They’re stately reminders of a bygone era — when houses were rock-solid, weather-proof and built to last. No wonder brick and stone houses are still around — a legacy of the 19th century when “brick ...

Brick is one of the most popular exterior materials for houses. It's beautiful, and people associate it with a solid, well-made structure. But you have to be careful. Most people think a brick house ...

A few weeks ago a reader wanted to know about brick foundations. She has an ambitious desire to build a small 900-square-foot house by herself. She is well aware of her physical limitations and asked ...

WHEN a family of potters emigrated from Germany in 1853 there was no way they could have imagined just how successful their brickworks business would become. The Schnitzerlings first started making ...

PC Hooftstraat street, Amsterdam’s shopping destination for swanky luxury brands, just got an glittering new addition: a retail store with a façade made almost entirely out of solid glass bricks.

{image1}Milwaukee is known as "Brew City" for all the beer, that's a given. But "Cream City?" The cream in question is not whipped and served inside a pastry at the State Fair, but rather in solid, ...