Benefits of brick This building material is durable, long-lasting, as well as fire- and impact-resistant. And because of its mass and the air pocket, it also acts as a natural sound barrier.

But such was the case in the office of Chicago-based Studio Gang, where for a time architects were working on both the 82-story Aqua, a mixed-use tower now almost topped out in the downtown Loop, and ...

Give your dated brick home a makeover with these go-to ideas from an expert. Painting Your Brick Home Painting a brick house ...

Q: The concrete lintel over one of our front windows has cracked. The house was built in 1989 and has wood framing, with brick facing on only the front of the house. We have been unable to find ...

The Brick House is stern, squat and solid, its front interrupted only by a tall, centered black pinewood door. Even Johnson admitted it wasn’t much to look at, calling it “perfectly plain.” ...

Masonry wasn’t my favourite homebuilding material when I got involved in building and renovation back in the mid-1980s. However, 30 years of dealing with reality has changed my mind. Brick ...

The street-facing facade is made up of columns of brick rotated at varying degrees to make the courtyard look open or closed depending on where the viewer stands.

A pair of interlocking volumes clad in pale brick and fronted by large, frameless windows extend the rear of this Victorian house in west London, which has been overhauled by McLaren Excell. Local ...

One of the best things about Lego Fortnite Brick Life is that you can get your own house, choose where you want to live, and then decorate it how you please. In this guide, I'll show you how to do ...

Typically, a renovator will render a blocky 1970s, ’80s or ’90s brick home and not do anything else. Even if they have gone one step further and painted the gutters and front door, or done the ...

A man was caught on CCTV throwing a brick at a car only for it bounce back and hit him in the face. Martin Craig spotted the incident on his home CCTV on Saturday morning before the man runs away.

The yin to the yang of Philip Johnson’s Glass House, the Brick House—also known as the Guest House—is a critical element of the late architect’s 49-acre estate in New Canaan, Connecticut (a work in ...