[crisp]

Still wish they used the grey brick as in the renders, would have made this tower a total stunner.

Why is masonry so expensive in this province, is it purely due to lack of supply?

 

[Always_Biking]

Still wish they used the grey brick as in the renders, would have made this tower a total stunner.

Why is masonry so expensive in this province, is it purely due to lack of supply?

As far as I know it's the cost of installing brick. It's very labour intensive compared with spandrel.

 

[crisp]

Right, labour, I've heard province has a shortage of. My bad got it mixed up with 'supply'. But I can see that the actual process is more costly as well.

 

[Oddball]

I guess I should have become a brick layer.

 

[AJX]

Brick work is labor intensive and slow. For a high rise like this it would be costly. The brick itself is probably cheaper than the spandrel.

 

[maestro]

Finding quality experienced masons anywhere is getting harder and harder. Most jobs I've seen are just a mess. Fake stamped brick precast panel or brick embedded concrete panels are quickly taking over.

http://www.robertsonfacades.com.au/thin-brick-inlay

 

[Oddball]

Finding quality experienced masons anywhere is getting harder and harder. Most jobs I've seen are just a mess. Fake stamped brick precast panel or brick embedded concrete panels are quickly taking over.

http://www.robertsonfacades.com.au/thin-brick-inlay

That's a shame. It just isn't the same. They don't even look good in the examples they have on their website. :\

 

[maestro]

The stamped brick pattern in precast concrete is a shame. The brick or stone inlay is not so bad. At least it is level and plumb which you don't get with mason built walls anymore.

 

[Surrealplaces]

You don't see much brick these days. They used Brick at Royal View East, and it looks good...at least from afar.

 

[Beltline_B]

 

[UrbanWarrior]

I like how dark this one is on the south face. It would have been nice if they did black spandrel instead of white.

 

[Always_Biking]

That south side looks fantastic imo.

 

[Cyric]

 

[Always_Biking]

I really like the tower from this angle.

 

[evolv]

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This is my favourite angle of the tower. It was a long wait but it turned out really well.