Fired clay brick continues to evolve with new color blends, textures, and architectural shapes that inspire innovative and enduring designs. These design trends are evident in the winning projects ...

Painting a brick building is not a new trend. For years, it’s been a way to bring older buildings “back to life” and give a ...

The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s upcoming book “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story is an update of one that ran in 2009. Read the original here. One of mankind’s oldest building materials is brick. Before they shaped stone with tools, our ancestors dried ...

Starting around 1840 and continuing for the next 50 years there was a local building boom in brick barns. Bricks were used for the gable walls (the ones that come to a point at the top). The 19th ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jane Henderson Jun 27, 2022 Jun 27, 2022 0 For most of Tim McBride’s life, strangers have pulled over to gawk at his home. The ...