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 ...

This course provides architects, engineers, and contractors with practical advice about implementing net-zero energy buildings using brick masonry. AEC professionals are advised to tackle energy ...

When it comes to choosing masonry material, the price tag overwhelms the quality tag more often than not. For centuries, the timeless and humble brick has been the ‘go-to-material’ in masonry and, ...

Masonry heater core and wall. Today I’ll be discussing construction styles, not channel layouts or firebox designs, but here I will give a brief overview of some ways that masonry stove durability has ...

Eight years ago, 2,100 dangerous buildings in San Francisco were supposed to have been retrofitted to better withstand a major earthquake. But a small number of those unreinforced brick buildings — 29 ...

The traditional timber-brick masonry construction, called "dhajji-dewari", showed little or no damage during the earthquake. PATNA: Had the bridges, roads and buildings in North Kashmir been ...

PESHAWAR, June 18: The Earthquake Engineering Centre (EEC) on Tuesday performed the first ever test in the country on a full-scale retrofitted confined brick masonry building to determine its seismic ...

When it comes to choosing masonry material, the price tag overwhelms the quality tag more often than not. For centuries, the timeless and humble brick has been the ‘go-to-material’ in masonry and, ...