In his second article on brick bonds, Mike Hammett focuses on their decorative potential The simple, regular form of a brick is very versatile and allows a great number of bond patterns to be used. A ...

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 ...

Pale bricks are arranged in a herringbone pattern on the outer walls of this compact house in north-east London that architect Zoe Chan designed and built for herself (+ slideshow). The Atelier ...

The hole truth: until recently, perforated bricks were relegated to behind-the-scenes roles, such as for constructing ...

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 ...

Dear James: I just converted my old one-car garage into a study and built a new two-car garage. I would like to install some type of decorative or unique driveway to it. What options do I have? — ...