For years, glass curtain façades have been de rigueur for hot new condos. While they have not faded from view, more affordable and traditional-looking glass bricks are coming back in fashion.

Ask an architect what their favorite childhood toy was and chances are he or she will say Legos. Over the last few years, Lego has really embraced its relationship to architecture, producing models of ...

Leftover bricks sometimes sit in an ignored pile on the edge of a yard. That's a shame, because they can be used to create so ...

I own a diner where decorative concrete block forms the lower part of the exterior walls. At the front of my building a wing wall extends away from the building. Some of the solid concrete blocks are ...

Compressed Earth Blocks (CEBs) appear on paper to be a promising building material for low and middle-income countries. The pressed blocks are potentially more sustainable and affordable than many ...

Ready for a fun and educational adventure … at Woodfield Mall? The latest addition to the Schaumburg mall is not a store, but rather a museum. Blocks to Bricks Museum showcases 150 years of ...

Unburnt bricks, if exposed to rain, can absorb water and weaken over time, leading to potential collapses. In contrast, burnt earth bricks offer better water resistance. For optimal results, use ...

Home-built patios can have a professional appearance and flair by using a well-tested system of building on a sand base and by using attractive paving products sold at many home centers and ...

Construction on the new Broadway Bridge has uncovered remnants of an almost forgotten pavement technology -- wooden blocks -- that the old Broadway Bridge had buried. The wooden-block pavement appears ...