A building’s façade is much more than a pretty face. Exterior cladding plays a dual role as the architecture’s primary aesthetic and the building envelope’s first layer, making it one of the most ...

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 ...

Learn everything you need to know to build a Russian masonry heater with bricklaying know-how and masonry fireplace construction details. Sometime before the dawn of history, it was discovered that ...

Johnny Clasper, a Yorkshire, England-based mason and stone sculptor, cut his teeth (and a lot of rock) in the construction industry as a bricklayer, or “bricky.” But despite the comfort of his “day ...

(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series.) The art, craft, skill and trade of masonry has been revered for thousands of years. Works of art, civil engineering projects and buildings from ...

They’re stately reminders of a bygone era — when houses were rock-solid, weather-proof and built to last. No wonder brick and stone houses are still around — a legacy of the 19th century when “brick ...