Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Changing aesthetic preferences, cost considerations, and technological advancements in construction materials make brick facades less popular. Alternatives ...

If you hear the pitch for building with stone, it really is a no-brainer. The material is solid, consistent, sustainable and abundant. It is not a marketing spiel either; the numbers back it up.

Stone bricks form the multi-textural walls of this family home extension in London's Highbury area, designed by DGN Studio in collaboration with creative director Sarah Izod. Titled Stone and Steel ...

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 ...

The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has awarded 42 winning projects in the 2025 Brick in Architecture Awards, the world's leading design competition featuring fired-clay brick. "The winners ...

In the image below, a material is created and an image file selected for it. There is nothing wrong with this early on, while material selection is still fluid. However, at some point the materials ...

RESTON, Va., December 16, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has awarded 42 winning projects in the 2025 Brick in Architecture Awards, the world’s leading design competition ...