Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Changing aesthetic preferences, cost considerations, and technological advancements in construction materials make brick facades less popular. Alternatives ...

Brick and stone masonry have served as reliable and valuable elements of commercial building projects for centuries, gracing urban and rural landscapes since time immemorial. Building Teams have ...

You’ve probably walked on imprinted concrete and never known it. It may have looked like a cobblestone walkway or a flagstone terrace or a driveway made of paving stones, but it was the same stuff ...

Precast concrete cladding provides the designer with substantial freedom in the choice of form, texture and appearance, says The Concrete Institute MD Bryan Perrie. With regards to architects, he says ...

If you plan on drilling into brick, concrete, or stone, you’re going to need to use a masonry drill bit. These specialty bits have strong carbide tips for boring through hard materials, and wide ...

Ancient buildings in Rome, Athens, London and other historical cities across the world, were built using bricks. And the technology of bricks has evolved over millennia, with the greatest breakthrough ...

If your vision of a perfect homestead includes beautiful, durable all-weather pathways and patios, then it’s hard to beat concrete paving bricks. They’re easy to ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Masonry anchors that thread ...

Architects in New York are returning to stone and other solid-looking materials to cover their towers, after years of glass dominating skyscraper construction in the city. SHoP Architects' Gregg ...