A Bridge From Mood Board to Real Life | Exploring the Brickworks Estate

When it comes to building your dream home, few decisions feel as defining as the one you make at the front door, quite literally. A home’s facade sets the tone, welcoming you (and everyone else) into the story you’re creating behind its walls. It’s your architectural signature, your first impression, and the emotional entry point to the life inside. That’s where Brickworks Estate steps in, not just as a display, but as a fully immersive experience designed to help you choose a facade that feels like you.

Imagine being able to tour your potential home exterior without leaving your couch. The Brickworks Estate is a digital design destination unlike any other, blending technology and design to let you explore eight of Australia’s most sought-after facades in 360°, across three professionally curated colour schemes each. Whether you’re on your laptop or scrolling on your phone, you’re not just viewing, you’re envisioning.

Each home has been brought to life by some of Australia’s leading builders, including Henley, Carlisle Homes, Fowler Homes, Hudson Homes, Crystele Homes, and Hall & Hart. From the Coastal-inspired lines of the Atlantis Facade to the elegant timelessness of the Classic Facade, every design has been carefully crafted to showcase the character, materiality and colour combinations that are shaping modern Australian streetscapes.

Take, for instance, the Novello Facade by Henley: crisp lines, contemporary symmetry, and an earthy material palette that feels sophisticated without shouting. Or the Malibu Facade by Carlisle Homes, where classic coastal meets elevated modern in a scheme that speaks to both lifestyle and longevity. Whether your style leans classic, coastal, or cutting-edge, there’s a design and colour story that will resonate.

It isn’t just about aesthetics, it’s about ease. The Brickworks Estate has been built with intuitive navigation, allowing you to spin, zoom, and shift perspectives with the sweep of a cursor or tap of a finger. Prefer the look of charcoal brick over soft white render? With just a click, you can compare and save. There’s even the option to download the full colour specifications and book a complimentary colour consultation at a Brickworks Design Centre or Studio. It’s a thoughtful extension of the Brickworks belief: that great design should be both beautiful and accessible.

For the Style Sourcebook community, home renovators, designers, and visual planners, the Brickworks Estate is the perfect complement to the mood board process. Many users begin by exploring colours, textures, and materials through the Style Sourcebook mood board tool, curating a palette that reflects their vision. With the Brickworks Estate, it’s about sparking imagination. Through lifelike, computer-generated visuals, you can explore how Brickworks’ materials come to life across a series of beautifully designed façades by leading Australian builders. It’s a way to bridge the gap between imagination and reality,  inspiring your facade material selection and helping you see how your selections might look under the sunlight of your future street.

So, whether you're in the first chapter of your build journey or fine-tuning your design choices, the Brickworks Estate invites you to visualise your dream facade, to start shaping your story from the outside in.

If you’re feeling inspired to design your exterior facade, find Brickworks in our product library and start bringing your project to life with our mood board tool and Project Studio.