Looking for something unique for your walls or partitions? Check out Armstone’s Breeze Blocks! Available in either durable cement or Italian hand-made porcelain, these brick looking blocks are ideal for screens, walls or a decorative touch both indoors and outdoors. Ideal for spaces where you’d like air to breeze through, browse our collection below.
Cement Breeze Blocks for Screening
Chic Ventilation: With their one-off patterns, Breeze Blocks divide spaces and make them look better with a play of light and shadow while allowing air to flow freely.
Versatility: Perfect for everything from external walls to internal partitions, these cement and porcelain blocks work as superb visual barriers and certainly don’t compromise on comfort or style. If porcelain and cement/concrete aren’t your vibe, check out our stone wall cladding for more traditional wall design options.
Little Upkeep: Unlike solid walls, these blocks are easy to maintain. Simply wipe or dust or hose them down to keep them clean.
Durable Design: Made to last, our cement and porcelain Breeze Blocks were made to withstand Australia’s extreme climate of blistering summers to chilly winters. Rest assured, your design will stay intact and look as good as the day it was installed.
Aesthetic Flexibility: Breeze Blocks will effortlessly transform any area: from decking out a garden wall or adding a cheeky bit of privacy to your patio.
Cool Comfort: Featuring a clever design, Breeze Blocks (like the name suggests) allow the breeze to flow freely through them all the while adding shade and a beautiful design wherever they are installed.
Customisable Character: You can paint, shape, and configure these cement and porcelain blocks to suit any look, whether it’s a modern or traditional design.
Outdoor to Indoor Versatility: They’re not just for outside. Breeze Blocks make beautiful feature walls in the garden and functional and stylish room dividers inside.
Wonder how these cement or porcelain Breeze Blocks will look in your home? Visit our Sydney showroom in Glebe or Penrith to see for yourself. Feel the textures, see the quality, and choose an immaculate pattern to match your style. Looking to make a bold statement? Or maybe you want to add an understated improvement to your landscape? Visit us and see how Breeze Blocks can enrich your life today.
Choosing Armstone means that you are choosing quality. With over a decade in the landscaping and natural stone industry, we are experts in our field. We stock everything from stone pavers to porcelain pavers, and from crazy paving to cobblestones – we are your one-stop-shop for your landscaping needs.
Expanding your design outside? Include elements like stone capping and stone pier caps to improve the continuity between structures. Each piece creates a more cohesive, captivating landscape. No matter what you choose, our stone pavers and Breeze Blocks will certainly make your property look more beautiful, become more functional and rise in value.
Armstone is stoked to introduce our new Breeze Blocks collection available in both cement and hand-made Italian porcelain designs. These blocks are ideal for building any indoor or outdoor screen or wall project in your home or commercial space, especially those areas where you’re looking for a unique look that sports good airflow.
Breeze Blocks are patterned concrete/cement or porcelain blocks that resemble bricks. They are different to bricks in that a pattern is cut from the concrete or porcelain, allowing for ventilation and air to pass through the negative spaces. As such, these decorative concrete blocks are both functional and decorative, providing shade, circulation, protection, and privacy to your home as well as elegance and style to the design of the landscaping and space.
Breeze Blocks truly boast a multipurpose functionality for your walling needs. They can be installed indoors and outdoors, are perfect for alfresco areas where you may desire some privacy, shade and ventilation. Or perhaps you’re looking to install a fence that’s different and stylish? Or maybe you’d like to partition the inside of your home into several sections? Whatever the project, cement and porcelain breeze blocks are incredibly versatile.
Use them for outdoor seating, fence infill panels, stand-alone screens, indoor space separators, barbecue casing, garden screens, and even window infills. Your breeze wall or fence project is limited only by your imagination.
Breeze Blocks have a rich architectural history originating from mid-century designs that were very popular in homes and commercial projects. Also known as screen blocks, these cement blocks were inspired by the screens in Asia that block and reduce sun exposure. Breeze Blocks first made their appearance as Cement Breeze Blocks in America in the 1930s and grew in popularity until the 1970s when they slowly fell out of style.
Breeze walls were especially popular in the warmer regions of America, like California and Florida. In California, Breeze Blocks were used to protect homes and commercial buildings from the hot desert sun. In Florida, cement breeze blocks were used to minimise the damage caused by strong storm winds.
Today, Breeze Blocks are making a come-back, and with good reason too. In hot, stormy, and varied climates like Australia, these concrete breeze blocks are an excellent and affordable solution for protecting you and your family from the harsh sun, providing ventilation on those equally hot days, all the while adding a modern and chic design for everyone to admire. Like seriously, is that a win-win-win, or what?
Also, Porcelain Breeze Blocks, designed and manufactured in Italy, are making a strong entrance into the market. Boasting sustainable and recycled production, inspired modern design and sleek aesthetics, these porcelain breeze blocks are a minimalist home designer’s dream and solution to partitioning areas, decorating walls and creating functional spaces.
From a constructive perspective, installing Breeze Blocks is fairly easy – they are typically stacked in a neat stack bond pattern. In other words, the patterned cement or porcelain blocks are stacked on top of each other.
This layout creates bold vertical vectors which in turn create an ideal design for non-structural veneers and architectural shade screens, garden screens, walling and more. For the DIY fans, it’s possible. However, we always recommend calling in the pros to make sure it’s done right the first time.
Cement Breeze Blocks can be adhered using “Brickies Mortar.” Our recommendation is the Allborg White Brand. It has a perfect colour match to Cement Breeze Blocks.
In saying that, we strongly do not recommend grey (natural) mortar by any means, especially for Cement Breeze Blocks. Porcelain Breeze Blocks require Portland cement mortar and fine sand for adhesion, as well as an 8mm joint between pieces and the use of spacers to ensure a more solid structure.
If you’re working on a budget, with an aim for your home and garden to look as beautiful as possible, we strongly recommend considering either Cement or Porcelain Breeze Blocks for your home build or renovation project.
Cement Breeze Blocks are available in a variety of cut-out designs such as flower, leaf, star, connect, square, valley, astro, vline, sunstory, rubic, octagon, mountain, and the one-y. Prefer a sleeker look? Our Porcelain Breeze Blocks come in chic shades like white, grey, and clay in the sophisticated Castello and Anthracite designs, as well as bordeaux, sand, and white in the elegant Piqué designs.
So, whether you are going for something angular and modern, or floral and more flowy, Breeze Blocks are available in a variety of designs to suit any style, taste and home. Most of the Breeze Blocks come in small and large sizes, accommodating for any area you choose to install them.
What if you prefer a splash of colour instead of the traditional white of the cement Breeze Blocks? We have a simple solution! Cement Breeze Blocks can be easily painted in any colour, adding a splash of brightness to your indoor or outdoor space.
If you live in areas in Sydney that are more susceptible to bushfires, it’s important to consider fire safety when choosing the landscaping materials for your home. Cement Breeze Blocks, like all concrete blocks or bricks, are fire- resistant but not fire- proof. This is because the blocks comprise of both silica and sand – both of which are not combustible materials, making them resistant to fires but not fireproof.
Porcelain Breeze Blocks, manufactured from clay that is heated at high temperatures, have a higher resistance to fires. However, if you are looking for something fireproof, we suggest you consider an alternative walling option.
As with most of the Armstone natural stone pavers range, we recommend sealing cement Breeze Blocks. Sealing cement blocks protects them from environmental damage and ensures their longevity. Our recommended choice of sealers is Aqua Mix Sealers Choice Gold. Browse our range of sealers here. On the other hand, Porcelain Breeze Blocks are made from clay and have zero water absorption, which means they do not require sealing.
In addition to Breeze Blocks, our outdoor product options include stone capping, stone pavers and porcelain pavers, stepping stones, pedestals, pool tiles, cobblestones and much more. Along with being beautiful, our stone pavers and Cement and Porcelain Breeze Blocks adhere to Australia’s strict industry safety and quality standards.
Browse our Cement and Porcelain Breeze Blocks online today or visit our beautiful Sydney display showroom in Glebe or Penrith. Here you will be able to see (and touch) the blocks in person and bring your home vision to life. Need help finding the perfect concrete screen blocks? Contact us to chat with one of our experts today.
Breeze Blocks are patterned concrete or porcelain blocks that resemble bricks. The cut-out pattern allows for protection against the sun and wind, while also providing ventilation on hot days.
Yes, Cement Breeze Blocks are concrete and can be easily painted any colour of your choosing. So, instead of using the traditionally white Breeze Blocks, if you prefer to add a splash of colour to your indoor or outdoor aesthetic, it’s totally doable. Porcelain Breeze Blocks are available in white, grey and clay colours in the Castello designs and anthracite, bordeaux, sand and white colours, in the Piqué designs. They can also be painted.
Yes and no. As best practice, we recommend sealing Cement Breeze Blocks. Our recommended sealing brand is Aqua Mix Sealers Choice Gold. Porcelain Breeze Blocks, however, do not require sealing.
Breeze Blocks are versatile and can be used for a variety of walling purposes. These include alfresco screens, outdoor seating, fence infill panels, stand-alone screens, barbeque casing, garden screens, and even window infills. You can also use Breeze Blocks indoors as space separators, seating, walls, partitioning and even in kitchens. Your designer cement or porcelain wall is limited only by your imagination.
Breeze Blocks, like all concrete blocks or bricks, are fire-resistant but not fire-proof. The blocks comprise of silica and sand – both of which are not combustible materials making them resistant to fire but not fireproof. Porcelain Breeze Blocks, made from clay, have a higher tolerance to heat. However, if you need a fire-proof wall, we recommend considering an alternative natural stone walling material.
Breeze Blocks are typically laid in a stack bond pattern. So, in layman’s terms: these patterned cement blocks are stacked on top of each other and adhered using “Brickies Mortar.” Our recommendation is the Allborg White Brand which can be found here. It has a perfect colour match to Breeze Blocks. In saying that, we strongly do not recommend grey (natural) mortar, especially for Cement Breeze Blocks. Porcelain Breeze Blocks require Portland cement mortar and fine sand for adhesion, as well as an 8mm joint between pieces and the use of spacers to ensure a more solid structure.
Breeze Blocks can be a budget-friendly alternative to traditional building materials. They’re quicker to lay down, reducing labour costs and time— which makes them an ideal choice if you’re working on a budget.
Sometimes you’ll hear Breeze Blocks referred to as “Screen Blocks” or “Decorative Concrete Blocks.” Essentially, they add a decorative flair wherever they are installed, while retaining airflow thanks to their distinct patterns.
Breeze Blocks hit their peak in the mid-20th century. They became a signature element in architectural designs from the ’30s through to the ’70s, especially in sun-soaked places like California and Florida where the blocks were used for walling purposes as well as protection from the sun and wind.
Breeze Blocks offer beauty and practicality with their exceptional decorative patterns and ability to allow light and air to pass through. This makes them a more decorative alternative to solid bricks.
Even though Breeze Blocks are quite affordable, the cost of can vary depending on the size, material (cement or porcelain) and quantity required. They’re often seen as a more cost-effective choice for a walling project.
Breeze Blocks are free from asbestos. They’re made from safe materials like cement and porcelain, so they’re a safe and healthy choice for residential and commercial uses.
Yes, you still need a solid foundation prior to installing a Breeze Block wall, especially for structural purposes. Just like any other masonry project, proper footing ensures stability and durability for the final design of your Breeze Block wall.
