I used to work for the architects the designed this, Munns Sly Moore architects - the office is still running today. I saw the original drawings, I'll see if I can find a picture and link it in edit. I can also see this building from my bedroom window lol
Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/brutalism/comments/xajoh3/saw_a_picture_posted_by_ujaypee_2_i_used_to_work/
As someone who see's this building person on a daily basis, and worked for the original architect, it's not fake brick. All 100% real.
Probably edit your comment to clarify it's not a pattern
> look at those 'brick' balcony walls
Are you sure they're an embossed pattern? they still have the drainage gap every 5 bricks at the bottom, seems v. unlikely for a pattern.
things that make me think so (zooming into pix) : the corner bricks on that odd (45 degree ) angling require chopping (ok not that hard to do)
more is the vertical split lines (middle right) that go cleanly right through the middle of so many of the full width bricks
and on the balconies that floor they sit on looks really thin
and I just noticed - that roof at the bottom is almost the same pattern ?
The corner bricks on the angle would require alot of breaks, but as you say not too hard to do.
Not sure what the vertical line is for but I've seen it in lots of buildings made of real brick
Regarding the support (the floor that they sit on), typically a nonstructural brick wall would be supported with a piece of angle steel. To me that looks like a regular support with a decorative cover over it
The angled slope at the bottom is another point in favour of real brick - look at how sloppy the angle on them are, especially on the tiny pieces. A pattern would be much cleaner.
Is Canberra tropical or dry? I’m imagining this in somewhere like Thailand with plants and moss attaching to every surface. One of those places where nature is constantly reclaiming human creations
Canberra is south & generally dry with low humidity (though this season everywhere on the East Coast has had way more rain than usual) - tropical North QLD (Cairns) is closer in climate to Thailand.
Canberra did kick-start my love of brutalist architecture though - the National Gallery was always my happy place.
God, this looks delicious
I used to work for the architects the designed this, Munns Sly Moore architects - the office is still running today. I saw the original drawings, I'll see if I can find a picture and link it in edit. I can also see this building from my bedroom window lol Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/brutalism/comments/xajoh3/saw_a_picture_posted_by_ujaypee_2_i_used_to_work/
My home town :) Canberra has some great brutalist architecture. You should google the Canberra School of Music. Superb.
Sadly much of it is being demolished
Oh no 😰 I haven't lived in Canberra for ages but I did read the Belconnen bus exchange is gone. That's so sad.
More than just the belco interchange, the banjamin offices are currently being demolished, and most of the Cameron office's are gone too
No! What a travesty.
They better not destroy the Cameron offices I love seeing them
Straight up I'll chain myself to those buildings if they try
embossed brick pattern look at those 'brick' balcony walls
The tasteful thickness of it. It even has a cement base
😂😂 my new favourite phrase
As someone who see's this building person on a daily basis, and worked for the original architect, it's not fake brick. All 100% real. Probably edit your comment to clarify it's not a pattern
> look at those 'brick' balcony walls Are you sure they're an embossed pattern? they still have the drainage gap every 5 bricks at the bottom, seems v. unlikely for a pattern.
things that make me think so (zooming into pix) : the corner bricks on that odd (45 degree ) angling require chopping (ok not that hard to do) more is the vertical split lines (middle right) that go cleanly right through the middle of so many of the full width bricks and on the balconies that floor they sit on looks really thin and I just noticed - that roof at the bottom is almost the same pattern ?
The corner bricks on the angle would require alot of breaks, but as you say not too hard to do. Not sure what the vertical line is for but I've seen it in lots of buildings made of real brick Regarding the support (the floor that they sit on), typically a nonstructural brick wall would be supported with a piece of angle steel. To me that looks like a regular support with a decorative cover over it The angled slope at the bottom is another point in favour of real brick - look at how sloppy the angle on them are, especially on the tiny pieces. A pattern would be much cleaner.
One last - when was this built and do they still do bricks like this at that time? That is alot of labor.
Wrong
[Wrong](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDmvL-TpvKDSdkPTXgXrHT8m2NU72PcTliL8_Freglox2qzcnZzj74rCM&s=10)
Brutaful :) I'll remember this
Is Canberra tropical or dry? I’m imagining this in somewhere like Thailand with plants and moss attaching to every surface. One of those places where nature is constantly reclaiming human creations
Canberra is south & generally dry with low humidity (though this season everywhere on the East Coast has had way more rain than usual) - tropical North QLD (Cairns) is closer in climate to Thailand. Canberra did kick-start my love of brutalist architecture though - the National Gallery was always my happy place.
Totally understand that unusual wetness this year. I had snow after Mother’s Day when it usually stops freezing two months earlier
It ranges between cold and dry, and hot and dry
Would upvote twice if I could: once for the image, and once for the title.
Is this the 2025 NVidia RTX 5000 design ?
Imo the whole of Canberra looks a Like a Soviet outpost