Mini Empress

What is the Krause Mini Empress brick?
The Krause Mini Empress is an extruded brick that reinterprets the classic Australian brick footprint. It keeps the standard 230mm bond length and 110mm bed depth but reduces the height to 50mm, creating a denser, more intricate textural rhythm across a facade.

What size is the Mini Empress brick?
The Krause Mini Empress measures 230 x 110 x 50mm, with coverage of 69 bricks per square metre. Quantity per pallet varies by order, so confirm pallet configuration with Krause Bricks when ordering. Dimensions are nominal averages; as the products are crafted from natural clay, some variance in size and finish is expected.

How does the Mini Empress differ from a standard brick?
The Mini Empress shares the standard 230mm length and 110mm width of a classic Australian brick, but its height is reduced from the traditional 76mm to 50mm. This means more courses per wall height, which produces a finer-grained, more detailed brickwork pattern without changing the bond length.

What colours is the Mini Empress available in?
Krause Mini Empress bricks are available in Ghost, Heritage Red, Grampian Blues, Nero, Old Melbourne Town, Sandstone, and Smoke Grey, with custom colours also available.

What is the difference between the Mini Empress and Mini Emperor?
The Krause Mini Empress is 230 x 110 x 50mm, keeping the classic brick length with a reduced height. The Mini Emperor is 300 x 105 x 45mm, a longer, slightly slimmer format. Choose the Mini Empress for a dense take on traditional proportions, and the Mini Emperor for a more elongated look.

What is a 50mm brick?
A 50mm brick is a reduced-height brick, sitting well below the traditional 76mm Australian standard. Because each course is lower, a wall of the same height contains more courses and more horizontal joints, producing a finer, denser brickwork texture.

Why choose a reduced-height brick over a standard brick?
Reduced-height bricks change the visual grain of a facade. More courses and more joints per wall height create a more intricate, refined pattern that reads differently from standard brickwork, which suits projects where the brickwork itself is a key architectural feature.

What is brick coursing?
Brick coursing is the repeating vertical module of brickwork: the height of the brick plus its mortar joint. A standard 76mm brick with a 10mm joint courses at 86mm, while a 50mm brick courses at 60mm. Coursing determines how brickwork aligns with openings, sills, and floor levels.

Do slim bricks take longer to lay than standard bricks?
Generally yes. A reduced-height format means more bricks and more joints per square metre of wall, which translates to more laying time. This is worth factoring into build budgets alongside the brick supply cost when comparing formats.

How does brick height affect a facade’s appearance?
Brick height sets the rhythm of the horizontal joints, which are the dominant lines in most brickwork. Lower bricks compress that rhythm into a finer texture, while taller bricks read as bolder and chunkier. Two facades in the same colour can look remarkably different purely through brick height.