Bricks and cinder blocks may look alike, but their materials, strength, and uses differ in important ways. Here's when to ...

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, ...

The content featured in this article is brand produced. Brampton Brick doesn’t go as far back as 7000 B.C.E, when the earliest mud bricks were baked at a settlement outside of Jericho. But they’ve ...

The use of brick and blockwork remains important today both for their functional and aesthetic value and for the fact that their role brings potential risks to the architect. It is therefore vital ...

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Brick Industry Association (BIA) announces a new Industry Average Environmental Product Declaration (IA EPD) for clay masonry products including clay brick, ...

If you plan on drilling into brick, concrete, or stone, you’re going to need to use a masonry drill bit. These specialty bits have strong carbide tips for boring through hard materials, and wide ...

Q: I am planning to do some block and brick work. Even though I am comfortable doing this type of work, I will have to cut some of them to fit. How can I cut them cleanly? A: If your project includes ...

The ample supply, durability, and affordability of brick makes it one of the most widely used and iconic materials in Spanish architecture, especially within the Mudejar tradition. Throughout history, ...

Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal walls. What if construction ...