and grey stretcher bond within. It also has another arch of curved bricks protruding from the face of the wall.
Building 5: Randwick Tramway Workshops Chimney - King St Randwick
The 91 year old chimney has an English bond with rough irregular clay bricks. The original white lime and sand mortar is crumbly and weak and has a weathered joint. There is a lot of mortar smeared over the faces of the bricks and it is thicken in some bonds than others. The colours of the bricks vary between a very dark clinker bricks and a sandy light callow bricks.
The iron brick rods can be easily seen as well as the exposed flashing from the original roof.
The difference in the three types of brick in the building is shown in the image below. The bricks in the top left are obviously new bricks added in the refurbishment. The bricks in the bottom left are the same as bricks in the rest of the structure – obviously the original bricks. The bricks on the right are very poor quality and the mortar is rough and messy. This wall was part of the original blacksmiths workshop that has since been demolished. The construction of the wall is visible though the cross section.
The window/vent on the southern side has two semicircle triple ring rough arches that serve both a structural and decorative purpose. The water damage and dirt on the bricks is visible on the bottom right. The replacement mortar can be seen in the middle left of the image. The steel bracing around the chimney can also be seen.
The images below show the 45m high chimney with the corbelled top and curved architraves. The uneven bond can also be seen in the image to the right.
Building 6: “Douglas Hall” Alison Rd
This residential building has a darker clay brick in a stretcher bond with lighter header bond detailing above and around windows.
The double ring skewback arch above this western side window.
The double ring bullseye arch around this circular window.
The stack bond under the edge of the veranda handrail.
Building 7: “The Mile Post” Alison Rd
I chose this building because it was an example of pure ugliness and one of the worst uses of brickwork I saw. The building uses a odd mixture of sandstone, rendered, rough and smooth bricks of contrasting colours. A stretcher bond is used throughout except for a course of header bond on the window sills.
The irregularity of the stretcher bond is shown above; the courses of bricks are out of line. There is also inconsistency in the thickness of the mortar between the bricks.
The contrasting texture of the corner bricks, main structural walls and painted concrete slab is shown below.
Building 8: 47 Coogee Bay Rd, Coogee
This building in Coogee has a nice example of corbelling from its protruding bay window. It also has so interesting architraves and sill details. There is a stretcher bond of mixed colour bricks throughout the building and header bond around the edge of the roof and the windows. The entrance also has two curved brick columns. There is a soldier course above the lower storey windows and stack bond between the ground floor and lower level windows.
Building 9: 72 Coogee Bay Rd, Coogee
This house in Coogee has simple stretcher bond with a \curved wall and brick columns. It also has a nice example of corbelling under the windows and roofline.
It also has a stack bond between the windows.
Building 10: 193 Avoca St Randwick
This church in Randwick has a variety of brick types and bonds. The main bond is Flemish bond with a tan mortar. The bricks are used in this building as the main structural element rather than the decorative – the sandstone is used for this instead. The bricks do however have a relatively even mortar thickness and limited special rocks. The front of the church has a red – brown brick while the back has a darker brick colour. There is also an example of rendering on the tower in the centre. There are more decorative bricks in the tower on the right. The brick ties can also be seen in the image above at the top of the façade.
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Bricks are used in this multi-unit residential dwelling in a mainly structural way with a lot of decorated brickwork. The majority of the brickwork is red brown mixed colours in a stretcher bond with a raked joint. There are a variety of brick face types ranging from rustic to smooth wire-cut and sand faced. Some of the decorative features to the building are:
The vertical brick protrusions between windows are in stack, stretcher and herringbone bonds.
The triple ring un-bonded Tudor arch around the doorway with curved voussoirs.
The basket/stack bond detail on the wall of the garage.
The header bond on the top of the wall and soldier course above the garage doors.
The curved special brick architraves surrounding the wall features and between the two header bonds on the top.
The contrasting rough texture of the feature and garage wall bricks with the smoother bricks that make up the main structural walls. The colours of the bricks range between black and a light creamy brown.
Some defects are the irregularity in brick firing and mortar thicknesses. There also is lots of mortar on the face of the brick that has not been cleaned off properly. Also there is a noticeable hole in the side of the wall where the internal skin of bricks is exposed. The mortar in this area is weaker and easily flakes away - the mortar mix may have been too wet. This major structural fault shows the poor quality of the bricklaying for both of the skins.
Building 2: The Tea House, Randwick Jockey Club, Randwick Racecourse
The Tea House at Randwick is an example of a rendered brick building. Most of the brickwork serves a structural purpose however there is some simple decorative brickwork. The alls are a slightly irregular English bond either painted or rendered with an unusually textured concrete with a very coarse aggregate. The protruded border separates the two textures nicely.
This image shows the large aggregate particles in the render and the simple brick detailing with protruding vertical bonds. The joints of the bricks appear to be very slightly raked with a trowel.
The rendering on the archways conceal their structure however the smoothness of the curve lead one to believe that is a gauged arch with a bonded face. Since the external bricks have been rendered so significantly one can presume they are a fairly low quality rustic faced brick.
Building 3: 3 Mulwarree Ave Randwick
This multi-unit residential building stands out with its intricate Victorian style brickwork and unique roofline. There a number of different coloured clay bricks with various textures and shapes. The arched details and parapet panels of lighter and rougher bricks and the window finishes are darker more glossy bricks. There are also several courses of protruded bricks and special curved architraves that add horizontal emphasis.
The gauged archways around the windows are emphasised by the heading stack “infill” and the white sculpted Roman style columns that separate the window frames.
The intricate header bond and triple ring arch corbelling of the roofline is shown here.
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The various sill finishes are shown above. The first has two courses of header bond and a course of sill bricks. The header bond continues up the sides for the window to meet with the arches above.
The second shows the panel of lighter bricks and a course of curved narrow dark bricks on the sill. The third shows the corbelling of the header brick under the sill.
The first and second images also clearly show the damp proof course, obviously made of a different type of brick.
The images below show the decorated brickwork above the windows.
The soldier bond lintel above the windows on the western side and the gauged arch and curved bricks on the corner windows.
Building 4: “Monray” 5 Cowpers St Randwick
This residential building has a simple stretcher bond with darker stack detailing around the windows.
This image shows the flat lintel above the window and the flashing and weepholes. It also shows the inconsistency in the brick colour, mortar colour and thickness.
The next image shows the gauged arch and grey stretcher bond within. It also has another arch of curved bricks protruding from the face of the wall.
Building 5: Randwick Tramway Workshops Chimney - King St Randwick
The 91 year old chimney has an English bond with rough irregular clay bricks. The original white lime and sand mortar is crumbly and weak and has a weathered joint. There is a lot of mortar smeared over the faces of the bricks and it is thicken in some bonds than others. The colours of the bricks vary between a very dark clinker bricks and a sandy light callow bricks.
The iron brick rods can be easily seen as well as the exposed flashing from the original roof.
The difference in the three types of brick in the building is shown in the image below. The bricks in the top left are obviously new bricks added in the refurbishment. The bricks in the bottom left are the same as bricks in the rest of the structure – obviously the original bricks. The bricks on the right are very poor quality and the mortar is rough and messy. This wall was part of the original blacksmiths workshop that has since been demolished. The construction of the wall is visible though the cross section.
The window/vent on the southern side has two semicircle triple ring rough arches that serve both a structural and decorative purpose. The water damage and dirt on the bricks is visible on the bottom right. The replacement mortar can be seen in the middle left of the image. The steel bracing around the chimney can also be seen.
The images below show the 45m high chimney with the corbelled top and curved architraves. The uneven bond can also be seen in the image to the right.
Building 6: “Douglas Hall” Alison Rd
This residential building has a darker clay brick in a stretcher bond with lighter header bond detailing above and around windows.
The double ring skewback arch above this western side window.
The double ring bullseye arch around this circular window.
The stack bond under the edge of the veranda handrail.
Building 7: “The Mile Post” Alison Rd
I chose this building because it was an example of pure ugliness and one of the worst uses of brickwork I saw. The building uses a odd mixture of sandstone, rendered, rough and smooth bricks of contrasting colours. A stretcher bond is used throughout except for a course of header bond on the window sills.
The irregularity of the stretcher bond is shown above; the courses of bricks are out of line. There is also inconsistency in the thickness of the mortar between the bricks.
The contrasting texture of the corner bricks, main structural walls and painted concrete slab is shown below.
Building 8: 47 Coogee Bay Rd, Coogee
This building in Coogee has a nice example of corbelling from its protruding bay window. It also has so interesting architraves and sill details. There is a stretcher bond of mixed colour bricks throughout the building and header bond around the edge of the roof and the windows. The entrance also has two curved brick columns. There is a soldier course above the lower storey windows and stack bond between the ground floor and lower level windows.
Building 9: 72 Coogee Bay Rd, Coogee
This house in Coogee has simple stretcher bond with a \curved wall and brick columns. It also has a nice example of corbelling under the windows and roofline.
It also has a stack bond between the windows.
Building 10: 193 Avoca St Randwick
This church in Randwick has a variety of brick types and bonds. The main bond is Flemish bond with a tan mortar. The bricks are used in this building as the main structural element rather than the decorative – the sandstone is used for this instead. The bricks do however have a relatively even mortar thickness and limited special rocks. The front of the church has a red – brown brick while the back has a darker brick colour. There is also an example of rendering on the tower in the centre. There are more decorative bricks in the tower on the right. The brick ties can also be seen in the image above at the top of the façade.
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