100 Years of Bowral Bricks

100 YEARS
OF BOWRAL
BRICKS
1922 – 2022
Welcome For any business, 100 years is a milestone as well
as a landmark event. I have much pleasure in
offering my congratulations and thanks to the
wonderful people who continue to make Bowral
Bricks what it is today – a successful and integral
part of the Brickworks group of companies.
As a landmark event, turning 100 is merely a waypoint
on a long and eventful journey. And if the past makes the
present, then Bowral is building an equally vital future.
In all the time that Bowral Bricks has been part
of the Brickworks family, I have watched its
progress and achievements with growing pride.
Its name is a constant reminder of our quest for beautifully-
crafted clay products used by homeowners and architects
alike. All of us rightly know that the longevity of any
business depends on so many factors. On the cusp of
its second century, Bowral Bricks as an iconic brand
will continue to typify elegance, style, beauty – and
quality products. Meanwhile, Bowral Bricks will remain
deeply attached to its people and the local community.
I invite you to share in celebrating this important
birthday through our publication.
—
Lindsay Partridge AM
Managing Director Brickworks
Bowral Bricks is proud to have collaborated
with some of Australia’s leading architects
over the last 100 years
Adam Mosses. Akin Atelier. Alison Dodds Architect. Architects EAT. Architectus. Architectsmith.
Arkhaus Studio. Bates Smart. Benn+Penna Architects. Blight Rayner Architects. BSPN Architecture.
BVN. Candalepas Associates. Carter Williamson Architects. Chenchow Little. Clare Cousins
Architects. Davis+Davis Architects. Deicke Richards. Design Delta Arcitects. DWP Suters. Ellivo.
ES Design. Fieldwork. FJMT Studio. Fox Johnston. Fulton Trotter. Gehry Partners. Genesin
Studio. Grieve Gillet Andersen. Inarc Architects. Iredale Pedersen Hook. Jackson Clements
Burrows Architects. John Wardle Architects. JPE Design Studio. Kavellaris Urban Design.
Kerry Hill Architects. Klopper+Davis Architects. Koichi Takada Architects. Liquid Blu Architects.
Lyons Architects. MGS Architects. Mirjana Males Design. Mountford Architects. MGN Projects.
NBRS Architecture. Neeson Murcutt+Neille. Nest. Nic Brunsdon. O'Neill Architecture. Office88.
Oof! Architecture. Partners Hill. PBD Architects. Placement Studio. PMDL Architects+Design.
Rachcoff Vella Architecture. Richards and Spence. Room on Fire. Rush Wright Associates. SJB.
Shaun Lockyer Architect. Silvester Fuller. Smart Design Studio. Smith+Tracey Architects.
SP Studio. Studio Bright. Those Architects. Tim Stewart Architects. Tribe Studio Architects. Turf
Design Studio. Turner. Twofold Studio. Tzannes. UME Architects. Vanessa Wegner Architect.
Vokes and Peters. Walter Brooke. WMK Architecture. Woods Bagot. WOWOWA Architecture.
Contents 01 Foreword 09
02 History �5
03 Projects 23
04 Catalogue 263
05 Index 275
07 Project: Tiger Prawn | Architect: WOWOWA Architecture

01
Foreword
08 09 Project: Arc by Crown | Architect: Koichi Takada Architects

Foreword Brick is the most omnipresent material in my daily life. Bowral Bricks are celebrating an impressive milestone
I have lived, for over 20 years in a house designed by of 100 years and the projects recorded in this book,
architect Bruce Rickard, built in the late 1960s with speak to the future of a material that endures while
convict bricks reclaimed from demolished Paddington meeting the demands of the architectural profession
terraces from the turn of the century. It is a multi- with ongoing research and product development
generational material which still appears exactly as installed supporting new expressions and innovative thinking.
over 55 years ago. Used both inside and out the brick leads
the eye effortlessly from one space to the next and, within
their controlled dimensions, delivers a rich patina of tonal —
imperfection. It is a quietly unpresumptuous material of Karen McCartney
unmistakable character, rather like Rickard himself. Architecture and Design Author
I recall architect Hannah Tribe enthusing about brick
– the fact that it fits in the hand and through its human
scale it has the ability to transfer that humanity to the
building form with the assistance of the skill and craft
of trades. As architects apply their ingenuity, from
Gehry’s apparent crumpling of the façade of the Dr Chau
Chak Wing Building at UTS to Smart Design Studio’s
Stokes 14, with its vaults and curves, it appears that brick
can match architectural innovation and experimentation
to push its performance and levels of execution.
It also allows the new to reference tradition without
compromising its contemporary nature (Arc by Crown,
Sydney by Koichi Takada Architects) to deliver
tactility and porosity, (Kingsford Terrace, Corinda,
O’Neill Architecture) and to be whimsical and playful
(Hello House, Richmond, Oof! Architecture)
It can also take on an ambassadorial role, as Asher Galvin
of BVN Architecture notes of the Australian Embassy in
Bangkok, “Here, the humble Australian brick is elevated
to the role of diplomat itself, casting and projecting to
viewers of the embassy an image of a red clay continent.”
10 Bowral Bricks 11 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Preface Architects aspire to design buildings of value, lasting
beauty and functionality. Buildings that work, and
buildings that make for better living. Buildings that
use the best of brick in all its beauty. Some buildings
– though not all – shine new light on our rapidly
changing built environment. In this publication you’ll
find a showcase of Bowral Bricks at their very best.
Bowral Bricks celebrates its centenary in 2022, a turning
point that marks one hundred years of continuous
history, and more. What better way to sing the
praises of iconic architectural projects than this short
preface. All of the projects use Bowral’s premium,
dry pressed bricks which are widely specified in
prestige projects throughout Australia and overseas.
12 Bowral Bricks 13 Project: 18 Loftus Street | Architect: Silvester Fuller

02
History

History The past informs the present. Indeed, there’s a long
and continuous history that explains how and why
Bowral Bricks grew to what it has become today.
There’s also an interesting backstory which begins in
1852 when John Frederick Baker arrived in Sydney from
England. Unable to find work, he turned his hand to
cutting sandstone in the lower Hunter Valley town of
Morpeth, New South Wales. Asked by a local builder if
he could make bricks, John said yes, on the basis that his
wife, Mary, was a potter and knew about firing clay.
So began the Baker family’s successful foray into brick
manufacturing, with the firm of F. Bakers and Sons
(11 of them), establishing Rayworth Brickyard at One
Mile Creek near East Maitland. One of the sons, John
Baker, is believed to have used semi-plastic machines
from 1880, later introducing dry-press machines in 1907.
A CIRCA 1940
Aerial view of Bowral looking

north towards Mt Gibraltar
(The Gib) showing the
Great Southern Railway Line
and on the left of the line,
Bowral Brickworks.

1922 In the aftermath of World War I, John F Baker’s 1946 With better times in the immediate post-war years, two
grandsons; Aubrey, Arthur, Charles, and Raymond downdraft kilns were installed at Bowral in anticipation
purchased the fledgling Bowral Brickworks. of a building resurgence which soon gathered pace.
1922 he Baker boys built a 'Hoffman Kiln', a first in
T 1947 After the war the interests of the four Baker boys
regional Australia outside the Sydney area. A expanded into Port Stephens, Cowra and Orange.
technological marvel, this kiln had a constantly burning
1950 The four brothers were the only partners left and each
central fire allowing for continuous production.
expressed their wish to own their own brickworks.
1922 The Baker's established another successful
1953 Bowral Bricks was passed onto Ronald ‘Ron’ Baker
brickworks in Parkes, NSW.
after Raymond died in 1953.
CIRCA Orders flooded in and eventually one million bricks were
1926 CIRCA New equipment was imported from England
supplied for the foundations of Parliament House. 1960
and the United States, including a tunnel
1929 The catastrophic collapse in share prices on the kiln from Germany which was installed by
Wall Street Stock Exchange in October 1929 representatives of its European manufacturers.
severely affected Australia. Its building industry
1970 NSW government introduced laws to reduce
came to a standstill, with brickmakers some of the
airborne industrial pollution, putting an end
first to suffer. Bowral Bricks was no exception.
to the use of coal as fuel in brick kilns.
1934 Despite a brief period of economic recovery from about
1970 Ron Baker sold Bowral Bricks to the building
1934 onwards, the Second World War put an end to
firm of A.V. Jennings.
house building in favour of war-related construction,
once more throwing the industry into crisis.
B 1922 D CIRCA 1940
View of the recently completed Workers at Bowral Brickworks.

smoke stack and new kiln at
Bowral Brickworks. The stack
was built by James Robertson
of Mittagong.
C 1930
Surrounding field at the Bowral

manufacturing site.
B C D

1974 Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin on Christmas Eve 1974. 1995 Bowral Bricks received development consent from Bowral
Council to extend the adjacent shale quarry, securing
Baker returned to work at Bowral again, producing
supplies of clay and shale sufficient to last until 2040.
millions more of its distinctive bricks for use
in the rebuilding of the shattered city. These deposits of Bringelly [or Ashfield] shale are
the same deposits that run under the greater Sydney
1984 Bowral Bricks changed hands yet again,
Basin. The varying bands of clays in the shale deposits
its new owners being an organisation that
yield bricks that match the distinctive colours of many
went by the name, Nefco Nominees.
heritage buildings in the Sydney-Newcastle region.
The new owners refurbished the plant, gearing
2001 Bowral Bricks was acquired by Brickworks
production towards serving the more lucrative
Limited, which to this day continues to support
market in so-called architecture bricks, rather than
and promote its iconic Bowral brand.
the previous emphasis on common bricks for the
residential housing market. This decision was to have 2007 One of the last surviving brickmasters, Robert
a profoundly beneficial effect since it established a ‘Bob’ Baker, a fifth-generation brickmaker whose
reliable supply source for government departments and great-great-grandfather was the John F. Baker
architects involved in the fast-growing area of heritage referred to earlier, died aged 78.
work, restoration projects, and upmarket housing.
PRESENT Bowral Bricks continues to be owned and operated
1990 The New family of Western Australia by Brickworks Limited, supporting and supplying
gained control of Bowral Bricks through its Australia's architectural and building market.
company, MBS Securities Pty Ltd.
E 2013 F 2013
Production of the bricks for Construction of Frank Gehry's

Frank Gehry's Dr Chau Chak iconic Dr Chau Chak Wing
Wing Building in the NSW Building at the University of
Bowral facility. Technology Sydney.
G 2018
The famous Bowral Brick

chimney towers over the
factory of the same name
with the Southern Highland
rail line in the foreground
in Bowral Australia.
E F G

03
Projects
22 23 Project: Garden Room House | Architect: Clare Cousins Architects

‘We saw this as an opportunity for the ROC
to assert itself as a piece of rail infrastructure,
proudly adding to the Sydney Trains legacy
of fine red brick buildings.’
William Smart, Smart Design Studio
24 Bowral Bricks 25
2018 LOCATION
Alexandria, NSW
Rail Operations Centre
A RCHITECT
Smart Design Studio

in collaboration with Jacobs
PHOTOGR A PHER
Martin Siegner and

Ross Honeysett
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Capitol Red
26 Bowral Bricks 27
28 29
2013 LOCATION
Highgate Hill, QLD

Aperture House
A RCHITECTS
Blight Rayner Architects

and Twofold Studio
PHOTOGR A PHER
Christopher Frederick Jones
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver
30 Bowral Bricks 31
2012 LOCATION
Perth, WA
State Theatre Centre
A RCHITECT
of Western Australia Kerry Hill Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Supplied by Kerry Hill Architects
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue
PAV ER
Bowral London,
in Bowral Blue

2014 LOCATION
Ultimo, NSW
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building,
A RCHITECT
University of Technology Sydney Gehry Partners
PHOTOGR A PHER
Jacqui Dean
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Limousin Gold
Bowral Shapes,
in Limousin Gold
34 Bowral Bricks 35
36 37
2015 LOCATION
Tarneit, VIC
Thomas Carr College Chapel
A RCHITECT
Smith+Tracey Architects
BUILDER
Searle Bros
PHOTOGR A PHER
Chris Matterson
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue and
Chillingham White

2021 LOCATION
Avalon Beach, NSW

Chisholm House
A RCHITECT
Architectsmith
BUILDER
Steve Harris Homes
PHOTOGR A PHER
Pablo Veiga
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver
40 Bowral Bricks 41
2012 LOCATION
Palm Beach, NSW

Stewart House
A RCHITECT
Chenchow Little
PHOTOGR A PHER
Katherine Lu
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Chillingham White

2017 LOCATION
Rockingham, WA
Rockingham Trade Training Centre
A RCHITECT
Iredale Pedersen Hook
PHOTOGR A PHER
Dion Robeson
BRICK
Bowral 76,
44 Bowral Bricks 45
2016 LOCATION
Armidale, NSW
Agricultural Education Building,
A RCHITECT
Armidale University FJMT Studio
BUILDER
Cockram
PHOTOGR A PHER
Supplied by FJMT Studio
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Brown
46 47
2017 LOCATION
St Kilda West, VIC

York Street Residence
A RCHITECT
Jackson Clements
Burrows Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Derek Swalwell
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Brahman Granite

50 Bowral Bricks 51
2016 LOCATION
Longueville, NSW
Longueville House
A RCHITECT
Vanessa Wegner Architect
BUILDER
MJ Minard Constructions
PHOTOGR A PHER
Katherine Lu
BRICK
Bowral 76,
52 Bowral Bricks 53
2017 LOCATION
Seven Hills, QLD

Crescent House
A RCHITECT
Deicke Richards
M ASON
Elvis & Rose
LA NDSCA PE
Steven Clegg Design
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Capitol Red and
Hereford Bronze

2017 LOCATION
Elsternwick, VIC
Elsternwick House
A RCHITECT
Clare Cousins Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Lisbeth Grosmann
BRICK
Bowral 76,
56 Bowral Bricks 57
58 59
2021 LOCATION
Springvale, VIC
Springvale Community Hub
A RCHITECT
Lyons Architects
LA NDSCA PE A RCHITECT
Rush Wright Associates
PHOTOGR A PHER
John Gollings
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Capitol Red and St Paul's Cream
PAV ER
Bowral London,
in Brahman Granite, Chestnut,
Maple and Silver Sands

2017 LOCATION
Leederville, WA
Leederville House
A RCHITECT
Klopper & Davis Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Dion Robeson
BRICK
Bowral 50,
in Gertrudis Brown
62 Bowral Bricks 63
2017 LOCATION
Bangkok, Thaliand
Australian Embassy
A RCHITECT
BVN
PHOTOGR A PHER
John Gollings
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Embassy Red
64 Bowral Bricks 65
‘Here, the humble Australian brick is
elevated to the role of diplomat itself,
casting and projecting to viewers of the
embassy an image of a red clay continent.’
Asher Galvin, BVN Architecture
66 67
2017 LOCATION
Gympie, QLD
Gympie Aquatic Recreation Centre
A RCHITECT
Liquid Blu Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,

70 71
2013 LOCATION
Abbortsford, VIC
Little Brick Studio
A RCHITECT
Studio Bright
PHOTOGR A PHER
Peter Bennetts
BRICK
Bowral 76,
72 Bowral Bricks 73
‘The Brick itself is a modular piece. We liked
the colour of it,we liked the size. And for us
it was about how can we push the material
to how different we can do things.’
Ryan Genesin, Genesin Studio
2018 LOCATION
Adelaide, SA
Antica Pizzeria E Cucina
A RCHITECT
Genesin Studio
PHOTOGR A PHER
Brendan Homan
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver
74 Bowral Bricks 75
76 77 100 Years of Bowral Bricks
2018 LOCATION
North Fitzroy, VIC

Garden Room House
A RCHITECT
Clare Cousins Architects
BUILDER
Provan Built
PHOTOGR A PHER
Tess Kelly
BRICK
Bowral 76,
78 Bowral Bricks 79
2020 LOCATION
Inverloch, VIC
Garden House
A RCHITECT
Placement Studio
and Nest
BUILDER
Kaneworthy Constructions
PHOTOGR A PHER
Tom Ross
BRICK
Bowral 76,

82 83
2018 LOCATION
Sydney, NSW
Arc by Crown
A RCHITECT
Koichi Takada Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Martin Siegner
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue and
Hereford Bronze
84 Bowral Bricks 85
‘When you walk past the building, the brick is something
that instantly reconnects us with this mother earth colour.
It’s something that we should not forget; about the roots
of our past, and the wonderful materiality that we can
reinvest by building like this in the middle of the city.’
Koichi Takada, Koichi Takada Architects
86 87
2019 LOCATION
Princes Hill, VIC

Wedged House
A RCHITECT
Alison Dodds Architect
BUILDER
Lew Builder
PHOTOGR A PHER
Alex Reinders
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue
88 Bowral Bricks 89
‘We strategically used the same brick for both wall and
floor material, as well as on both enclosed and external
spaces... By doing this, the line between outside and
inside spaces is made ambiguous.’
Sean Tran, Benn+Penna Architects
2019 LOCATION
Sydney, NSW
Henley Clays
A RCHITECT
Benn+Penna Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Tom Ferguson
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver
90 Bowral Bricks 91
‘Bricks have an inherent landscape quality.
They are robust with high thermal mass,
but also feel modest.’
Sean Tran, Benn+Penna Architects
92 93
2005 LOCATION
Surry Hills, NSW

Kensington Street
Turf Design Studio
PHOTOGR A PHER
Alexander Mayes Photography
PAV ER
Bowral Hamlet,
in Bowral Blue

2018 LOCATION
Corinda, QLD
Kingsford Terrace
A RCHITECT
O'Neill Architecture
PHOTOGR A PHER
Scott Burrows
BRICK
Bowral 76,
96 Bowral Bricks 97
2022 LOCATION
Adelaide, SA
83 Pirie Street
A RCHITECT
Woods Bagot
PHOTOGR A PHER
Corey Roberts
BRICK
Bowral Shapes (custom),

in Hereford Bronze
98 Bowral Bricks 99
2021 LOCATION
Fortitude Valley, QLD

St Paul's Terrace
A RCHITECT
Ellivo
BUILDER
McNab
PHOTOGR A PHER
Black Bee
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Gertrudis Brown
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2011 LOCATION
Oatley, NSW
Oatley House
A RCHITECT
Mirjana Males Design
PHOTOGR A PHER
Andrew Krucko and Jacqui Dean
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver
102 103
‘The bricks mirror the palest sandy colours that you’ll find
in the adjacent sandstone heritage building. The other
reason why we chose that light-coloured brick was to
create a contrast with the dark glass openings and to make
the geometric concept quite apparent.’
Penny Fuller, Silvester Fuller
2021 LOCATION
Sydney, NSW
18 Loftus Street
A RCHITECT
Silvester Fuller
PHOTOGR A PHERS
Martin Siegner, Rory Gardiner

and Thomas Walk
BRICK
Bowral 76,

106 107 100 Years of Bowral Bricks
2011 LOCATION
Wahroonga, NSW
Great Hall and Aquatic Centre,
A RCHITECT
Knox Grammar NBRS Architecture
PHOTOGR A PHER
Supplied by NBRS Architecture
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Shorthorn Mix

2020 LOCATION
Sydney, NSW
Concrete Blonde
A RCHITECT
Carter Williamson Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Katherine Lu
BRICK
Bowral 76,

2018 LOCATION
Fitzroy North, VIC

Tiger Prawn
A RCHITECT
WOWOWA Architecture
PHOTOGR A PHER
Shannon McGrath
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

‘In the spirit of cohesion and reinterpretation of the existing
visual language, the weightiness of the bricks was critical.
The sculptural silver form exaggerates the verticality of the
gesture as it whimsically draws a fortified silhouette in the
sky – a man’s home is his castle after all.’
Monique Woodward, WOWOWA
114 115
2012 LOCATION
Fortitude Valley, QLD

19 James Street
A RCHITECT
Richards and Spence
PHOTOGR A PHER
Alicia Taylor and Toby Scott
BRICK
Bowral 76,

118 119
2015 LOCATION
Waterloo, NSW
George + Allen
A RCHITECT
Turner
BUILDER
Built
PHOTOGR A PHER
Brett Boardman
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue

2011 LOCATION
New Farm, QLD

City Frame House
A RCHITECT
UME Architecture
PHOTOGR A PHER
Jon Linkins
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

‘The reason for selecting brick in this
project was really a celebration of the
existing bungalow and the craft inherent
in the brickworks in that house.’
Hannah Tribe, TRIBE Studio
2016 LOCATION
Roseville, NSW
House Au Yeung
A RCHITECT
Tribe Studio Architects
BUILDER
Daniel Girling-Butcher
PHOTOGR A PHER
Katherine Lu
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Shorthorn Mix

2016 LOCATION
Maylands, SA
House on Mayfair
A RCHITECT
Grieve Gillett Andersen
PHOTOGR A PHER
Sam Noonan
BRICK
Bowral 50,

2020
2020 LOCATION
South Brisbane, QLD

‘The brick on the ground plane really needed
Fish Lane Town Square to work hard, it needed to be robust. We had
A RCHITECT
Richards and Spence a lot of technical requirements for it to go

PHOTOGR A PHER across pedestrian and vehicle zones.’
David Chatfield
Ingrid Richards, Richards and Spence
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Capitol Red

‘Through the depth of the bricks, by
corbelling or forming shadows around
windows, we were able to make the
buildings feel like a solid object.’
Ingrid Richards, Richards and Spence
130 131
2017 LOCATION
East Brisbane, QLD

Centenary Library
A RCHITECT
BSPN Architecture
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Gertrudis Brown
134 135
2014 LOCATION
Concord, NSW
Concord House
A RCHITECT
Adam Mosses
BUILDER
OSC Projects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Jacqui Dean
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue

2017 LOCATION
Newcastle, NSW
Edition Apartments
A RCHITECT
DWP Suters
BUILDER
Bloc
PHOTOGR A PHER
Jamie Gorman
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue

2019 LOCATION
Alexandria, NSW
‘There is something I love about brick, its
Stokes 14 imperfection, I love the precise shapes, like a
A RCHITECT
Smart Design Studio perfectly shaped catenary vault, combined with

PHOTOGR A PHER a raw material that is chipped and rough, bent,
Romello Pereira irregular and chalky, and a little bit imperfect.
BRICK I think that the combination of roughness with
Bowral 300,
in Chillingham White precision is beautiful.’

‘Brick can do things you don’t see it
do – build vaults and create curved
facades, it’s a small module that can
be put together in beautiful ways.’
142 143
2017 LOCATION
Brisbane City, QLD

Spire Residences
A RCHITECT
John Wardle Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Gertrudis Brown, Hereford
Bronze and St Pauls Cream

2008 LOCATION
Five Dock, NSW

Five Dock House
A RCHITECT
Neeson Murcutt + Neille
PHOTOGR A PHER
Peter Miller
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue

2018 LOCATION
Brisbane, QLD
Sefton
A RCHITECT
Tim Stewart Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

152 153
2022 LOCATION
Darlinghurst, NSW
Oculus
A RCHITECT
SJB
PHOTOGR A PHER
Felix Forest and Martin Siegner
BRICK
Bowral 300,
in Bowral Blue

2014 LOCATION
Richmond, VIC
Hello House
A RCHITECT
Oof! Architecture
BUILDER
Complete Builders Insight
PHOTOGR A PHER
Nic Granleese
BRICK
Bowral 76,

158 159
2019 LOCATION
Sydney, NSW
Tigerlily Flagship Store
A RCHITECT
Room on Fire
PHOTOGR A PHER
Sean Fennessy
BRICK
Bowral 50,

2021 LOCATION
Caulfield, VIC
Carpenter's Square House
A RCHITECT
Architects EAT
PHOTOGR A PHER
Derek Swalwell
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Murray Grey
PAV ER
Bowral Hamlet,
in Ash

164 165
2020 LOCATION
Fremantle, WA
East Fremantle House
A RCHITECT
Nic Brunsdon
PHOTOGR A PHER
Dion Robeson
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

2016 LOCATION
Armadale, VIC
3 Railway Ave
A RCHITECT
Fieldwork
BUILDER
Mancini Made
PHOTOGR A PHER
Tom Ross
BRICK
Bowral 76,

2017 LOCATION
Paddington, QLD
Sorrel Street
A RCHITECT
Shaun Lockyer Architect
BUILDER
Cule Construction
PHOTOGR A PHER
Scott Burrows
BRICK
Bowral 76,

2021 LOCATION
Westmead, NSW
Highline Westmead
A RCHITECT
Turner
BUILDER
Deicorp
PHOTOGR A PHER
Brett Boardman
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Brown

‘The design of the building was very much
about using brick with traditional references
such as corbelling and the squints, but then
we played with it in different ways.’
Ray Brown, Architectus
2018 LOCATION
Sydney, NSW
Barrack Place
A RCHITECT
Architectus
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Brown

2009 LOCATION
Mangrove Creek, NSW

Pantanassa Monastery
A RCHITECT
Design Delta Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Supplied by Design
Delta Architects
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue, Capitol Red,
Limousin Gold and Murray Grey

2018 LOCATION
Sydney, NSW
Iglu Franklin Street
A RCHITECT
Bates Smart
BUILDER
Hacer
PHOTOGR A PHER
Peter Clarke Photography
BRICK
Bowral 50,
in Simmental Silver

2007 LOCATION
Kensington, NSW
Kensington House
A RCHITECT
Fox Johnston
PHOTOGR A PHER
Brett Boardman
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue

2020 LOCATION
Dalkeith, WA
Circe Circle
A RCHITECT
Mountford Architects
BUILDER
Mosman Bay Luxury Homes
PHOTOGR A PHER
Dion Robeson
BRICK
Bowral 50,
in Bowral Blue

2010 LOCATION
Brisbane City, QLD

AM60
A RCHITECT
Partners Hill
PHOTOGR A PHER
Sam Thiess and Shantanu Starick
BRICK
Bowral 50,
Bowral 76,

2011 LOCATION
Coledale, NSW
Coledale House
BUILDER
MGN Projects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Supplied by MGN Projects
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue
186 187
2018 LOCATION
Paddington, QLD
Jacaranda House
A RCHITECT
SP Studio
BUILDER
Rycon
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,

2016 LOCATION
Chippendale, NSW
Indigo Slam
A RCHITECT
Smart Design Studio
PHOTOGR A PHER
Sharrin Rees
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

2018 LOCATION
Adelaide, SA
LHI Community Centre
A RCHITECT
Walter Brooke
BUILDER
Sarah Constructions
PHOTOGR A PHER
Supplied by Walter Brooke
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Gertrudis Brown
Bowral Shapes,
in Gertrudis Brown

2019 LOCATION
Glebe, NSW
West End
A RCHITECT
Turner
BUILDER
Hutchinsons
PHOTOGR A PHER
Mark Syke and Martin Siegner
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Brahman Granite and
Simmental Silver

2019 LOCATION
Lane Cove, NSW

House Lincoln
A RCHITECT
Those Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Luc Rémond
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Gertrudis Brown

198 199
2020 LOCATION
Mount Hawthorn, WA
Achour Roberts Residence
A RCHITECT
Klopper & Davis Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Dion Robeson
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue

2020 LOCATION
Glebe, NSW
Blackwattle Apartments
A RCHITECT
Turner
PHOTOGR A PHER
Brett Boardman
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue

‘The integration between indoors and out
inspires a connection with the outdoors, and
the low-maintenance brick courtyard is the
perfect space for reprieve and reflection.’
Simon Addinall, Those Architects
2021 LOCATION
Beverly Hills, NSW

Beverly Hills
A RCHITECT
Those Architects
BUILDER
Bachalani Constructions
PHOTOGR A PHER
Luc Rémond
BRICK
Bowral 76,

2020 LOCATION
Zetland, NSW
511 Botany Road
A RCHITECT
Candalepas Associates
PHOTOGR A PHER
Brett Boardman
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in St Pauls Cream

‘Brick is a beautiful material in that it can’t be perfectly
made, I think it’s very relevant in Sydney to reflect what’s
underneath the ground. Every single brick is slightly
different in colour and that gives a variety of shades, and
in parts, it can even be variegated.’
Angelos Candalepas, Candalepas Associates
208 209
2022 LOCATION
Concord, NSW
Concord House
DESIGNER
ES Design
BUILDER
JPH Built
PHOTOGR A PHER
Ryan Linnegar
BRICK
Bowral 50,
in Simmental Silver
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

2019 LOCATION
Surry Hills, NSW

Darling Square
A RCHITECT
Tzannes
PHOTOGR A PHER
Ben Guthrie
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue and Gertrudis
Brown (Satin finish)

2011 LOCATION
Gordon, NSW
Mabel Fidler Building,
A RCHITECT
Ravenswood School for Girls BVN
PHOTOGR A PHER
John Gollings
PAV ER
Bowral Hamlet,
in Blue

2014 LOCATION
Oakleigh South, VIC

Huntingdale Golf Club
A RCHITECT
Inarc Architects
BUILDER
Pellicano Builders
PHOTOGR A PHER
Peter Clarke Photography
BRICK
Bowral 50,

2015 LOCATION
Parkville, VIC
Australian Ballet School
A RCHITECT
MGS Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Rhiannon Slatter Photography
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

2016 LOCATION
Richmond, VIC
Goodwood Project
A RCHITECT
Rachcoff Vella Architecture
PHOTOGR A PHER
Tatjana Plitt
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

2016 LOCATION
Melbourne, VIC
Monash University
Earth Science Garden Rush Wright Associates
PHOTOGR A PHER
John Gollings
PAV ER
Bowral London,
in Brahman Granite, Chestnut,
Maple, Regency Grey, and
Silver Sand
222 223
2017 LOCATION
Matraville, NSW
Finucane
A RCHITECT
Arkhaus Studio
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue

2017 LOCATION
Bardon, QLD
Mahara Street
A RCHITECT
Tim Stewart Architects
BUILDER
Graya Constructions
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

2018 LOCATION
Colonel Light Gardens, SA

Bowden Bajko House
A RCHITECT
Davis+Davis Architects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Sam Noonan
BRICK
Bowral 50,
in Bowral Blue

2016 LOCATION
Melbourne, VIC
Barkers Road Townhouses
A RCHITECT
Kavellaris Urban Design
PHOTOGR A PHER
Capital Images
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Brahman Granite
230 231
2018 LOCATION
Plympton, SA
Weigall Oval
A RCHITECT
JPE Design Studio
PHOTOGR A PHER
Supplied by JPE Design Studio
BRICK
Bowral 76,

2017 LOCATION
Beecroft, NSW
Chapman Green
A RCHITECT
PBD Architects
BUILDER
Northpoint Construction Group
PHOTOGR A PHER
Less Hallack
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Brown

2019 LOCATION
Parramatta, NSW
The Promenade
A RCHITECT
Turner
PHOTOGR A PHER
Brett Boardman
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Murray Grey

2019 LOCATION
Dulwich Hill, NSW

Arlington Grove Apartments
A RCHITECT
Smart Design Studio
PHOTOGR A PHER
Ross Honeysett
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Capitol Red

240 241
2018 LOCATION
Oran Park, NSW

OP9 House
A RCHITECT
Office88
BUILDER
Auspec Projects
PHOTOGR A PHER
Katherine Lu
BRICK
Bowral 50,

2019 LOCATION
Casuarina, NSW
Casuarina House
A RCHITECT
Vokes and Peters
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,

‘From the beginning of the design journey
I wanted to design something that is
permanent. You know this building, or this
house, is designed for 100 years.’
Albert Mo, Architects EAT
2020 LOCATION
Flinders, VIC
Bellows House
A RCHITECT
Architects EAT
PHOTOGR A PHER
Derek Swalwell
PAV ER
Bowral Hamlet,
in Sepia

2020 LOCATION
Springfield, QLD
Kurrajong Centre
A RCHITECT
for Senior Learning Fulton Trotter
PHOTOGR A PHER
Scott Burrows
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver
248 249
2021 LOCATION
Erskineville, NSW
Park Sydney Apartments
A RCHITECT
WMK Architecture
BUILDER
Richard Crookes
PHOTOGR A PHER
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue
PAV ER
Bowral London,
in Blue, Chestnut and Maple

2005 LOCATION
Pymble, NSW
Gillian Moore Centre
A RCHITECT
for Performing Arts PMDL Architects & Design
PHOTOGR A PHER
Supplied by PMDL
Architects & Design
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Bowral Blue and Shorthorn Mix

2021 LOCATION
Rosebery, NSW
Incu HQ
A RCHITECT
Akin Atelier
PHOTOGR A PHER
Terence Chin Photography
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Capitol Red

256 257
2020 LOCATION
Sydney, NSW
Sussex 286
A RCHITECT
Smart Design Studio
PHOTOGR A PHER
Romello Pereira
BRICK
Bowral 76,
in Simmental Silver

260 261
04
Catalogue

Catalogue Bowral 76 Bowral 50
These distinctive dry pressed bricks made at our Bowral COLOURS The sleek, low profile Bowral 50 (a 50mm high brick) is COLOURS
plant have been used in many of Australia’s most admired Bowral Blue our response to contemporary design trends and offers Bowral Blue
and historic buildings. With their unique granular patina Bowral Brown
architects and builders a greater range of versatility. The Bowral Brown
and tactile aesthetic, Bowral bricks are highly prized by slimline profile of Bowral 50 creates an elongated linear
Brahman Granite Brahman Granite
customers, architects and designers alike, and set the form in contemporary brickwork, appearing to lengthen the
Capitol Red Capitol Red
standard for design and integrity. Their sharp edges and wall, adding sophistication and elegance to the design.
Chillingham White Chillingham White
inherent character combine with the distinctive Bowral
clay colours to create what can only be a Bowral Brick. The Embassy Red Embassy Red
extensive colour pallete covers the spectrum from the pale Gertrudis Brown Gertrudis Brown
and soft Chillingham white and cool silvers through the Hereford Bronze Hereford Bronze
palette of golds, orange and red hues to the highly sought Limousin Gold Limousin Gold
after Granite and Bowral Blue. Murray Grey Murray Grey
Renovation Gertrudis Brown Renovation Gertrudis Brown
Shorthorn Mix Shorthorn Mix
Simmental Silver Simmental Silver
St Pauls Cream St Pauls Cream

Bowral 300 Bowral Satin
For added elegance and simplicity, the Bowral 300 range COLOURS Bowral Satin is an extraordinary collection, each brick the COLOURS
provides an even longer version of the Bowral 50, taking the Bowral Blue result of a grinding and polishing process that exposes Bowral Blue
effect to the next level. These bricks are rare and intended Bowral Brown
the true depth of clay colour in the brick. With their super Bowral Brown
to make a statement about quality and design for superior smooth and high sheen polished surface they’re guaranteed
projects that occupy a class of their own. to captivate the most style conscious designer. Bowral Satin
is available in all sizes and in the full array of Bowral colours.
Embassy Red Embassy Red
Gertrudis Brown Gertrudis Brown
Hereford Bronze Hereford Bronze
Limousin Gold Limousin Gold
Murray Grey Murray Grey

Bowral Blends Bowral Highlands
A firm favourite for over 100 years, this enduring COLOURS Using clay sourced from the Southern Highlands of COLOURS
Australian classic with a refreshing update, with Burradoo New South Wales, these tactile creations are blended by Bangadilly
new styles to suit any project that requires beautiful, Bargo
our master brick-makers to spectacular effect. Bowral Jellore
long-lasting designs. The result of generations of local Highlands offers shades that morph from light to dark, with
Exeter Meryla
brickmaking expertise, combined with both timeless natural seams of colour within each brick. These expressive
Berrima Natti
contemporary colour selections, Bowral Blends are veins result in a crafted brick unlike any other; the perfect
Kangaloon Penrose
specifically created to add confidence and a touch of balance of form, function and enduring class.
refined luxury to any building project. Often used to Tarlo
add design depth to commercial projects due to their Wingello
colour variations and vibrantly rich tones, they are Woodlands

both a historical reminder of Australian brick making Sutton (Blends)
heritage, coupled with forward-thinking sustainability. Burrawang (Rumbled)
Welby (Rumbled)

Bowral Gable Bowral Shapes
These bespoke bricks don’t just lend themselves to COLOURS Bowral Shapes are used in conjunction with standard bricks, COLOURS
high-end projects they’re a clever way to add a touch of Bowral Blue adding distinctive architectural features to any project. Bowral Blue
creative detailing that knits together form and surface. Bowral Brown
Unusual and stylish, they evoke memories of an earlier Bowral Brown
Available in our full range of Bowral Bricks colours and age when the artisan bricklayer was able to use distinctive
shapes, these bricks can be used in either stack or stretcher ‘shapes’ in their work in buildings that today are considered
bond to enhance shadowing effects in sunlight or indoors. heritage and of great value.
Embassy Red Embassy Red
Gertrudis Brown Gertrudis Brown
Hereford Bronze Hereford Bronze
Limousin Gold Limousin Gold
Murray Grey Murray Grey

Bowral London Pavers Bowral Hamlet Pavers
Our London range of dry pressed pavers will transform your COLOURS Set your project apart with the architecturally inspired COLOURS
outdoor courtyard or landscaping with their quality and Bowral Blue Hamlet pavers that can be used indoors or outside. Ash
durability. This versatile paving solution comes in an Brahman Granite
This paver is unique in size and available in Bowral’s Blue
extensive colour palette for endless design possibilities. unforgettable colour range.
Chestnut Sepia
Maple
Regency Grey
Silver Sand

05
Bowral Remastered
Index
Drawing inspiration from the elegant streetscapes of COLOURS
Sydney’s beautiful and historic suburbs, Bowral Remastered Gibraltar

provides the colours and textures that are often created Hume
by exposing existing brick structures. The techniques
Moss Vale
employed to make this collection allow for a vintage effect to
Oxley
be created in new commercial and residential architecture.
St Jude
Distressed forms and blended colours provide a finish St Simon
similar to recycled bricks, but with the guarantee of
Westow
no contaminants, greater strength and clarity around
Wingecarribee
embodied energy. Best installed with a flush struck joint,
Bowral Remastered are made to order, to avoid waste
and carefully blended to suit project requirements. Tell
a rich and timeless story with Bowral Remastered.

Index by Architect
Adam Mosses Akin Atelier Alison Dodds Architect Architects EAT
Concord House Incu HQ Wedged House Bellows House
p.�36 p.254 p.88 p.246
Architects EAT Architectus Architectsmith Arkhaus Studio
Carpenter's Square House Barrack Place Chisholm House Finucane
p.�62 p.�74 p.40 p.224
Bates Smart Benn+Penna Architects Blight Rayner Architects BSPN Architecture
Iglu Franklin Street Henley Clays and Twofold Studio Centenary Library
p.�78 p.90 Aperture House p.�34

p.30

C I J
BVN BVN Candalepas Associates Carter Williamson Architects Chenchow Little Clare Cousins Architects Genesin Studio Grieve Gillet Andersen Inarc Architects Iredale Pedersen Hook Jackson Clements John Wardle Architects
Australian Embassy Mabel Fidler Building, 511 Botany Road Concrete Blonde Stewart House Elsterwick House Antica Pizzeria E Cucina House on Mayfair Huntingdale Golf Club Rockingham Trade Burrows Architects Spire Residences
p.64 Ravenswood School for Girls p.206 p.��0 p.42 p.56 p.74 p.�26 p.2�6 Training Centre York Street Residence p.�46
p.2�4 p.44 p.48
D E K
Clare Cousins Architects Davis+Davis Architects Deicke Richards Design Delta Architects DWP Suters Ellivo JPE Design Studio Kavellaris Urban Design Kerry Hill Architects Klopper & Davis Architects Klopper & Davis Architects Koichi Takada Architects
Garden Room House Bowden Bajko House Crescent House Pantanassa Monastery Edition Apartments St Paul's Terrace Weigall Oval Barkers Road Townhouses State Theatre Centre Leederville House Achour Roberts Residence Arc by Crown
p.78 p.228 p.54 p.�76 p.�38 p.�00 p.232 p.230 of Western Australia p.62 p.200 p.84
p.32
F G L M
ES Design Fieldwork FJMT Studio Fox Johnston Fulton Trotter Gehry Partners Liquid Blu Architects Lyons Architects MGS Architects Mirjana Males Design Mountford Architects MGN Projects
Concord House 3 Railway Ave Agricultural Education Kensington House Kurrajong Centre Dr Chau Chak Wing Gympie Aquatic Springvale Community Hub Australian Ballet School Oately House Circe Circle Coledale
p.2�0 p.�68 Building, Armindale p.�80 for Senior Learning Building, University of Recreation Centre p.60 p.2�8 p.�02 p.�82 p.�86
University p.248 Technology Sydney p.68
p.46 p.34

N O
NBRS Architecture Neeson Murcutt + Neille Nic Brunsdon O'Neill Architecture Office88 Oof! Architecture Smart Design Studio Smart Design Studio Smart Design Studio Smart Design Studio Smart Design Studio Smith+Tracey Architects
Great Hall and Aquatic Five Dock House East Fremantle House Kingsford Terrace OP9 House Hello House Arlington Grove Apartments Indigo Slam in collaboration with Jacobs Stokes 14 Sussex 286 Thomas Carr College Chapel
Centre, Knox Grammar p.�48 p.�66 p.96 p.242 p.�56 p.238 p.�90 Rail Operations Centre p.�40 p.258 p.38
p.�08 p.26
P R T
Partners Hill PBD Architects Placement Studio and Nest PMDL Architects & Design Rachcoff Vella Architecture Richards and Spence SP Studio Studio Bright Those Architects Those Architects Tim Stewart Architects Tim Stewart Architects
AM60 Chapman Green Garden House Gillian Moore Centre Goodwood Project 19 James Street Jacaranda House Little Brick Studio Beverly Hills House Lincoln Mahara Street Sefton
p.�84 p.234 p.80 for Performing Arts p.220 p.��6 p.�88 p.72 p.204 p.�96 p.226 p.�50
p.252
Richards and Spence Room on Fire Rush Wright Associates SJB Shaun Lockyer Architect Silvester Fuller Tribe Studio Architects Turf Design Studio Turner Turner Turner Turner
Fish Lane Town Square Tigerlily Flagship Store Monash University Oculus Sorrel Street 18 Loftus Street House Au Yeung Kensington Street Blackwattle Apartments George+Allen Highline Westmead The Promenade
p.�28 p.�60 Earth Science Garden p.�54 p.�70 p.�04 p.�24 p.94 p.202 p.�20 p.�72 p.236
p.222

U V W
Turner Tzannes UME Architects Vanessa Wegner Architect Vokes and Peters Walter Brooke
West End Darling Square City Frame House Longueville House Casuarina House LHI Community Centre
p.194 p.2�2 p.�22 p.52 p.244 p.�92
WMK Architecture Woods Bagot WOWOWA Architecture
Park Sydney Apartments 83 Pirie Street Tiger Prawn
p.250 p.98 p.��2
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100 YEARS

07 Project: Tiger Prawn | Architect: WOWOWA Architecture

08 09 Project: Arc by Crown | Architect: Koichi Takada Architects

10 Bowral Bricks 11 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

12 Bowral Bricks 13 Project: 18 Loftus Street | Architect: Silvester Fuller

14 Bowral Bricks 15 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Aerial view of Bowral looking

16 Bowral Bricks 17 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

B 1922 D CIRCA 1940

View of the recently completed Workers at Bowral Brickworks.

Surrounding field at the Bowral

18 Bowral Bricks 19 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Production of the bricks for Construction of Frank Gehry's

The famous Bowral Brick

20 Bowral Bricks 21 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

22 23 Project: Garden Room House | Architect: Clare Cousins Architects

Smart Design Studio

Martin Siegner and

Highgate Hill, QLD

Blight Rayner Architects

Christopher Frederick Jones

Supplied by Kerry Hill Architects

32 Bowral Bricks 33 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

38 Bowral Bricks 39 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Avalon Beach, NSW

Steve Harris Homes

Palm Beach, NSW

42 Bowral Bricks 43 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Iredale Pedersen Hook

Supplied by FJMT Studio

St Kilda West, VIC

48 Bowral Bricks 49 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Vanessa Wegner Architect

Seven Hills, QLD

Elvis & Rose

Steven Clegg Design

Christopher Frederick Jones

54 Bowral Bricks 55 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Clare Cousins Architects

Rush Wright Associates

60 Bowral Bricks 61 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Klopper & Davis Architects

Liquid Blu Architects

Christopher Frederick Jones

68 Bowral Bricks 69 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

North Fitzroy, VIC

Clare Cousins Architects

80 Bowral Bricks 81 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Koichi Takada Architects

Princes Hill, VIC

Alison Dodds Architect

Surry Hills, NSW

Turf Design Studio

Alexander Mayes Photography

94 Bowral Bricks 95 100 Years of Bowral Bricks

Bowral Shapes (custom),

Fortitude Valley, QLD

100 Bowral Bricks 101

Mirjana Males Design

Andrew Krucko and Jacqui Dean

Martin Siegner, Rory Gardiner

104 Bowral Bricks 105

Supplied by NBRS Architecture

Aerial view of Bowral looking

View of the recently completed Workers at Bowral Brickworks.

Surrounding field at the Bowral

Production of the bricks for Construction of Frank Gehry's

The famous Bowral Brick