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 ...

These stencils make normal walls look like brickwork. American company Sto Corp make the stencils, which are cost-effective and easy-to-apply. They work by sticking the stencil to the wall and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Giving your patio or walkway a spruce is a welcome aspect of enhancing your outdoors. Installing patio pavers is one of the common ways of improving your patio. If you're redoing your patio, a ...

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? — ...

The different ways of positioning and linking the masonry elements together make it possible to design a wide variety of surfaces, generating lattices and patterns that not only influence the final ...