In the West, bricks are almost always used to create straight, uniform walls in rectilinear buildings. India, on the other hand, has a long history of sculptural brickwork, using these basic ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jane Henderson Jun 27, 2022 Jun 27, 2022 0 For most of Tim McBride’s life, strangers have pulled over to gawk at his home. The ...

We learned this young: When the third little pig chose brick, he knew what he was doing. As a building material, brick has ...

Made of earthy stuff, brick is so back in the picture of high architecture it is showing up hard-handed bricklayer tradies as brilliant craftspersons — if not as artists — whose work could endure in ...

Natural light, fresh air, and a constant, comfortable temperature. These are three of the most basic components we need in our interior spaces. By expanding and increasing the use of glass in ...

The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s upcoming book “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned ...

Since the ancient Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.- A.D. 668) through to the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), there have been certain roof tile and brick patterns that Koreans used in their architecture when ...