former Taraxale Brewing Company, Brunswick

These columns are at the entrance to the former Taraxale Brewing Company in Brunswick. Taking some information form Melbourne Art Deco by Robin Grow the building dates from 1938 and was designed by Gawler and Drummond.

Today it is at the side of a supermarket and needs a lot of loving. While the bushes in the photo below hide the mindless graffiti tags I couldn't hide the litter that has gathered in front of the doorway.

Flats, Brunswick

I love this substantial block of flats on a busy corner site in Brunswick.

The red brick contrasts nicely with the yellow render around the windows. Contrast is also provided by the use of cream bricks as a cap around the top of the chimneys and along the upper edge of the central tower.

That central tower above the entrance is constructed as a rectangle with curved sections set back on each side.

A thin vertical window provides natural light for the interior of the tower and the simple leadlight pattern almost has an Art Nouveau feel to it.

Above this window a geometric pattern has been created by a thin vertical strip of rendered concrete with tiles or thin bricks set at an angle into the surface of the wall to create protruding triangle shapes. Not quite the rule of three but with seven elements the pattern still employs an odd number.