Emerson’s Brewery
By Canterbury Clay Bricks
Location: 70 Anzac Ave, Dunedin NZ
Architects: Beca Architecture
Build: Calder Stewart
Bricklayer: Hugh Madden Brick & Block Laying
Photographer: Graham Warman Photograph
Brick: Canterbury Clay Bricks Ltd – Oxford Smooth
About the build: Emerson’s Brewery started as a small, family-owned craft beer company and has over the years progressed, with the help of beer giant Lion Breweries, to now having built a new $25 million, 8.4 million litre capacity brewery in Dunedin. It includes a restaurant for up to 250 people and a microbrewery for Richard Emerson’s special brews. Family ties with the railway have been the main design theme for this build with the inclusion of special features like the railway floor in the restaurant and the steam whistle outside. Therefore Canterbury Clay Bricks Ltd “Oxford” brick was specified for the job for its industrial feel. The higher colour variation and scorch marks on the smooth red brick, in combination with the pitched roofline, is reminiscent of the city’s old locomotive sheds.
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Canterbury Clay Bricks is a family run business, supplying clay bricks nationally, for commercial and residential builds, since its inception over 50 years ago. We are the only manufacturer of kiln fired clay bricks in the South Island.
We offer you an impressive collection using rich Canterbury clays, from which we have created a host of enduring finishes and colours that will add style and value to your new home or project.
Canterbury Clay Bricks manufacturing plant is located close to its clay supplies within the surronding hills of Darfield. A number of recycled products are used in the manufacture of the bricks including re-constituted brick and recycled glass. The kilns at the plant run on up to 95% of re-claimed fuels and oil further reducing any impact of manufacturing. We supply nationwide to both residential and commercial projects, new builds and renovations.
Bricks are a blend of clays and water. The bricks are then formed, dried and kilned to produce a strong and durable end product. They are then hand blended and graded by staff to give a consistent finish.