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St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Cnr Wellington St and Bondi Rd Bondi

Arches form the tops of windows with bricks which are extruded to create texture and lines.  Decorative features are also done in brick and adds interest to a otherwise plain and flat wall.

White raked mortar with smooth dark brown bricks laid in stretcher bond.

Interesting pattern and framing made by having soldier bricks along the top of doorways.  

Arches created with curved bricks and with insteps it draws the eyes to the stained windows.

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Greengate Hotel, Cnr Pacific Hwy and Greengate Rd Killara

Arches are used to frame entrances and windows.

Flemish Bond with light grey raked mortar.  

Bricks are generally a similar shade of red however there are spots of darker bricks along the walls. 

Edges of the walls have a pattern where every third row corners are set out from the main wall to create a interesting column effect and shadows. 

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Sydney Theatre, 22 Hickson Road Walsh Bay

Interesting pattern done along the bottom of the wall which is also done at intervals up the wall to show each interior level.  Creates interesting shadows and texture.

Uses white flushed mortar.

Pattern at base of building is different to neighbouring buildings to differentiate when one building starts and one ends. 

Big two storey arch over the entrance.  It is 6 bricks thick and at each row, bricks are set back about 1-2cms.

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St Francis and St Joseph, 463 Oxford Street Paddington

Herring-bone pattern and arch above entrance. Deep red brick with dark grey mortar

Curved bricks used to form a circular arch for a circular window.  

Bricks have been used to produce a venetian arch above windows.  Bricks have also been extruded to create a bold image and design on a otherwise flat wall.

Some parts of the brickwork has been redone in more recent years and seems to have flushed white mortar rather than the original raked mortar.  The Flemish Bond has been kept throughout the building.

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Naniwa-Tei Japanese Noodle Bar, 10 Bulletin Place Sydney

Light coloured bricks with raked white mortar originally.  Has been weathered.

An attempt to renew the appearance of the building has been done using pink paint to cover weathered brickwork and mortar.  Creates contrast with its neighbouring buildings.  

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Mercantile Hotel, 25 George Street The Rocks

Dark load-bearing brick walls in English Style bond with a light grey raked mortar.

Bricks which form the edges of the building are curved to soften the harsh corner. 

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ASNC Building, Hickson Road The Rocks

Bold red bricks are used for arches and detailing around windows which follows the red scheme around the building.

The load-bearing walls are laid in a english bond with a white flush mortar.

Up close the bricks do stand out against the stark white mortar.

The brickwork has suffered some weathering over time with parts needing to be redone as shown.

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Chatswood Catholic Parish, 94 Archer Street Chatswood 

Darker bricks outline and emphasis openings and shapes.  

Extruded rooms are laid in stretcher bond while walls part of the main hall are done in English Bond.

Bricks are used to create arches for windows, some which have a interesting keystone.

English Bond with darker bricks outlining windows and creating designs along the wall. 

Similar shade of brown bricks are used along the wall with a white/light grey flushed mortar. 

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Gordon Library and Police Station, 799 Pacific Hwy Gordon.

Stretcher Bond of red bricks with a row of painted black bricks every 12th row which at different angles reflect the natural sunlight.

Police station level, with alternating rows of red and black bricks with the black bricks set back about 2cm which creates a 3D effect.

Red and black bricks with the set-back and white/light grey flushed mortar.  The mortar makes the bricks stand out more and creates a very neat appearance.

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Pymble Hotel, 1134 Pacific Highway Pymble

Subtle herring-bone patterning above windows and slightly angled soldier bricks along window tops

Stand out patterning above an entrance, with contrast with the rest of the building through colour and angle of bricks

Bricks on edge of building is not all set perpendicular which would create a solid edge but bricks are alternatively angled about 20 degrees which creates a softer edge.

Mortar is a very light grey and is raked.