Breeze Block is Back in Trend After Fell out of Popularity in Postwar Era

breeze block is a design material that was extensively used in the 50s anywhere around the world. it is often the go to material for properties — houses, hotels, resorts — by the beach.

after the material fell out of popularity at the end of the postwar era, the trend was shut down for over 5 decades. it finally made a comeback after james russel, an australian based architect, won the 2016 houses awards by featuring a lovely minimal house covered in breeze blocks.

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this then was followed by tom fereday’s invention for a more innovative breezeblock in a way no one ever explored before.

omni is a breeze block made by a dry pressed cement that requires no firing or high energy processing. designed by tom fereday with an australian firm, earp…